Insert the wings of imagination for national treasures and take the audience to a beautiful fairy tale world. In the finale of the "National Treasure Exhibition Season" broadcast tonight, the arch of the glass pagoda of the National Treasure Dabao'en Temple of the Nanjing Museum was unveiled. CCTV host Sister Moon transformed into a wind chime fairy on the "Glass Pagoda of Dabao'en Temple", talked to Zhang Haotian, a young pianist in Nanjing, and performed a "Nanjing Fairy Tale".
The Temple of Dabao'en entered the childhood of Europeans through Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales
Since its inception, with the open attitude of "heroes do not ask the source", "National Treasures Exhibition and Performance Season" has invited literary and artistic forces from all walks of life to create performances for 81 national treasures since the three seasons of "National Treasures". Whether it is a top academy, an art school, or a non-hereditary person, a folk master, all kinds of creators and performers show their talents and creativity to the fullest. Focusing on national treasures and with the help of various art forms, we actively explored the effective path of "making national treasures come alive".
The arch components of the glass pagoda of Dabao'en Temple, which have been featured in CCTV programs such as "National Treasure" and "China National Treasure Conference", are different from this appearance.
The arch of the glass pagoda of Dabao'en Temple, excavated in 1958 at the site of the glass kiln outside the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing, was excavated only a batch of broken glass pagoda bricks, with a mottled glaze, and then assembled and restored according to the data. The image of the glass pagoda was well known to foreigners in the nineteenth century and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Period in the world. It is now displayed next to the museum's independent booth in the exhibition hall of the Nanjing Museum.
It was initiated and built by Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Cheng, and took three generations of emperors to complete in 17 years. The tower is 78 meters high and has nine floors and eight sides. The craftsmen of the glass pagoda also used the "three absolutes" to confirm the reputation of the world's first tower, the first towering cloud day, the second absolute glass, and the third absolute Buddha lamp Yongming. These three gems pushed the glass pagoda to the highest peak of ancient Chinese pagoda art. The nine-story pagoda has a total of sixty-four sets of arches, each of which has been fired with two sets of spare parts, for a total of one hundred and ninety-two ornate glazed arches. Such an arch is in the middle of the tower, and there are eight such arches on each floor, and the glass is a kind of pottery made of high and low temperature glaze fired twice. After experiencing the turmoil of war, to this day only a complete set of glass tower arches remains.
It is mentioned in the program that the glass pagoda of Dabao'en Temple is most consistent with the theme of this issue of "National Style Fairy Tale". There is a story called the Garden of Heaven in Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, which tells the story of the son of the wind mother who flew to China, danced around the porcelain pagoda for a while, and then sounded the jingling music, and the pagoda in the fairy tale is the glass pagoda of The Great Bao'en Temple in Nanjing. Unfortunately, the Glass Pagoda was destroyed during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, leaving only the only complete set of Glass Pagoda arches left in the world. Even such an arch brings endless imagination.
"History has created many surprises for us, I never thought that there would be treasures of our country in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, and as a representative of China, I think the glass pagoda must have satisfied Mr. Andersen's beautiful imagination of oriental culture." Sister Moon sighed.
The glass pagoda of Dabao'en Temple, known as the "first pagoda under the heavens", has been famous overseas since the 17th century, introduced to the West by Neuhof's travelogues, and entered the childhood of Europeans through Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, "Nanjing Porcelain Pagoda" carries the yearning of foreign friends for Chinese culture. British coins have its motifs on them, and many countries have built Chinese pagodas modeled on its own land. Over the course of thousands of years, although the Glass Pagoda was destroyed by the wars of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the cultural symbols it represented were as vivid as ever. In the 21st century, it continues to represent China's cultural symbols through a small takeaway box that has appeared in many popular film and television dramas (The Big Bang Theory, Love and Elixirs, Friends, Mind Agents, Monster Power Company). Although the glass pagoda of Nanjing Dabao'en Temple has disappeared in history, it will always live in the present of the world. When the Glass Pagoda was born, it witnessed a civilized empire of the Ming Dynasty facing the world, and today the Glass Pagoda has triggered the exchange of traditional Chinese culture and the world.
A wind chime at Dabao'en Temple "sings" and talks to Nanjing musicians
Nanjing musician Zhang Haotian said that the first time he created a national treasure and participated in the form of musical theater, he felt very nervous. Working with Sister Moon, there is a feeling of returning from a fairy tale to reality. The reason for doing the creation of the Temple, in my own mind, this pagoda is not only a symbol of cultural exchange, but also a hometown for the wanderer. "Since I was a child, I was quite lonely studying abroad, and I found that many foreigners also know dabao'en Temple, and they also imitate the architecture of this glass pagoda, such as the British Qiuyuan Pagoda, and after returning to China, I went to see Bao'en Temple and the ancient city wall, and I felt that I had finally returned home." Zhang Haotian also said that he has studied classical music since he was a child, but in his foreign tour, he will bring his hometown music "Jasmine".
"Create a fairy tale, you can imagine the whole body of glass, bright lights, towering into the clouds." Nanjing gives us more of a literati temperament, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, we wonder if modern people can cross back and see the fairytale glass pagoda and Nanjing City. Sister Moon said that many temples and pagodas in China will hang wind chimes on the eaves. According to the data, there were 152 wind chimes hanging from top to bottom on the glass pagoda of Dabao'en Temple, and when the wind blew, the sound would spread throughout the city of Nanjing. Will this sound collide with the tinkling piano sound to create a creative spark?
This time, the moon sister dressed in a golden costume became a wind chime on the Temple of The Great Bao'en Temple, and the "lead singer" of the 152 wind chime choir. "After a fire, my friends were gone and I became unable to sing. A painter from the far West painted the place where I lived, but his music was not my favorite style. I remember that that night, in the city of Nanjing, it was the most beautiful Dabao'en Temple, and it seemed to be a song I had forgotten... That night, the glass pagoda was next to a celebration scene. An old captain is going to go on a long voyage..." Facing the young pianist Zhang Haotian, the two Nanjing people collided with a new piece of music, "Listening to the wind chimes singing..." As if to bring the audience into the ethereal illusion.
Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Zhang Nan