The Palace Museum of Shenyang, which is based on the Nearly 400-year-old Imperial Palace museum in Shenyang, celebrated its 95th birthday on the 16th. In the past 95 years, the Imperial Palace in Shenyang has transformed from a former royal palace into a national first-class museum, and the frequent addition of new cultural and creative products has made it a national trend fashion experience hall.
Shenyang Imperial Palace, also known as Shengjing Imperial Palace, was built in 1625 during the Nurhaci period and completed in 1636 during the Imperial Taiji period. In 1926, in the Shengjing Imperial Palace, the Museum of the Three Eastern Provinces came into being as the first public museum in Northeast China, and opened to the public in 1929, and was later renamed the current "Palace Museum of Shenyang".
The picture shows the Imperial Palace in Shenyang in the snow. Photo courtesy of the Palace Museum in Shenyang.
Over the years, as a public cultural service institution, the Palace Museum in Shenyang has always been committed to better disseminating china's excellent traditional culture. At present, the Shenyang Imperial Palace has opened more than 50 exhibition halls, which is the period with the largest number of open exhibition halls in history, and it is also the period when the cultural relics are exhibited to the outside world.
The picture shows the Phoenix Building of the Imperial Palace in Shenyang. Photo courtesy of the Palace Museum in Shenyang.
Li Shengneng, head of the Palace Museum in Shenyang, said that most of the furniture cultural relics collected by the Shenyang Palace Museum are large in size and have been stored in the warehouse. In order to let these cultural relics go out of the deep palace, in September 2021, the opening scope of the Palace Museum in Shenyang was expanded again, and the exhibition hall of "Chengong Vientiane - Qing Palace Furniture and Empress Life" was officially opened to the public. The enlarged and open furniture museum has restored the different living spaces of the empress, and displayed more than 100 pieces of exquisite Qing Palace furniture in the courtyard of the Imperial Palace of Shenyang.
"Shunzhi Emperor's Tea", "Luduan Travelogue Series" Mousse Cake, "Chuang Dong Old Snow Smoothie"... Many new cultural and creative products on the Imperial Palace in Shenyang have become hot products, and the cultural and creative industry has also become a new business card of the Imperial Palace in Shenyang. According to statistics, during the "May Day" period in 2021 alone, the total cultural and creative income in the Shenyang Imperial Palace visit area exceeded 1.25 million yuan, an increase of 150% over the same period in 2019.
The picture shows the "divine beast" chocolate launched by the Palace Museum in Shenyang. Photo courtesy of the Palace Museum in Shenyang.
Li Shengneng said that the concept of research and development of cultural and creative products in the Imperial Palace in Shenyang is to let people bring culture home, let the cultural relics hidden in the Qing Palace "live", and integrate culture into life.
Li Shengneng said that it is equally important to promote the cultural brand of the Imperial Palace in Shenyang and to protect the cultural relics and buildings of the Imperial Palace in Shenyang. The Forbidden City of Shenyang should become the inheritor of historical heritage, the excavator of art and culture, and the guardian of the spirit of the city.
Reporter: Zhao Hongnan