Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Huang Zhouhui Correspondent Liu Junxi
Photo / Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Deng Bo intern Zhang Chenlu
On January 26th, the exhibition "Raw Flowers under the Feet - The Story of Cement Flower Steps" jointly sponsored by guangdong Provincial Museum (Guangzhou Lu Xun Memorial Hall), Sun Yat-sen Grand Marshal's Palace Memorial Hall and Guangdong Victory Hotel was officially launched in the lobby on the first floor of Guangdong Victory Hotel.
During the Spring Festival, the exhibition "Raw Flowers Under the Feet – The Story of Cement Flower Steps Bricks" will be exhibited at both the Sun Yat-sen Grand Marshal's Mansion Memorial Hall and the Guangdong Victory Hotel. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
Exhibition site
The exhibition "Flowers Under the Feet - The Story of Cement Flower Steps Bricks" is the first special exhibition of flower steps bricks in China, and it is also one of the few industrial theme exhibitions, which is divided into four parts: "Random Flowers Gradually Entering", "Flower Branch Exhibition", "Hundred Flowers Blooming" and "Spring Flowers and Autumn Fruits", which comprehensively tells the history, process, application and other knowledge of cement flower steps bricks, and tells the story of cement flower steps bricks to the audience through cement flower steps bricks and a large number of pictures.
Flower step brick relics into the Centennial Hotel
Cement step tile is a kind of industrial product with both artistry and practicality, and exquisite patterns are a major feature of cement flower step brick.
The patterns of cement flower tiles include abstract geometric stripes and realistic stripes of flowers and grasses; both simple and complex; both a piece of cement independently forms a pattern, and there are multiple pieces combined into a pattern; both imitate Western patterns and integrate traditional Chinese elements for innovation, and so on.
The audience appreciates the beauty of the flower tiles
A large number of pictures are exhibited in the exhibition, presenting nearly 100 kinds of flower step brick styles to the audience to meet the visual experience of the audience. It is worth mentioning that this exhibition also sent the flower step brick relics to the lobby of the Victory Hotel for the first time, so that tourists visiting Shamian can feel the charm of cultural heritage and feel the history at close range.
Cement tiles are associated with sand surfaces
This exhibition is the first cooperation between the Grand Marshal Sun Yat-sen's Palace Memorial Hall and the Guangdong Victory Hotel, and it is also the first exhibition held by the memorial hall in 2022, which has launched the first cannon of the 2022 cultural and tourism cooperation of the ShuaiFu.
The exhibition is on display in the lobby of Guangdong Victory Hotel
Guangdong Shengli Hotel has a long history and is located on Shamian Island, a famous scenic spot in Guangzhou. Sand surface is home to many modern cultural relics, which use a large number of cement flower steps. When preparing for this exhibition, the curators of the exhibition have visited Shamian many times.
The exhibition site of this exhibition, Guangdong Shengli Hotel, formerly known as the "Shamian Hotel" built in 1888, was renamed "Victoria Hotel" in 1895, which is a four-star hotel with a long history; in 1957, it was renamed "Guangdong Shengli Hotel" by Mr. Guo Moruo, and its architectural decoration also has flower tile elements.
This exhibition is displayed in the open-air building "museum" of Shamian, which is more likely to resonate with the audience.
Through sorting out the historical story, cultural value and spiritual connotation of cement flower steps bricks, the exhibition evokes the citizens' urban memory of cement flower steps bricks, and the awareness of the protection of cultural relics and buildings and cultural heritage, and presents a "flower under the foot" for the inheritance of excellent traditional culture.
Cultural creation at your fingertips
What is eye-catching is that the Memorial Hall of the Grand Marshal Sun Yat-sen has developed a fashion nail art tablet of cultural and creative products "Picking Flowers" in conjunction with this exhibition. Nail art tablets are a fashionable item that can be taken off at any time, and it is a kind of finger art that is very popular at present.
Cultural and creative developers have simplified the patterns and shapes of the cement flower steps bricks in the buildings of the former site of the Grand Marshal's Mansion in Guangzhou, extracting their details and colors, making the fashion label of cement flower steps bricks at the end of the 19th century a trend on the fingertips of today.
The audience tried on the cultural and creative product "Picking Flowers" fashion nail art tablets
At the opening of the exhibition, the Memorial Hall of the Grand Marshal Sun Yat-sen's Palace brought the nail film of "Picking Flowers" to the scene of Guangdong Shengli Hotel for free for the audience to try on. Audiences love these nail art films.
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