On the first day of the Lunar New Year on February 1st, the "Spring Greeting Boat - Nanhai I. to Malaysia" activity co-organized by the Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum and the Malaysian Malacca Zheng Culture Center opened in the special exhibition hall of the Malacca Zheng Culture Center.
This is the first time that the Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum has held the "Nanhai I" special publicity activity overseas this year, and it is held in the famous ancient Maritime Silk Road and spice road important hub, the World Heritage City of Malacca.
Activities include punch cards in the museum, online exhibitions, promotional video broadcasts, online lectures and other exchange and interactive projects. The event brought The Experience of Hai Silk Culture to Malaysian audiences and local Chinese overseas Chinese, and sent Chinese New Year greetings. Before the start of the event, special reports have been published in Malaysia's Sin Chew Daily, China News and other media, which have fully warmed up and attracted a large number of audience attention.
At the opening event, Zeng Chaoqun, director of the Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum, delivered a speech in the form of a video, hoping to use the Sea Silk Road culture as a link to further strengthen the cultural exchanges between China and Malaysia.
The guests and audience members of the event jointly visited the online exhibition "Canglan Sail Shadow - Deciphering the South China Sea I". This time, Guangdong Haisi Pavilion and Zheng Wenhua Museum worked together to use the power of Internet technology to break through the limitations of the epidemic and time and space, and move the exhibition online, which is more convenient for the audience.
The exhibition selects precious pictures of the salvage, archaeology, protection and historical research of the "Nanhai I", and decrypts the historical mystery of the "Nanhai I" with the latest archaeological research results, so that malaysian audiences can experience the story of the "Nanhai I" sailing away, fighting the wind and waves and the passage of goods to all countries, and feel the glorious history of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.
The event site also set up a Spring Festival photo punch card wall, attracting many local residents and tourists to punch in and take photos. At the same time, the staff of Zheng Wenhua Museum, dressed in traditional Nyonya costumes, presented cultural and creative products developed by Guangdong Haisi Museum to guests and audiences to send New Year wishes.
It is reported that the "Spring Greeting Ship - Nanhai I. to Malaysia" activity lasted until February 15. In addition to the Zheng Wenhua Museum, you can visit the online exhibition "Canglan Sail Shadow - Deciphering the South China Sea I." And there is also a rotation of the "South China Sea I" special promotional film. In addition, on February 9th, the cultural relics protection experts of Guangdong HaisiGuan will give a special lecture on "Protection of Marine Heritage - Taking Nanhai I. as an Example" for more than 2,000 teachers and students of Malaysia's century-old Chinese Secondary School - Peifeng Secondary School in the form of video link, so that students can experience the protection and restoration technology of underwater cultural relics and understand the story of China's underwater cultural heritage protection.
As a cultural relics closely related to hot topics such as underwater archaeology and the "Belt and Road Initiative", the organizers of the event hope to further build this world-class cultural brand through the outreach and exchange of "Nanhai I."; build bridges of peace and friendship, deepen exchanges and cooperation with countries and regions along the Maritime Silk Road, and better protect and inherit the culture of the Maritime Silk Road.
News link - Malacca Cheng Cultural Center
The Zheng Cultural Center is located in the ancient city of Malacca, a World Heritage Site, where Zheng He once docked in Malacca seven times to the West, where a material supply base to support ocean voyages was established, "Guan Kuo". In 2005, to commemorate the 600th anniversary of Cheng Ho's voyage to the West and to showcase the great maritime activities of the 15th century initiated by the Chinese, Dr Chan Tat Sang, President of the Singapore International Cheng Ho Society, founded the Cheng Cultural Centre in Malacca to commemorate Cheng Ho's maritime achievements and spirit of peace.
[All-media reporter] Wen Chunmei
[Correspondent] Guo Hengwen
【Photo】 Courtesy of Cheng Cultural Centre, Malacca
【Author】 Wen Chunmei
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client