On January 26, 2022, the exhibition "Raw Flowers under the Feet - The Story of Cement Flower Steps" jointly sponsored by the Guangdong Provincial Museum (Guangzhou Lu Xun Memorial Hall), the Grand Marshal Sun Yat-sen's Palace Memorial Hall and the Guangdong Victory Hotel was officially launched in the lobby on the first floor of guangdong Victory Hotel.
"Foot Flowers - The Story of Cement Flower Steps Bricks" exhibition is the country's first flower step brick thematic exhibition, but also one of the few industrial theme exhibitions, divided into "random flowers gradually into", "flower and branch exhibition", "a hundred flowers blooming" and "spring flowers and autumn fruits" four parts, all-round telling of the history, process, application and other knowledge of cement flower steps bricks, and through the cement flower steps bricks and a large number of pictures, the historical story and cultural value of cement flower steps bricks are sorted out, evoking the citizens' urban memory of cement flower steps bricks, and cultural relics buildings, The awareness of the protection of cultural heritage presents a "flower under the foot" for the inheritance of excellent traditional culture.
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. A large number of pictures are exhibited in the exhibition, and nearly 100 kinds of flower tile styles are presented to the audience, which greatly satisfies the visual experience of the audience.
This 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 Shuaifu's 2022 cultural and tourism cooperation. The cement flower steps bricks exhibited for the first time at the Victory Hotel also allow visitors visiting Shamian to experience the charm of cultural heritage at close range.
Located on Shamian Island, a famous scenic spot in Guangzhou, Guangdong Shengli Hotel has a long history, formerly known as the "Shamian Hotel" built in 1888, 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 brick elements. Shamian brings together many modern cultural relics buildings, which use a large number of cement step bricks, and the curators of the exhibition have visited Shamian many times when preparing the exhibition. The exhibition is displayed in the open-air building "museum" of Shamian, which is more likely to resonate with the audience.
In order to strengthen the activation and utilization of cultural relics and make cultural relics and exhibitions closer to life, the Grand Marshal Sun Yat-sen Palace Memorial Hall cooperated with the exhibition to develop a cultural and creative product "Picking Flowers" fashion nail art tablets. Nail art tablets are a kind of fashion products that can be taken off at any time, environmentally friendly and safe, do not hurt nails, and are a popular finger art 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. At the opening of the exhibition, the Memorial Hall of the Grand Marshal Sun Yat-sen's Office brought the "Picking Flowers" nail art film to the scene for free for the audience to try on.
The reporter learned that during the Spring Festival, the exhibition "Flowers Under the Feet - The Story of Cement Flower Steps Bricks" will be exhibited at the Memorial Hall of Sun Yat-sen Grand Marshal's Mansion and the Guangdong Victory Hotel at the same time, and the general public and friends are welcome to the exhibition place "Xinghua Street" and see the flower step brick exhibition!
Text/Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng reporter Bu Songzhu Correspondent Liu Junxi
Photo/Courtesy of the organizer
Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng editor Dai Yujing