Elephant News reporter Wang Shaoqing Liu Xiaoyu
The museum is the beginning of learning about a city and is also the "living room of the soul" of the city. A few days ago, the 2022 Henan Provincial Culture and Tourism Work Conference was held, arranging the deployment of key tasks in 2022, and clearly proposing to plan and build a new institute of Henan Museum at a high level. On February 11, Elephant News reported on the matter with "Henan will plan to build a new courtyard of Henan Museum at a high level Expert: Will become another new cultural landmark in Henan", which caused widespread discussion among netizens. So, how will the new Henan Museum be built in the future? What are the new highlights? On February 14, the reporter interviewed Ma Xiaolin, president of the Henan Museum, who said that in the future, the new archaeological discoveries in Henan will be supplemented to the new courtyard of the Henan Museum for exhibition, and further improve the exhibition system of the museum.
The collection of more than 170,000 pieces of cultural relics is only a fraction of the provincial museum urgently needs to build a new courtyard
Founded in 1927, the Henan Museum is one of the earliest museums in mainland China. Henan Museum has a collection of more than 170,000 cultural relics (sets), especially prehistoric cultural relics, Shang and Zhou bronzes, historical ceramics, jade and stone carvings are the most distinctive. The large number, variety, high taste and great value of fine cultural relics are the cultural and artistic treasure houses that witness the development trajectory of Chinese civilization and show the historical development context of China, as well as an important window for appreciating the culture of the Central Plains, the Yellow River and the Chinese culture, and an important platform for enhancing cultural exchanges and cooperation.
Ma Xiaolin told reporters that at present, the construction area of Henan Museum is 55,000 square meters, and the exhibition area is less than 10,000 square meters. In particular, since the opening of the museum free of charge in 2008, there has been a serious shortage of exhibition space and service space for the audience, and the carrying capacity of the museum is far from meeting the needs of the public.
The reporter learned that although the Henan Museum has a large collection of cultural relics, due to space limitations, the cultural relics for daily permanent exhibitions are only a small part of the cultural relics in the collection.
"For example, the Paleolithic exhibition hall of the museum is currently only a few square meters, and the content displayed for the audience is too small, and the new museum will display the area of more than 1,000 square meters in the future to display this era, and tell more stories of human origin and early development for the audience through scene restoration and modern technology, so that cultural relics can come alive and let the audience immerse themselves in the paleolithic human social scene." Ma Xiaolin said that for the exhibition hall of the old museum, there is no such space display condition.
At the two sessions in 2022, the government work report put forward clear goals and requirements for Henan's cultural and tourism work, including the construction of a number of cultural and tourism cultural and creative integration projects, the promotion of archaeological excavation and protection display of important sites, the construction of the Henan Museum and the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the construction of the Yellow River National Cultural Park (Henan section), and the shaping of the cultural brand of "walking Henan and understanding China".
The reporter learned that before Henan, five provinces in the central provinces, including Shanxi, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi and Hunan, have built new museums (courtyards) and new museums (courtyards). As a major province of cultural relics, Henan also urgently needs to accelerate the construction of the new courtyard of henan museum.
"The new Henan Museum has been written into the 2022 provincial government work report, and I believe that the new hospital will soon start construction and be presented to the audience in a few years." Ma Xiaolin said.
In the future, new archaeological discoveries in Henan will be displayed in the new courtyard of Henan Museum
Henan is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization, bronze, ceramics, jade, calligraphy and painting, all shine with the brilliant light of the wisdom of the ancients. JiaHu Bone Flute, Duling Fangding, Lady Good Owl Zun, Jade Handle Iron Sword, Lotus Crane Square Pot, Cloud Pattern Copper Forbidden, Four Gods Cloud Qi Map, Wu Zetian Jinjian and Ruguan Kiln Sky Blue Glazed Carved Flower Gooseneck Bottle These nine cultural relics are the treasures of the Henan Museum Town Hall and have irreplaceable historical value. Will more artifacts be on display after the new courtyard is completed? Ma Xiaolin said that in the future, new archaeological discoveries in Henan will be supplemented into the new courtyard of the Henan Museum to further improve the exhibition system.
"The proportion of cultural relics on display in the museum is small, and the staff will adjust it from time to time. The cultural relics displayed on the basic display generally remain unchanged for several years, but we will design some theme exhibitions from time to time, and then select the cultural relics according to the theme design for re-exhibition. ”
Ma Xiaolin told reporters that at present, the new academy exhibition system is being studied and designed, how many cultural relics are exhibited, and according to the exhibition design plan of the new academy, as far as possible, let everyone see more cultural relics and meet everyone's cultural needs.
The establishment of a digital pavilion allows the audience to more intuitively understand the unique value of cultural relics
The 22nd meeting of the Deepening Reform Committee held on November 24, 2021 deliberated and adopted the Implementation Opinions on Making Cultural Relics Come Alive and Expanding the International Influence of Chinese Culture. The meeting pointed out that at present, the rapid development of digital technology in the mainland has been widely used in the cultural field, bringing great changes to the way cultural products are produced, disseminated and consumed. Only by conforming to the development trend of digital industrialization and industrial digitalization, accelerating the development of new cultural formats, and transforming and upgrading traditional cultural formats can we improve the quality, efficiency and core competitiveness of the cultural industry.
"Museums can play a key role in the future growth of young people, and digital museums can improve young people's interest in learning, make it easier to understand the content of the display, make them more interested, and are more willing to go into the museum to understand China's excellent traditional culture, recognize and identify with ancient Chinese history, and strengthen historical and cultural self-confidence." Ma Xiaolin told reporters that the use of new technologies can pass on the historical and cultural values behind cultural relics, and can also better arouse the public's awareness of cultural relics protection, so that more people can know how to respect culture and respect history from the scene of "ancient and modern dialogue".
The site of the new courtyard of Henan Museum may be planned in Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou City
Ma Xiaolin believes that the museum is a city's business card, the construction of the museum, the location is crucial, first of all to consider its accessibility, convenient for the public to visit, in addition to choosing the core area of urban culture, the formation of a certain agglomeration.
It is understood that museums can be divided into comprehensive museums, historical museums, natural science and technology museums, thematic museums, etc. "To build a museum group, we must plan from the height of the province, build a museum system with multiple subjects, structural optimization, distinctive characteristics and vitality led by state-owned museums and supplemented by non-state-owned museums, and coordinate museums in different regions, levels, attributes and types of museums to achieve diversified and integrated development of museums in the province."
Recently, the new museum of Henan Science and Technology Museum released new news, settled in Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou City, Xianghu Lake, a total of 8 permanent exhibition halls such as cosmic astronomy, intelligent human beings, traffic world, artificial intelligence, etc., after the official opening, it will become a new landmark of the provincial capital Zhengzhou, a 5A-level tourist attraction for science and technology culture and leisure.
"Zhengzhou Zhengdong New District has now settled in the Henan Provincial Science and Technology Museum New Museum, Henan Provincial Natural History Museum and other museums, forming a certain system, forming a certain museum group, is a good choice in the location of the new hospital, which is more convenient for citizens to visit."
Ma Xiaolin said that the development of cities, especially the development of national central cities like Zhengzhou, culture is increasingly playing an irreplaceable role in politics and economy. To build a national central city, strength depends on the economy, and taste depends on culture. The museum is an important place to display cultural heritage, and it is of great significance to the city to build a museum and display the cultural relics of the museum.
"In a few years, the new courtyard of Henan Museum will become an important landmark of national culture, and we hope to build the new courtyard into a platform for exchanges and dialogues among world civilizations and a world-class museum." In addition to displaying the brilliant achievements of Chinese civilization, we can also introduce the achievements of other civilizations in the world to Henan for exhibition, joint exchange and research, and strengthen understanding. With the new venue, with a complete display space, service space, I believe that the new museum will have a greater influence in the national and even world museums. Ma Xiaolin said.