The reporter learned on the 4th that the exhibition "Exchange and Mutual Learning: Silk Road Art in the Dunhuang Grottoes and Hexi Corridor" recently opened in the History and Folklore Hall of the Shenzhen Museum. The exhibition is sponsored by Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Sports and Tourism, Gansu Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, and organized by Dunhuang Research Institute, Shenzhen Museum, Gansu Provincial Museum, and Gansu Jianmu Museum.
It is reported that the exhibition is divided into three units: "Grotto Art", "Silk Road Chonghua" and "Vientiane Human World". With the overall support of the Gansu Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, the exhibition collected more than 130 pieces (sets) of cultural relics from 10 museums and cultural institutions such as the Gansu Provincial Museum. The exhibits also include four original large replica caves of Caves 45, 220, 285 and 320 of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, more than 40 Dunhuang murals and painted sculptures, more than 70 replicas of high-fidelity digital murals, and more than 20 auxiliary exhibits such as imitation canopy and pagoda.
The "Grotto Art" section of the exhibition shows the large caves copied and copied from the Dunhuang Research Institute, as well as painted sculptures, murals, Dunhuang scriptures, etc., allowing the audience to experience the beauty of Dunhuang grotto art "immersively". The "Silk Road Chonghua" and "Vientiane Human World" units focus on the essence of important Silk Road cultural relics excavated along the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, and bring together the essence of museum collections along the Hexi Corridor, of which 40 first-class cultural relics (groups), including wooden Jane, Dunhuang Scripture Writing, Wood Carving, Color Sculpture, Silk Products, Gold and Silverware and other cultural relics, comprehensively show the integration and achievements of Chinese and Western civilizations in Dunhuang and Hexi regions. The exhibition will also arrange a wealth of restored architectural components, 3D printed models to show the raw materials and production process of Dunhuang murals and color sculptures, combined with high-fidelity digital mural reproductions, pagodas, canopy, clothing and other auxiliary exhibits, to provide the audience with rich information for a deeper understanding of Dunhuang grotto art, feel the creativity of Chinese civilization and the aesthetics of the times.
The exhibition will run until March 20. During the exhibition, the wonderful exhibition content, information, etc. will also be disseminated in various forms through the official website, Weibo, WeChat, video number and other platforms, providing the public with rich online services.
Hua Jing, an all-media reporter of Lanzhou Daily