On February 10, 2022, the Beijing News Center opened the "blind box" again. Following Chairman Bach's "airborne" visit, the surprise provided to Chinese and foreign journalists this time is the ticket for the new exhibition of the blockbuster new museum launched immediately after the opening of the Winter Olympics!
After the opening of the Art Museum of China and the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in the central area of the Olympic Park on February 5, it ushered in a boom in reservation visits, and 3,000 reservation places were all sold out every day, and the tickets were reserved until a week later.
As an important project of the series of cultural activities of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the first blockbuster exhibition of the new museum, "Treasures of China - Exhibition of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage and Arts and Crafts", was launched. More than 160 Chinese and foreign reporters from the 2022 Beijing News Center approached 1298 treasures with the audience.
On the afternoon of February 10, Chinese and foreign journalists visited the National Art Museum of China.
It was completed and opened in three years
Fill the gap in the national museum of intangible cultural heritage
After nearly three years of construction, the new China Arts and Crafts Museum and the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum reopened the door the day after the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games. The museum is located on the north extension of the central axis of Beijing, the west side is close to the Olympic Forest Park, adjacent to a number of large-scale national venues, the project construction area of 91,126 square meters, a total of six floors above the ground.
Han Ziyong, director of the China Arts and Crafts Museum (China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum), introduced that the completion of the new museum has filled the gap of the national museum of arts and crafts and intangible cultural heritage in the mainland. It marks another important cultural landmark on the mainland that represents the cultural image of the country and the capital and highlights the cultural prosperity and development of the new era.
"Almost at the same pace as the completion and acceptance of the project construction, we are non-stop, relying on the strong academic strength and rich collection resources of the China Academy of Arts, and simultaneously promoting the exhibition demonstration, design and installation of the 'Treasures of China - Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage and Arts and Crafts Exhibition'." Han Ziyong introduced that the opening work "Treasures of China" exhibition and the venue complement each other perfectly, which is an important cultural activity during the Beijing Winter Olympics. The museum specially designed the Winter Olympics-themed installation landscape "From Altay to Beijing" to applaud the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Jadeite "Four National Treasures" made a heavy appearance
According to reports, the "Treasures of China" opened the exhibition, divided into eight sections, covering arts and crafts, guqin, traditional musical instruments, traditional art, opera, gold stone seal carving and extension, traditional New Year paintings, opera performances and academic reports of eight parts, a total of 1298 treasures were exhibited, 80% is the first time to the public exhibition, most of the exhibits are the treasures accumulated by the China Academy of Arts for 70 years.
The Red Star News reporter saw at the scene that walking into the exhibition hall of "Great Country Craftsmanship", the joint appearance of jadeite "four national treasures" was the most eye-catching, they were the jade mountain "Dai Yue Wonder", jade flower lavender "Fragrant Jurui", jade beam flower basket "Qunfang Range Rover" and jade 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.
On the afternoon of February 10, Chinese and foreign journalists visited the jade national treasure in the China Arts and Crafts Museum.
In the "Ancient Relics" section, the audience can enjoy the treasures of the late Tang Dynasty "Dead Wood Dragon Yin" qin, the Song Dynasty "Ming Feng" qin and other treasures, and appreciate the guqin art that has spanned more than 3,000 years. The "Silk Road Danqing" section takes the audience to enjoy the "murals along the Silk Road" and see more than 70 copying masterpieces.
In addition, the audience can also feel the charm of opera art in the "Legend of Ink and Ink" section, taste the hundred works of 100 seal engravers with the aphorisms of the "Analects" in the "Instrument Transmission" section, and enjoy the colorful old age paintings from Tianjin Yangliuqing, Sichuan Mianzhu and other places in the "Shenzhou Yingchun" section. 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.
"During the Winter Olympics, we will provide rich and thick cultural exchange activities. In addition to the wonderful city interviews, we will continue to take Chinese and foreign reporters to open the 'surprise blind box'. Xu Hejian, director of the 2022 Beijing Press Center, introduced that the center provides non-registered journalists with media services that meet the regulations of the olympic host city and conform to international practices, mainly including fresh and in-depth news information services, thoughtful and temperature media public services, rich and thick cultural exchange activities, and the four concepts of "news + service, news + culture, news + technology, news + image" run through the center's services.
Red Star News reporter Zhang Yanliang reported from Beijing
Edited by Yixi Chen
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