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Cover news reporter Su Yu
Recently, the "Ruihu You'an - 2022 New Year Exhibition" was launched at the National Museum of China, systematically displaying the history, culture and festival beliefs related to the tiger from the aspects of faith and etiquette, history and culture, artistic life, etc., creating a peaceful atmosphere for celebrating the New Year of the Tiger, and presenting the excellent traditional culture and rich spiritual heritage of the Chinese nation.
"Tiggo You'an - 2022 Chinese New Year Exhibition". Courtesy of Guobo
According to reports, the exhibits in the collection exhibited in this exhibition from the Shang Dynasty to the beginning of the 21st century, there are not only precious utensils with brilliant gold and jade, fine craftsmanship, but also the remains of the stoneware gray tiles, simple and lovely city wells, rich in categories, reflecting the long-standing and endless tiger culture of the Chinese nation from all aspects of culture. More than 70% of the exhibits are exhibited for the first time, showing the charm of cultural relics and art, while presenting the latest preservation and research results of the museum, realizing the desire to make historical relics come alive and enrich the cultural life of the masses.
Since ancient times, in the relationship with nature, the ancestors have known the tiger, a large, flamboyant, majestic and powerful king of nature, and have awe and worship it. Early ancestors used legends and artifacts as a carrier, leaving a large number of memories about tigers for future generations. Tigers are given romantic imagination and mythology. The tiger is the mount and spirit beast of the immortals, "the tiger drums and the birds return to the car, and the immortals are lined up like hemp." "The tiger is the patron saint who can avoid evil in the town house," the tiger, the yang, the chief of the hundred beasts, the one who can strike the dove and eat the charm." The image of the tiger appears on the living utensils such as jade pendants and pillows, as well as in children's clothing and on the walls of doors, expressing people's desire to use the tiger to drive away evil spirits and bless peace, as well as prayers for a prosperous life in the future.
The exhibition design adopts the form of traditional Chinese multi-entry courtyard to create a "home" atmosphere to reflect the cultural psychology and traditional customs of people who hope to "go home" for the New Year and celebrate the New Year. The concept of five "doors" is used in the exhibition hall to divide the space, implying the five blessings of the Linmen, hoping that the audience can slowly appreciate the cultural connotation of the exquisite cultural relics collected by the National Museum in a peaceful and joyful relaxed atmosphere, appreciate the Spring Festival and the meaning of the calligraphy and painting works carefully created by the calligraphers and painters of the National Expo.
After returning to China, the national treasure Tiger Chain reappeared to celebrate the Year of the Tiger. The bronze heavy weapon tiger lock cast in the Western Zhou Dynasty, once a collection of the Imperial Garden of the Qing Dynasty, was exiled to a foreign country in the catastrophe of modern nationalities and cultures, and after more than a hundred years of wandering, under the efforts of many parties, it returned to the embrace of the motherland in 2018 and entered the National Museum of Tibet. According to experts, it is likely to be a ceremonial instrument used in ritual ceremonies. The ancients of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties attached importance to sacrifice, and the ritual vessels of the tiger image carried important religious significance. Hu Yao embodies the profound historical and cultural feelings of the Chinese people and has important historical, artistic and cultural values.
The exhibition specially set up a multimedia interactive experience area, the application of dynamic capture technology, to provide the audience with the opportunity to experience the art of paper-cutting. Here, the audience can simulate paper-cutting movements with their hands to create, and feel the endless fun brought by the combination of technology and traditional art.