The sky is clear, the spring scenery is bright. Spring flowers are in full bloom in the Forbidden City, contrasting with the red walls and yellow tiles. At the Meridian Gate, tourists climb up the stairs. Entering the exhibition hall, you will see three contents: "Historical Encounter - Exchange Exhibition of Ancient Civilizations between China and West Asia", "Glorious Persia - Essence of Iranian Cultural Relics Exhibition", and "AlUla - Miracle Oasis of the Arabian Peninsula Exhibition" Disparate yet interrelated exhibitions. The treasures of ancient civilizations span mountains and seas, joining the audience in an appointment with civilization that has lasted for thousands of years.
Museums are cultural places that carry history and condense memories. Tomb-Sweeping Day also has the cultural connotation of recalling the past and remembering the ancestors. As the "museum craze" continues to heat up, citizen tourists also take this holiday to visit the museums and memorial halls around them to feel the pulse of history and cultivate cultural confidence.
Dizzying array of exciting exhibitions at cultural and museum institutions
The style of the Rajwadina colored dragon-pattern glazed tiles unearthed in Iran is exactly the same as the dragon pattern on the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty; the engraved glass plate unearthed from the underground palace of Famen Temple in Shaanxi has witnessed the close exchanges between Chinese and Arab cultures... …The three major exhibitions at the Meridian Gate each have their own characteristics. Through the "Historical Encounter" exhibition, they connect together the colorful, tangible and meaningful history of important civilizations on the Silk Road.
"I used to think that the cultural relics were exquisite and exotic. This time I came to see the exhibition, and I realized that there are such rich stories of civilizational exchanges behind the cultural relics." Ms. Li, an audience member, said in an interview.
In spring, everything is flourishing. The Wenhua Hall of the National Palace Museum has also recently ushered in a new exhibition "The Forbidden City and the Palace of Versailles - Sino-French Exchanges in the 17th and 18th Centuries". Through about 200 exquisite cultural relics from the Palace Museum, the Palace of Versailles and other collection institutions, it shows the mutual relationship between the two sides over the past century. A history of political exchanges with respect and mutual appreciation, and a history of cultural exchanges with mutual reference and mutual learning.
The Hong Kong Palace Museum has also launched a new exhibition recently. The special exhibition "Old Summer Palace - Imperial Garden Culture of the Qing Dynasty" has recently opened. The exhibition recreates the past style of the Old Summer Palace, the "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens", through more than 190 paintings, calligraphy, utensils, stampings (three-dimensional architectural models), drawings and other cultural relics. The exhibition also uses a variety of technical means to present the construction process of the "Three Old Summer Palaces" and show the historical changes of the Old Summer Palace from prosperity to disappearance.
Zhuo Wing-hing, Deputy Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said that the Old Summer Palace records China's glorious history and vicissitudes of change. This exhibition is of great cultural and historical significance. He hopes that Hong Kong citizens and mainland audiences, especially the younger generation, can deepen their understanding of the country. Understanding of history and national culture.
Anyang, the "City of Letters", launched the "Dayi Shang Night Anyang" museum night tour. A total of six venues, including the Yin Ruins Museum, the Chinese Characters Museum, the Cao Cao Gaoling Museum, and the Anyang Museum, will extend their opening hours until night. Among them, the Yinxu Museum has added a thousand "zero-yuan tickets", and the first 1,000 visitors who make a reservation every day can visit for free; the Anyang Museum will launch an oracle bone signature experience activity on the evening of April 4, where visitors can make rubbings to make an oracle bone signature and experience the experience The charm of oracle bone writing.
For this night tour, the Museum of Chinese Characters has created a youth-themed exhibition "A Piece of Oracle Bones Shocks the World", which mainly introduces the discovery, transmission, excavation and contents of oracle bone inscriptions, etc., and guides children to explore the evolution of Chinese characters. "I hope that through this exhibition, young people can better understand oracle bone inscriptions and understand the breadth and depth of Chinese characters." said Feng Minghui, an interpreter at the Museum of Chinese Characters.
Inherit customs and enrich activities to highlight the connotation of the festival
The Qingming Festival has carried a profound cultural heritage in its historical development and integrated rich folk activities. During this holiday, many cultural and museum institutions rely on their own cultural relics resources to launch many educational and entertaining social education activities, making the cultural connotation of Qingming more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Flying kites is one of the popular customs during Qingming Festival. The famous sentence "Children come back early from school and fly kites in the east wind" describes the scene of children flying kites in spring. The Liaoning Museum launched the "Skillfully Hand-painted Paper Kite" activity on the morning of April 4. The audience painted kites and experienced the festival fun of spring together; the Inner Mongolia Museum extended the spring study tour from the museum building to the outdoors. At the Kite Festival on the banks of the Dahei River, watch thousands of Thousands of paper kites rise in the wind, inheriting the intangible cultural heritage craftsmanship of kite making.
On the morning of April 5, a unique "Qingming Poetry Party" kicked off on the first floor of Tianjin Museum. The Poetry Club uses classic poems to dialogue with the cultural relics in the collection, leading the audience to experience a cultural feast that spans thousands of years. There is also a "Flying Flower Order" challenge in the poetry meeting to experience the fun of the traditional poetry game in ancient spring outings. There is also a fun poetry interactive game called "Cultural Relics Poetic Heart" dialogue, which uses poetry as a key to dialogue between ancient and modern times, allowing the audience to understand the inner connection between cultural relics and poetry.
Cultural and museum venues in Beijing will launch 98 exhibitions and cultural activities during the Tomb Sweeping Day to invite citizens to experience the festival traditions. The Beijing Cultural Exchange Center (Zhihua Temple) will hold a Zhihua Temple Beijing music performance every morning and afternoon during the holidays. The audience can listen to the "living fossil" of ancient Chinese music that has been passed down for more than 500 years in the ancient temple. The Beijing Folklore Museum launched the Ancient Fun Games, allowing the audience to experience the fun of traditional festival games through game experiences such as willow shooting competitions, pot throwing competitions, and hook-drawing games. On the day of Qingming Festival, the Beijing Art Museum launched the "Memory in Objects: Reminiscing about Qingming Festival" twenty-four solar terms experience activity, inviting visitors to use the magnolia flower of Wanshou Temple as a pattern to make traditional woodblock prints and learn traditional embroidery techniques.
Museums are important halls for the protection and inheritance of human civilization, and are bridges connecting the past, present and future. It is hoped that the majority of cultural relic workers will continue to give cultural relics new vitality and contemporary connotation in their future work, promote the revitalization and utilization of cultural relics, and make museums truly become a part of the beautiful life that the people yearn for, and bring more sense of gain to the people. Happiness. (People's Daily Online)