Source: China Radio and Television Corporation International Online
Editor: Zhang Xinye
International Online Report (Reporter Chen Yujuan): On December 7, the exhibition "Aiming for the Tao, Traveling in Art: The Ideals, Life and Aesthetics of Ancient Chinese Scholars" sponsored by the National Museum of China, the Nanshan District Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports of Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, and undertaken by the Shenzhen Nanshan Museum was officially exhibited at the Nanshan Museum in Shenzhen.
The exhibition "Aiming for the Tao, Traveling in Art: The Ideals, Life and Aesthetics of Ancient Chinese Scholars" was exhibited at the Nanshan Museum in Shenzhen (Courtesy of the National Museum of China)
"Scholars" is an elite social group unique to ancient China. In the long course of history, the Chinese nation has produced a large number of outstanding scholars and doctors, such as Confucius, Cai Yong, the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest", Tao Yuanming, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Lin Zexu, etc., who have studied knowledge and disseminated culture, are active participants in the country's political life, and are the creators and inheritors of traditional Chinese culture.
This exhibition selects 150 sets of precious cultural relics, divided into three parts: embracing the world, escaping the world and elegant art, through ancient Chinese bronzes, gold and silverware, porcelain, jade, stone carvings, furniture, calligraphy and painting, books and other cultural relics, with "scholars" as the center, expressed under the influence of Confucian traditional culture, their highest life ideals of "self-cultivation, family unity, governance, and peace in the world", as well as the spiritual pursuit and artistic aesthetics reflected by paying attention to personal cultivation and cultivating disposition. These elegant tastes are not only the interpretation of their lifestyles, aesthetic attitudes and philosophical ideas, but also an integral part of China's excellent traditional culture.
On the day of the launch, the docents of the National Museum of China trained the docents and volunteers of the Nanshan Museum, explained the whole process to the audience, and held an educational activity with the theme of "Yi" Brush Style and Elegance - The Pen and Ink Taste of Chinese Literati Painting". 20 students from Lixiang School in Nanshan District, Shenzhen City, felt the aesthetic significance and ideological emotions of traditional culture from the aspects of freehand lyricism, poetry, calligraphy and painting of ancient literati paintings. This is the first time that the social education team of the National Museum of China has cooperated with the touring exhibition to hold explanations and activities in the host museum, which has enriched the exhibition form and deepened the exchange and cooperation between museums.
Located in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, Nanshan Museum was approved in 2014 and is a large-scale comprehensive museum with a focus on geographical characteristics. Relying on the rich collection resources of the National Museum of China and based on Shenzhen's geographical radiation advantages in the center of the Greater Bay Area, this exhibition will become an important cultural feast benefiting residents and tourists of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The exhibition will run until April 10, 2022.