Cultural relics carry splendid civilization, inherit history and culture, and maintain the national spirit. When Inspecting Gansu in August 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to dig deep into the philosophical ideas, humanistic spirit, value concepts, and moral norms contained in historical relics, and to reveal the cultural spirit and cultural mind of the Chinese nation contained in them, and constantly strengthen cultural self-confidence. In recent years, the vast number of cultural relics workers in Linxia City have kept in mind the ardent entrustment of the general secretary, kept the original intention, undertaken the mission, actively done a good job in the protection of historical relics, the excavation and promotion of cultural values and humanistic spirit, inherited, displayed and made good use of the precious historical and cultural resources of Linxia City, let the history and culture bloom in the protection and restoration, tell the story of Linxia with profound history and culture, condense the strength of Linxia, and promote the high-quality economic and social development of Linxia.
Linxia has a long history and profound cultural heritage. Located in the courtyard of No. 35 Huancheng East Road, Ershe Community, Dongguan Subdistrict Office, Linxia City, Donggongguan was built from 1938 to 1947 and carefully designed and constructed by famous local craftsmen in Linxia. The whole building sits north facing south, with a "Tian" glyph layout, which is a typical Chinese courtyard layout, and the architectural decorative arts of the East Mansion integrate the expertise of brick carving, wood carving and painting in Linxia area, which has a high appreciation value, especially the brick carving art is more superb. The 189 works of various types of fruits and vegetables, flowers, treasures, landscapes, fushou and other contents are properly decorated in various parts of the building, which is dazzling and breathtaking, making it a grand garden for studying the art of brick carving in Linxia, and praised by domestic and foreign tourists. With the passage of time, the East Mansion fell into disrepair, there are problems such as wall base subsidence, platform crisp alkali, weathering, partial cracking of the wall, etc., in order to strengthen the protection of the East Mansion, from 2014 Linxia City began to carry out a comprehensive renovation of the East Mansion, so that its cultural value, artistic value and social value can be greatly exerted.
Han Jun, director of the Cultural Relics Management Institute of the East Mansion of Linxia City: In recent years, under the strong leadership of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, we have successively implemented the rescue cultural relics protection project of the Butterfly Building, the repair project of the cloister and reception hall of the Butterfly Building, the protection and repair project of the Tongtian Tower of the East Mansion, and the fire, security and lightning protection project of the East Mansion. Through the implementation of these projects, greatly improved the safety of cultural relics, the safety of cultural relics has played a great role in the protection, the next work, we will successively implement the East Mansion 16 buildings protection and repair project, to be repaired, the implementation of national treasures and cultural relics display and utilization, the East Mansion into a famous tourist attraction in our city, for the city's cultural and tourism integration cause to make new and greater contributions.
The museum is the most concentrated and representative exhibition place of excellent traditional culture, walking into a museum is like boarding a train through a tunnel of time and space, seeking tranquility in the downtown area, and glancing at the millennium in every inch. Linxia Museum is located in the courtyard of Linxia Donggongguan, covering an area of 8613 square meters, and has a collection of 2129 cultural relics, including 9 first-class cultural relics, 75 second-class cultural relics and 494 third-class cultural relics. There are 11 exhibition halls of 1100 square meters, the permanent exhibition halls are porcelain exhibition hall, calligraphy and painting exhibition hall, bronze exhibition hall, jade ware exhibition hall, faience exhibition hall and folklore exhibition hall, and 5 temporary exhibition halls, which is a comprehensive historical and cultural museum integrating historical relics and tourism.
After years of development, Linxia Museum has become the forefront of Linxia's public cultural service system, an important patriotic education and publicity base, and an excellent platform for displaying regional culture to the outside world. To protect the historical and cultural relics, it is even more necessary to inherit and display the Linxia culture. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Let the cultural relics collected in museums, the heritage displayed on the vast land, and the words written in ancient books come alive, and enrich the history and culture of the whole society." "Over the years, the Linxia City Museum has led the masses to enter the city museum to understand cultural relics and understand the five-thousand-year history of the Chinese nation by adopting online and offline publicity methods, through the construction of research bases, study tours and other activities."
Ma Yuxiang, director of Linxia City Museum: In specific work, our Linxia City Museum in accordance with general secretary Xi Jinping's proposal for the protection of cultural relics work, rational use of the policy, mainly in the Chen Exhibition section to put the collection of cultural relics, cultural relics in front of the eyes of the majority of the audience, for Linxia City to create a charming flower capital, the construction of a park city to provide a profound cultural heritage.
History is the best textbook, and cultural heritage is a "living dictionary" that notes history. In recent years, Linxia City has continuously consolidated the research foundation of local culture and cultural relics, conscientiously implemented the work policy of "protection first, rescue first, rational utilization, and strengthening management", effectively done a good job in the protection, utilization and management of cultural relics, strengthened the interpretation and interpretation of the historical information and cultural values contained in cultural relics, took physical evidence and history, let cultural relics speak, and held various large-scale cultural and sports activities as the carrier to transmit socialist core values, carry forward positive energy, and excavate and display the history of cultural relics through cultural creativity. Scientific and artistic values integrate excellent traditional culture and the era of good life, so that the sense of cultural acquisition, happiness and satisfaction of spiritual and cultural life of Linxia citizens are continuously improved.
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