Red Star News Network (reporter Li Huiying) reported on January 25 that China has great etiquette, so it is called xia; there is the beauty of the dress chapter, which is called Hua. When you think of ancient traditional costumes on the mainland, what comes to mind? Is it the plain and ancient Pre-Qin robes, the atmosphere of the classical Han Dynasty deep clothes, or the gorgeous and exquisite Tang costumes? Is it a stepping rock with flourishing branches, a flat square inlaid with gold and silver, or a wide scarf like a crown?
The charm of China, the long culture; the good costumes, the echoes of the Silk Road. The connotation of the costume and the charm of the ornament are also one of the ways to reach the depths of civilization.
With the prosperity of the Silk Road, Chinese costume culture has continued to develop in the direction of diversification in the crucible of national culture, reflecting the national character of Chinese civilization of inclusiveness, tolerance and beauty, and the cultural spirit of new and new non-stop and continuous life.
In order to present the magnificent costume culture on the ancient Silk Road, the prosperous and exquisite kingdom of clothing and crown and the humanistic and historical picture infiltrated with the self-confidence of a thousand years of culture for the public, on January 25, 2022, the "Yunxiang Clothing - Silk Road Costume Culture Special Exhibition" was grandly opened at the Chengdu Museum!
This is a costume exhibition with a grand span of time and space, colorful colors and a variety of colors, and it is also an annual exhibition that tells the story of China, carries forward the spirit of the Silk Road, and gives full play to the synergy of inter-museum exchanges and collaborations in museums.
Under the guidance of the Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, the Propaganda Department of the Chengdu Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism (Chengdu Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau), and with the support of the China Cultural Relics Exchange Center and the Beijing Institute of Fashion, the Chengdu Museum, with the theme of Silk Road costumes, joined hands with the China Silk Museum, gansu Provincial Museum, Inner Mongolia Museum, Yunnan Provincial Museum, Fujian Museum, Hunan Provincial Museum, Shandong Museum, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Museum, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Guyuan Museum, Gansu Jianmu Museum, Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Beijing Institute of Fashion Institute of Ethnic Costumes Museum, Jingzhou Museum, Luoyang Museum, Hanjing Diyang Mausoleum Museum, Xi'an Museum, Qingcheng County Museum, Gaotai County Museum, Jiayuguan Great Wall Museum, Yanchi County Museum, Turpan Museum and other 186 pieces/groups of precious cultural relics from more than 20 cultural institutions in 11 provinces, 3 autonomous regions and 1 municipality directly under the Central Government, through silk fabrics, costumes, pottery figurines, portrait bricks, etc., Lead the audience into a magnificent world of clothing and crown, and feel the vitality from the ancient art of costumes.
Treasures gather through the millennium "Kingdom of Clothing"
Through the interpretation of the development and changes of clothing culture along the Silk Road, the "Yunxiang Clothing - Silk Road Costume Culture Special Exhibition" explores the continuous development of traditional Chinese costumes in ethnic integration, highlighting the artistic achievements of the Chinese nation as the "Kingdom of Clothing and Crown".
The brocade robes from the Warring States Tomb of Mashan in Jingzhou City tell the story of the development of China's silk weaving industry in the pre-Qin period;
▲Phoenix flower pattern brocade robe (replica) Warring States Jingzhou Museum
▲ Dragon-shaped gold necklace Jin Dynasty Inner Mongolia Museum
▲Gem-encrusted gold crown ornament Han Dynasty Inner Mongolia Museum
▲ Hunting Tujin "Fang Qi" Sixteen Kingdoms Period - Sui Dynasty Yanchi County Museum
The portrait bricks excavated from Gaotai County, Gansu Province, truly depict the local textile production technology in the western region during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and show the spread of textile technology in the Central Plains along the Silk Road.
▲Cai Sangtu portrait brick Wei Jin Gaotai County Museum
▲The silk tow of the picking machine is a portrait brick of Wei Jin Gaotai County Museum
▲Cut cloth picture portrait brick Wei Jin Gaotai County Museum
▲Open box picture portrait brick Wei Jin Gaotai County Museum
This exhibition concentrates the characteristic historical and cultural resources of Chengdu and the cultural and cultural units along the Silk Road, not only the classic collection of provincial large museums, but also the fine cultural relics of a number of small and medium-sized museums in places that have rarely entered the public eye before. For this cooperation model, the curator said that this not only satisfies the needs of Chengbo as a curator, gathers more cultural relics and concentrates on presenting a good exhibition, but also promotes the exchange of collection resources of local museums, so that their collection of exquisite cultural relics can be fully displayed; at the same time, it can also meet the audience's viewing needs for new exhibitions and optimistic exhibitions, and can appreciate the style of exquisite cultural relics in different regions, and achieve mutual benefit and mutual benefit and win-win results.
"Clothing" has been passed down from ancient to modern times and returned to the silk road
Throughout the ages, clothing culture has been an important vein in traditional Chinese culture. With the theme ideas of "The Belt and Road", "Ethnic Integration" and "Technology and Cultural Exchange", the exhibition shows the historical trajectory of the integration and development of multi-source costume culture on the Silk Road through themes such as "The Initial Opening of the Silk Road and the Western Transmission of Han Jin", "The Integration and Development of National Costumes", "Weaving Technology and Style Innovation", etc., and outlines a splendid picture of the continuous and thriving chinese national costume culture.
▲ Yellow-brown pair of bird diamond pattern Qidi "cloud embroidery" Western Han Province Museum
"You are clothed, but you are clothed with the Son."
Chinese costume culture not only represents the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation, but also highlights the deep spiritual pursuit, while outlining the gorgeous picture of the Chinese national costumes, it brings us enough creativity to open up a new era of "clothing kingdom".
Culture is the foundation of urban growth, as a city with an endless heritage of thousands of years, Chengdu has always pursued innovation, change and inclusiveness. As an urban museum in the center of Chengdu, Chengdu Museum plays a continuous and important role in cultural exchanges and mutual learning. This exhibition also strives to contribute to the creation of a world cultural city in Chengdu by looking back at the integration and innovation of Silk Road clothing culture over the past thousand years.