Today (December 28th), the New Year's Eve exhibition "Rich and Noble Changchun - Traditional Chinese Wealth and Culture Exhibition", jointly participated in by the Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum, the Palace Museum in Shenyang, the Fujian China Mintaiyuan Museum, the Xiamen Museum, the Datong City Museum, the China Finance and Taxation Museum, the Wudang Museum, and the Guanghan Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics Protection, was officially opened in the adjacent exhibition hall on the third floor of the Chengdu Museum, and the exhibition will last until March 20, 2022, and will be open to the public free of charge.
Exhibition site
With the theme of Chinese wealth culture, the exhibition interprets the transformation and development of Traditional Chinese wealth culture for the audience with more than 110 pieces/sets of cultural relics and the exhibition space where light and shadow are intertwined, conveys the moral core of wealth and morality of profit in benevolence and seeking wealth within righteousness, reflects the prosperous scenery of Fu Minfeng and Guotai Min'an, and also sends good wishes for the blossoming of the New Year and the splendid mountains and rivers in the coming year.
Exhibition features
A collection of fine products condenses the beautiful meaning of longing for a happy life
The exhibition exhibits hundreds of exhibits from 9 cultural and cultural institutions across the country, presenting a beautiful picture of a magnificent and prosperous scene. From the Golden Cake of the Han Dynasty to the Silver Ingots of the Ming Dynasty, from Guan Yu and Zhao Gongming, the god of wealth, to the quasi-god of wealth, land gong, and hehe Erxian, from the "cash cow" that combines the idea of shengxian with the wish for wealth to the "cornucopia" with gold and jade, from the peony peony medicine hanging screen to the "toad looking at the moon" Duan Yan, from divination prayer to worshiping the god of wealth... Various prayer activities and auspicious objects reflect the hopes and wishes of the world for a happy life, and weave the dream of a long life, prosperity and well-being.
Rich and noble Changchun reflects the prosperous scenery of Fu Minfeng
The term "Rich and Noble Changchun" has been a long-standing porcelain style and painting theme since the Song and Yuan dynasties. This hope for prosperity and well-being is full of bits and pieces of people's daily lives. Whether it is a bronze mirror inscribed with an auspicious language, or a peony hanging screen in full bloom, whether it is a porcelain bowl that symbolizes abundant food and clothing, or a jade ruyi that prays for "everything is as it goes"... The exhibits embody the good wishes of people throughout the ages.
National tide when the line of these "punch card" points you took a picture
Festive and peaceful red is the main tone, supplemented by the rich colors of traditional folk New Year paintings, forming a vulgar and elegant style; dark gray with golden lines, retro contrast national tide style.
Interpretation of the exhibition
With good wishes, the exhibition brings together the traditional Chinese wealth culture from three units: "Born at the Right Time", "The God of Wealth Has the Way" and "Worship the Gods and Pray for Wealth".
Unit 1 "Born at the Right Time"
Through the two chapters of "Fuller Dream" and "The Initial Rise of the God of Wealth", the internal causes of the emergence of the God of Wealth - the yearning for a better life and the external factors - the prosperity of the commodity economy are clarified.
Unit 2 The God of Wealth Has a Way
According to the division of the genealogy of the god of wealth, the second unit shows the traditional concept of the people to combine the moral core with the desire to pray for wealth through the description of the path of the god of wealth and the embodiment of the characteristics of different gods of wealth through the description of the path of the god of wealth and the embodiment of different characteristics of the god of wealth.
The "God of True Wealth" is dominated by Guan Yu, a famous general of the Shu State during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhao Gongming in the Taoist legend, historical figures Bi Gan and Fan Li, and Li Weizu, who benefited Sangzi, etc. These benchmark figures with certain moral qualities embody the moral background of "a gentleman loves wealth and has a way" in traditional Chinese culture.
The "quasi-god of wealth" is dominated by various gods who can generate wealth and scatter money, such as the Taoist figure Liu Hai toad, the traditional gods of land gong, and hehe erxian and so on. From the many white porcelain statues and wooden statues on display, it can be seen that they are kind and kind-eyed, festive and auspicious, mostly harmonious and smooth,protecting the gods of one side, showing people's pursuit of virtues of "being kind and charitable, benefiting the township".
Unit 3 "Worship of the Gods and Prayers for Wealth"
The third unit is divided into two parts: "Spring Festival Greeting" and "Four Hours of Worship", which show the grand view of the worship of the god of wealth from the festival sacrifice customs and daily offerings, highlighting that in the diversified folk activities, we have a common cultural memory.
Spring Festival is the most important festival of the Chinese nation, the "Spring Festival Greeting" part shows the most important financial activities of the year, a number of woodblock prints of the god of wealth create a happy and peaceful atmosphere of viewing, on the occasion of retiring the old and welcoming the new, pinning people's yearning and hope for a better life.
Red Star News reporter | Qiao Xueyang Zeng Qi
Photography | Wang Huan
Edited | Duan Xueying
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