The scene of the exhibition hall was photographed by Ying Ni
Beijing, January 25 (China News Network) (Reporter Ying Ni) "Zhong Ming Shengshi: The Forbidden City and Chengde Mountain Resort Tibetan Clocks and Watches Joint Exhibition" will be opened to the public on the 26th. The two museums have joined forces to combine the clocks and watches on display, including 40 clocks and watches exhibited by the Palace Museum and 20 clocks and watches exhibited by the Chengde Mountain Resort Museum.
The reporter saw in the exhibition hall on the 25th that the exhibition will display 10 pairs of clocks and watches collected by the two museums on the same stage, so that the audience can not only appreciate the colorful clocks and watches of different periods, different cultures and different regions, but also fully understand the status of the Qing Dynasty court clock collection and display, and perceive the trajectory of the development and change of the Qing Dynasty court concept of time. The exhibition is held in the East Hall of the Qianqing Palace, which was once the self-chiming bell of the Qing Palace in history - the audience seems to travel through time and space in the crisp bell.
The scene of the exhibition hall was photographed by Ying Ni
Guo Fuxiang, curator and deputy director of the Palace Museum's Court History Department, introduced that the production age of these clocks and watches continued from the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century, covering not only the works of famous artists in Western countries such as Britain, France, switzerland, but also the domestic products of the Qing Palace bell office, Guangzhou, Suzhou and other places.
The 18th-century British-made copper gilded three-person playing music flower clock was originally a pair, and is now stored in the Palace Museum and the Summer Resort Museum, which is the first time to be exhibited together. The machine starts, and the seven small flowers at the top rotate around the central flower, rotating at the same time, resembling a leather ball. The golden hollow flowers in front of the bell bowl rotate, and children beat the bell bowl to accompany the music.
Showroom scene. The picture shows the 18th-century British copper gilded three-person playing flower clock, which is now in the Palace Museum and the Summer Resort Museum, which is the first time to be combined. Photo by Ying Ni
During the Qianlong period, the Qing Palace made a wooden building-style clock at the clock, which integrated the two chronograph methods of Chinese beating and Western chimes. Guo Fuxiang pointed out that as one of the representatives of the Qianlong Imperial Clock, the commonality can be seen from this exhibit: the wooden structure with dark colors highlights its solemnity, and the tall and wide shape shows its modesty. Since there are many Western watchmakers who work in the bell office, the mechanical part of the imperial clock is quite accurate.
Guo Fuxiang also specially introduced a 19th-century Swiss-made copper gilded magic clock in the Palace Museum, "which has a total of seven sets of clockwork to control various parts, which can be described as one of the most complex Swiss clocks at that time." ”
The clocks and watches of the Chengde Mountain Resort Museum exhibited in the exhibition are the most important parts of the museum's collection, which moved south with cultural relics in the 1930s and 1940s, and was transported back to Chengde by Nanjing in 1956 for the first time with a holistic appearance.
It is reported that the exhibition will last until May 8, with a reservation of 1,000 people per day. After the exhibition, some of the exhibits will continue to be exhibited at the Chengde Mountain Resort Museum. (End)