Jimu News Reporter Xia Yu
Correspondent Tian Mengying
"Guessing the Riddle of Lights" is a traditional folk activity of the Lantern Festival and a popular activity of the Wuhan Zhongshan Ship Museum. However, every year "guess the riddle", this year's Zhongshan Ship Museum gameplay is somewhat different.
The Jimu News reporter learned that in order to cooperate with the "Shandong Folk Woodblock New Year Painting Exhibition" that is being exhibited in the museum, the Zhongshan Ship Museum has specially replaced the content of the lantern riddle with a New Year painting, and the audience can find the correct name of the New Year painting in the exhibition hall through the New Year painting pictures on the lantern. There are two kinds of New Year painting riddles, regular version and limited edition, and the audience can get two "Zhongshan Ship Water Relics Postcards" for a painting in the regular version; guess the limited edition plus a copy of "Zhongshan Ship Paper Cup". In addition, the top 10 guessing spectators can also receive a copy of the "Zhongshan Ship Glass", and the corresponding prizes are limited supply.
Woodblock prints are a traditional folk art form with a long history in China, with a history of more than 1,000 years. This time, the Zhongshan Ship Museum specially introduced the Qingdao Municipal Museum 'Shandong Folk Woodblock New Year Exhibition' for the citizens of Jiangcheng City, and integrated it into the "Guess the Lantern Riddle", which undoubtedly allowed the audience to more immerse themselves in the strong festive atmosphere and gain a deeper understanding of the folk woodblock prints and the folk culture behind them.
Not only the Lantern Festival "guessing the riddle", it is worth mentioning that the Wuhan Zhongshan Ship Museum has also launched many activities in the New Year of the Tiger, benefiting the people and making traditional skills bloom. In the exhibition area of "Shandong Folk Woodblock New Year Painting Exhibition", there are two rubbing areas, rollers, malian and rice paper are arranged, attracting many audiences to participate, and experience the new year painting rubbing here. "Exquisite New Year paintings come out, bringing home the joy and happiness of the New Year." Wuhan Zhongshan Ship Museum hopes that the audience will experience the strong Chinese New Year flavor at the Zhongshan Ship Museum.