Another cultural landmark has been added to the north extension of Beijing's central axis, the newly completed Museum of Arts and Crafts of China and the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage of China. On February 9, it welcomed the largest press corps since its opening – more than 160 Chinese and foreign journalists from the Beijing Press Center in 2022. The reporters visited the first blockbuster exhibition of the new museum, "Treasures of China - Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage and Arts and Crafts Exhibition", and walked into the vivid picture of traditional culture and art outlined by 1298 exhibits.
The façade of the Venue of the China Arts and Crafts Museum and the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum.
On February 5, the second day of the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Art Museum of China and the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, which took three years to build, were officially opened to the public. The new museum with an area of 91,126 square meters fills the gap of the national museum of arts and crafts and intangible cultural heritage of the mainland. The museum is located in the central area of the Olympic Park, the west side is close to the Olympic Forest Park, the east side is the Chinese Communist Party History Exhibition Hall, and the south side is the Chinese Historical Research Institute, the "Bird's Nest" Gymnasium and other buildings, the Olympic, ecological, scientific and technological, historical and other themes in this new cultural cluster.
Standing outside the Museum of Arts and Crafts of China (China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum), the reporter saw that the surface of the venue was made of warm copper curtain wall material, decorated with hollow patterns like classical flower windows, resembling a multi-treasure square box, which collected national art treasures. As an important project of the series of cultural activities of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the "Treasures of China" exhibition is the first blockbuster exhibition of the new museum, which is divided into eight sections, covering eight parts: arts and crafts, guqin, traditional musical instruments, traditional art, opera, gold stone seal carving and rubbing, traditional New Year painting, opera performance and academic report.
The jadeite "Four National Treasures" exhibited in the exhibition hall of "Masterpieces of Great Powers" are, from top to bottom, the Jade Mountain Zi "Dai Yue Wonders", the jade flower "Fragrant Jurui", the jadeite interstitial screen "Four Seas Tenghuan", and the jade liang flower basket "Qunfang Range Rover".
In the exhibition hall of "Masterpieces of Great Powers", the joint appearance of jadeite "four national treasures" is the most eye-catching. They are The Emerald Shanzi "The Wonders of Daiyue", the Jade Flower Lavender "Fragrant Jurui", the Jade Tiliang Flower Basket "Qunfang Range Rover" and the jadeite interstitial screen "Four Seas Tenghuan". The four jade national treasures, from the selection of the theme and the design of the form to the completion of the whole, lasted eight years, and were jointly created by more than 40 famous jade masters and skilled masters. Among them, "Qunfang Range Rover" is the largest floral work in the history of Chinese jade art.
In the exhibition hall of "Ancient Relics", the staff is introducing the late Tang Dynasty "Dead Wood Dragon Yin" piano. (Jiang Shengxin/Photo)
The audience watched the explanation of the origin of Chinese opera and the culture of liturgical music in the "Legend of Pink Ink" section. (Jiang Shengxin/Photo)
The "Legend of Pink Ink" section exhibits the shadow puppets of Huanxian County. (Peng Dan/Photo)
In the "Ancient Relics" section, the audience saw the late Tang Dynasty "Dead Wood Dragon Yin" qin, the Song Dynasty "Ming Feng" qin and other treasures, because the successive pianists played and carefully repaired, they have been played and carefully repaired, they have been through thousands of years but still have a sensitive tone; the "Silk Road Danqing" section takes the audience to enjoy the "murals along the Silk Road", giving people a glimpse of the crystallization of ancient cultural exchanges between the East and the West. In addition, the audience can also browse the familiar theatrical images in the "Legend of Powder Ink" section and review the evolution of Chinese opera that can be traced back to thousands of years; in the "Instrument Transmission" section, they can taste 100 works of seal engravers with the aphorisms of "Analects", and enjoy the colorful old age paintings from Tianjin Yangliuqing, Sichuan Mianzhu and other places in the "Shenzhou Yingchun" section. According to reports, 80% of the exhibits in this exhibition are exhibited for the first time to the public, and most of the exhibits are treasures accumulated by the China Academy of Art for 70 years. The exhibition also designed a wonderful interactive link, the audience can scan the two-dimensional code to watch, listen to the explanation of the exhibits, and there are also demonstration experience activities such as rubbing, calligraphy, and seal carving.
Seals on display in the "Instrument transmission" section.
The New Year paintings exhibited in the "Shenzhou Welcoming Spring" section.
The audience is enjoying the "Mural Transmission along the Silk Road" section of the "Silk Road Danqing" section. (Peng Dan/Photo)
Many traditional instruments are on display in the "Wanfang Sonata" exhibition hall. (Jiang Shengxin/Photo)
In the hall on the first floor, the winter Olympics-themed landscape installation "From Altay to Beijing" attracted the attention of many viewers. In 2005, a well-preserved painted petroglyph found in the Altay region of Xinjiang recorded the ancient ancestors pedaling skis and chasing prey with a single pole, and in 2015, the Altay Declaration jointly issued by more than 30 experts from 18 countries recognized Altay as the world's oldest origin of skiing. From the ice hunting of ancient ancestors to the ice competition of modern people, the flying lines outline the beauty of human eternal power and cheer for the ongoing Winter Olympics.
A landscape installation with the theme of the Winter Olympics, From Altay to Beijing.
At the scene of the event, the 2022 Beijing News Center and the joint pavilion sent the "Blind Box Award". Ten reporters, including reporters from this newspaper, were selected as the "Top Ten Questions" for their questions, and the reporters who asked questions were hired as special media observers and enjoyed reservation-free visits in the future.
Author: Peng Dan, a reporter based in Beijing
Photo: Except for the labels, all are provided by the 2022 Beijing News Center
Editor: Jiang Shengxin