More than 130 precious cultural relics tell the story of China

Inside the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City, a foreign journalist is carefully watching the exhibition The first snow of the Year of the Tiger has added a strong ice and snow atmosphere to Beijing, the "City of The Two Olympics". Yesterday, the 2022 Beijing News Center "Surprise Blind Box" struck again - the Joint Palace Museum held the 2022 Beijing News Center Media Open Day, inviting more than 100 Chinese and foreign journalists to visit the Forbidden City, watch the Opening Year Exhibition, and understand China among more than 130 cultural relics selected by 30 museums across the country.

Chinese and foreign journalists travel through time and space

Step into the Royal Ice and Snow "Arena"

The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that the "surprise blind box" is a news brand carefully built by the Beijing News Center during the 2022 Winter Olympics to keep up with the trend, innovate the news format, and build. The "Surprise Blind Box" activity focused on "the latest, most beautiful and best Beijing", organized Chinese and foreign journalists to experience the Chinese national treasure heavy equipment in the Snow Forbidden City, felt the prosperous civilization, and also became the "top stream" of the Beijing News Center in 2022. As soon as the "Forbidden City 2022 Beijing News Center Media Open Day" surprise event was announced, 120 participants were "second light".

Covered in white snow and ice, the Forbidden City is full of charm. Stepping into the Forbidden City, the shutter sounded one after another, and more than 100 Chinese and foreign reporters could not hide their enthusiasm. Looking around, the magnificent palace covered with "white veil" is like the Jinshui River with "ice ribbon", and the smooth and flawless snow is like another ice and snow "arena" that has traveled through time and space. An American reporter who interviewed the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and came to interview the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics after fourteen years said bluntly: "Beijing is the real city of the Two Olympics!" Today' Forbidden City in the snow is also particularly beautiful! ”

As the official public account of the Palace Museum said: "At that time, Ruixue also sang the triumphant song of the athletes' enterprising. ”

More than 130 precious cultural relics

Let the audience read China

In the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City, the "Why China - Ancient Chinese Civilization and "National Treasures" Special Exhibition" is being held, and more than 130 cultural relics selected by 30 museums across the country tell the story of China. The exhibition was guided by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, led by the Central Radio and Television Corporation and the Palace Museum, and jointly organized by more than 30 cultural and museum institutions across the country.

More than 130 precious cultural relics, from the Upper Stone Age to the Qing Dynasty, include stone tools, ceramics, jade, bronzes, gold and silverware, calligraphy and painting, ancient books, seals and other categories, including He Zun, Changxin Palace lamp, Tibetan "Four Medical Classics" and other well-known national treasures. The exhibition regards the long-standing and profound Chinese civilization as a big river, and shows the charm of Chinese civilization with three units: "source", "flow" and "convergence".

In the exhibition hall, the cultural relics in the three central display cabinets can be regarded as the most important. Among them, occupying the "C position" is He Zun, which has a 122-character inscription on the bottom of this bronze, and the inscription "Zhaozi China" means that "China" is the capital city built in this place. This is the earliest known appearance of the word "China", a South Korean journalist used Chinese to understand the scope of the word "China" in the exhibits from the Forbidden City interpreters at that time, and the staff introduced to him: At that time, it referred to Luoyang and the surrounding area. The other two heavy cultural relics are the Jade Dragon excavated from Yuhang Anti-Mountain in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and the Jade Dragon from the Palace Museum.

It is worth mentioning that the Wenyuan Pavilion on the north side of the Wenhua Hall, as the last "exhibit" of this exhibition, echoes the "Four Libraries of the Whole Book" (photocopied version) at the end of the exhibition hall of the Wenhua Hall.

A delicious cup of coffee

Sending everyone a winter warmth

It is worth mentioning that in addition to the blockbuster exhibition, the 2022 Beijing News Center United Corner Tower Coffee provided reporters with a free cup of steaming delicious coffee. Before traveling, tips to protect against cold and keep warm, be careful of slippery roads, and the thoughtful shuttle service on the way makes Chinese and foreign journalists feel full of warmth. The wonderful and colorful activity arrangements on the day also made Chinese and foreign journalists praise the "surprise blind box" of the 2022 Beijing News Center.

It is understood that the "Why China" exhibition is located in the exhibition hall of the Wenhua Hall of the Palace Museum, and the exhibition period is from January 26 to May 4, 2022. According to the current epidemic prevention and control situation, in accordance with the principles of reservation, flow restriction and staggered peak, the exhibition implements reservation admission, with a limit of 3,000 people throughout the day, until the quota is full. Visitors can make real-name reservations through the Palace Museum's online ticketing website (https://gugong.ktmtech.cn/) and the WeChat public account "Palace Museum Audience Service" using second-generation ID cards or passport information.

Text/Reporter Wang Lei Zhang Zhiyi

Photo / Reporter Cui Jun