Beijing News Express (reporter Ma Jinqian) On January 25, the Palace Museum's first exhibition of the beginning of 2022 - "Why China" opened, and the exhibition was held with the public at the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City until the beginning of May.
The exhibition originated from the idea of holding a special exhibition in the "National Treasures" program, and more than 130 pieces (sets) of precious cultural relics were unveiled.
He Zun (Western Zhou, bronze), famous for having the inscription "Zhaozi China" in zun, is the earliest written record of the word "China". Beijing News reporter Pu Feng photographed
Cultural relics on display from the Stone Age to the Qing Dynasty
The exhibition is guided by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Palace Museum, the Central Radio and Television Corporation and 29 museums, exhibiting a total of more than 130 precious cultural relics (sets), from the Upper Stone Age to the Qing Dynasty, including stone tools, ceramics, jade, bronze, gold and silverware, calligraphy and painting, ancient books, rare books, seals and other categories (limited by the exhibition hall environment, most of the paper and silk cultural relics are replicas), including He Zun, Changxin Palace lamps, Tibetan "Four Medical Classics" and other well-known national treasures.
Due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the cultural relics of some museums in Henan and Shaanxi have not been exhibited at the opening ceremony, and will be supplemented during the exhibition period in the future as appropriate.
The exhibition regards the long-standing and profound Chinese civilization as a big river, and compares the origin, inheritance and development of civilization to the source, flow and confluence of the river. With the three units of "source", "flow" and "convergence", it shows the cultural characteristics of Chinese civilization that are diverse, integrated, continuous and inclusive, and presents why the Chinese land is China, why the Chinese nation is great, and why Chinese civilization is immortal.
Han Dynasty Changxin Palace lamp. Beijing News reporter Pu Feng photographed
The first unit, "Source", is divided into three sections: "Between Heaven and Earth", "Birth is in Place", and "Foundation of Enlightenment", which begins with the analysis of Chinese geography, explains the motives of the productive forces of Chinese civilization, and uses China's unique material culture to show its philosophical ideas, values, and institutional systems, thus laying the foundation for the unification of a multi-ethnic country.
The second unit, "Flow", is divided into three sections: "Blood Dependence", "Harmony and Solidarity", which explains that Chinese civilization has built a Chinese national community, a community of human destiny and a community of earth life through the exchange and integration of various ethnic groups in the region, the reflection and mutual learning with civilizations outside the region, and the dialogue and interaction with natural things.
The third unit, "Hui", is divided into three sections: "People's Ben Bangning", "Gewu Restoration" and "Convergence chengjian", which respectively explain the traditional concept of the Chinese nation of respecting benevolence and respecting courtesy and integrating the family and the country, the spirit of exploration that pursues the ultimate and the courage to innovate, and the Chinese wisdom of the chinese language that stretches in context and is full of culture and flowers, revealing that all civilization history is created by the people, enjoyed by the people, and inherited by the people.
Wenyuan Pavilion on the north side of the Wenhua Hall will be the last "exhibit" of this exhibition, which will echo the last cultural relic in the exhibition hall of the Wenhua Hall, "Four Libraries of the Whole Book" (printed material). Wenyuan Pavilion is the largest royal library in the Qing Palace, completed in the forty-first year of Qianlong (1776), and collected here after the completion of the first "Four Libraries". In the middle of the hall on the first floor of Wenyuan Pavilion, there is a plaque of "Convergence Chengjian".
Neolithic Hongshan culture jade dragon. Beijing News reporter Pu Feng photographed
The "National Treasure" spin-off group exhibition was launched at the same time
It is reported that this exhibition originated from the idea of holding a special exhibition in the "National Treasures" program. In addition to the main exhibition, the West Side Hall of The Mandarin Hall simultaneously exhibits a derivative group exhibition of the "National Treasures and Performance Season" launched by the CCTV General Station Literary and Art Program Center, and the exhibits are 12 "National Treasure Identity Cards" created with their own distinctive intangible cultural heritage and local folklore.
The exhibition "Why China" is located in the exhibition hall of the Palace Museum's Wenhua Hall, as the first major exhibition of the Palace Museum in the beginning of 2022, the exhibition will span important festivals such as the Spring Festival, the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the Qingming Festival, and will be held from January 26 to May 4, 2022.
Han Dynasty Cattle Tiger Copper Case. Beijing News reporter Pu Feng photographed
According to the current epidemic prevention and control situation, in accordance with the principles of reservation, flow restriction and staggered peak, the exhibition implements reservation admission, with a limit of 3,000 people throughout the day, until the quota is full. Visitors can make real-name reservations through the Palace Museum's online ticketing website and WeChat public account "Palace Museum Audience Service" using second-generation ID cards or passport information.
Beijing News reporter Ma Jinqian photojournalist Pu Feng
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