China News Service, Paris, September 22 (Reporter Li Yang) On the 22nd local time, the Louvre Museum in France launched a new offline special exhibition called "From Afar", which showcases a variety of trade and travel-related collections. Introduce trade routes such as the ancient Silk Road.
The exhibition "From Afar" aims to allow visitors to experience a "travel in time and space".
The exhibition first displayed a variety of precious objects in the ancient trade circulation, such as ivory and gems.
The audience has the opportunity to watch a variety of ivory products up close.
The exhibition also displays the art works of people in ancient society eager to learn about the outside world, such as animal portraits such as ostriches and giraffes.
The exhibition overview stated that the intention of the exhibition is to reflect the "complexity of the world"; various objects circulating on trade routes are telling "different stories."
The exhibition featured a piece of porcelain from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty in China to illustrate the continuous development of porcelain-making technology through East-West trade.
The exhibition also specifically introduced the trade routes of the ancient Silk Road, showing important trade transit points in China, Central Asia, and Europe.
In addition, the exhibition also introduced the commercial routes of the ancient Roman Empire, the navigation routes of Columbus and Magellan, and the trade routes of modern France.
The reporter saw at the exhibition site that many visitors carefully watched the huge ivory sculptures from Nigeria.
In front of the jewelry box from India, many visitors also stopped to admire it.
The video demonstration of the ancient Silk Road also attracted the attention of many people.
"From Afar" is the first new offline special exhibition launched by the Louvre in a year.
At a time when the new crown epidemic is still raging around the world, it is undoubtedly of special significance to look back on people's long journeys in previous eras.
The exhibition will last until July next year.
The last special exhibition at the Louvre was the Italian Renaissance sculpture exhibition launched in October last year.
Due to the epidemic, the Louvre in France has been closed since the end of last year until May this year.
After the Louvre was reopened in May, several small-scale exhibitions have been held successively by various departments.
At present, a health pass must be presented to visit the Louvre.
With the gradual recovery of cultural activities, the Louvre will also launch another new offline special exhibition "The Birth of Modern Greece" on September 30.
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