The 419-day exhibition "Remembering Great Victories and Defending Peace and Justice -- Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Chinese Volunteers' War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" (hereinafter referred to as the "Exhibition on Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea") closed on February 16.
As one of the activities commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Volunteers' war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, the exhibition of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea has been on display for 419 days, and 2.4 million visitors have visited the museum. According to reports, within this year, the Military Museum will build a new and permanent memorial hall of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
In 1952, a photograph titled "We Love Peace" was published on the front page of the People's Daily, which was later made into a propaganda poster for the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which was widely circulated. On February 16, the "little girl" Meng Yun in the photo came to the scene of the closing ceremony.
On February 16, the "Remembering The Great Victory and Defending Peace and Justice - Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Chinese Volunteer Army's War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" came to an end. Beijing News reporter Wang Guibin photographed
The closing time was repeatedly postponed, and 2.4 million visitors visited the museum
The Exhibition of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea exhibited 529 photos, 12 works of art, 83 charts and characters, 12 videos, and more than 1,900 exhibits, including nearly 100 first-class cultural relics, and more than 800 cultural relics were exhibited for the first time.
The precious manuscripts of the "Volunteer Army Battle Song", the oil painting recreating the scene of the fierce battle songbone peak, the landscape reflecting the bloody battle of Shangganling and other battles, the fragments of the explosive canister excavated by the sacrifice of the special hero Huang Jiguang, the captured weapons and equipment, the historical photos showing the domestic upsurge of joining the army before joining the war, and the stationery used at the scene of the signing ceremony of the Korean Armistice Agreement, all appeared in the exhibition.
According to the staff, the exhibition highlights the creation of an immersive experience with cultural relics as the mainstay, fully displays major decision-making processes, major historical events, important battles and battles, and important historical figures, takes into account the struggle in the political, economic, and diplomatic fields, comprehensively reviews the glorious course and valuable experience of the CPC in leading the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, shows the heroic spirit of the officers and men of the Volunteer Army and the spirit of not fearing strong enemies and defeating strong enemies, and demonstrates the firm determination of the Chinese nation to not fear violence and safeguard peace.
The exhibition also uses the exhibition hall as a real-life classroom, inviting the descendants of heroes, experts and scholars, and cultural relics donors to the front desk to reveal the stories behind the cultural relics and explain the spiritual connotations. From the whole army, personnel and military blog explainers formed an exhibition interpretation team, with 5305 batches of public welfare explanations, and the largest number of 99 batches of explanations in one day. "They were not only busy in the exhibition hall, but also went deep into the troops to tour the exhibition and teach, and connected the heroic troops to talk about military history." Staff said.
Since its opening in October 2020, the exhibition has received great attention from the public, and the closing time of the exhibition has been postponed repeatedly, and has been exhibited for 419 days so far, with 2.4 million visitors visiting the museum, and 76 volunteer commanders and fighters or their families actively donating 330 cultural relics.
The donation represents Meng Yun to display the poster of "We Love Peace". The poster shows two children, the girl of which is Meng Yun, who was four years old. Beijing News reporter Wang Guibin photographed
The "little girl" in the old photo appeared at the closing ceremony
On the afternoon of February 16, the closing ceremony of the Exhibition of Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea, including veterans and descendants of the Volunteer Army, representatives of donors, representatives of the exhibition production team, and leaders of some military museums, was held. As a donation representative of the exhibition, Meng Yun, the "little girl" in the famous propaganda poster "We Love Peace" in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, came to the closing ceremony.
"We Love Peace" was photographed by People's Daily editor Que Wen and first published on the front page of people's daily published on June 1, 1952. Later, the photograph was made into a propaganda poster, published by the People's Fine Arts Publishing House, and the first edition was printed with only 5 million copies. Closely following the themes of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, defending the homeland and defending world peace, this propaganda poster became one of the most influential works of art in China in the 1950s.
"At that time, many volunteers who had been to Korea were carrying this picture to charge the front, so they could recognize me when they saw me and say, 'Girl, come and be a soldier.'" This painting had a big impact on my life, and later I went to join the army, and I took the naval school in 1964. Meng Yun said.
General Deng Hua served as the second commander and political commissar of the Chinese Volunteer Army, assisting Peng Dehuai in commanding the first to fifth battles of the Korean War and personally commanding the world-famous Battle of Shangganling.
On February 16, Deng Sui, the son of General Deng Hua, said in his speech at the closing ceremony, "Our fathers participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, so our generation is familiar with the story of the war against the US Aid korea and the volunteer army since childhood, but our next generation, as well as the current young people, seem to have a little forgotten about the story of the volunteer army and the 'loveliest people'." ”
"During the festival, the fourth generation of our family also came to see the exhibition, which was very touching. The current film and television dramas, especially our memorial halls, have played a great role in publicizing the spirit of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Deng Sui said.
Representatives of the audience brought their children to the closing ceremony. Beijing News reporter Wang Guibin photographed
The permanent Memorial Hall of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was completed within this year
At the closing ceremony, the relevant person in charge of the Military Museum introduced that within this year, the Military Museum will build a new and permanent memorial hall of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the opening hours will be announced separately.
In May 2021, the "18th (2020) National Museum Top Ten Exhibition Promotion Activities", the Exhibition to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea won a special award. On February 16, Hong Maien, director of the Institute of Display Art of the Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts, who presided over the formal design of the exhibition, told reporters that the biggest highlight of the Exhibition to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea is the integrity. "In accordance with the historical environment of the exhibition content, the regional characteristics of North Korea, and the temporal and spatial characteristics of the war, a background base map of up to six meters high was set up, and the artistic expression was enriched by various means such as three-dimensional exhibition walls, wall decoration landscapes, large composite maps, and video videos, and the audience was guided to personally feel the epic power of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and defend the country."
"As a temporary exhibition, the Exhibition on Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea was temporarily closed. However, the military expo and relevant leaders particularly stressed that after this exhibition, it should be organized into an exhibition that will never end and become a basic exhibition. At present, we are also cooperating with the military blog to do some preliminary planning work. Hong Maien said.
He also introduced that according to the current requirements of the military expo, the subsequent permanent exhibition will retain all the high-quality ingredients in the existing exhibition, and then appropriately upgrade some parts, such as the sound and photoelectric part, and carry out more refined processing according to the quality and level of the permanent exhibition.
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