The first photo taken by the author at the National Expo was visited in the "Watching Homeland - Shaanxi Baoji Mass Protection Of Cultural Relics Special Exhibition".
My relationship with the National Museum of China began with a visit to the "Special Exhibition of Treasures" in 2001. The nearly 200 pieces/groups of exhibits exhibited in the "Special Exhibition of Treasures" are carefully selected from the cultural relics in the collection, which are very representative, typical and exemplary, and are a condensed version of the "General History of China Exhibition". For the first time in the exhibition, I saw the well-known cultural relics in the textbooks, such as the "Si (Hou) Mother Pengding" unearthed in Anyang, Henan Province, which was displayed separately on the high platform in the center of the exhibition hall, which was far thicker and taller than the photos, and was deeply shocked; Another example is the "Four Sheep Fangzun" unearthed in Ningxiang, Hunan, whose peculiar shape and detailed ornamentation allow me to appreciate the delicacy beyond the great shore of bronze. A year after the launch, the "Treasured Special Exhibition" ushered in a change of exhibition, the largest volume of the early Shang Dynasty bronzes found so far" "Duling Fangding", Ma Ziyun once made a wonderful full-shaped expansion of the early Spring and Autumn "Yu Jizi White Disk", on behalf of the Shang Dynasty royal family exclusive luxury Of the Yin Xu Women's Good Tomb unearthed "Even Fang Yi", the late Qing Dynasty Heavy Minister Pan Zuyin collection of the most praised "Da Lu Ding", etc., high and low staggered concentrated naked exhibition in a corner, close at hand, the momentum is impressive, can be described as a museum experience that has been difficult to get so far. Perhaps it was at this moment that the seed was planted in my heart, which opened the way for me to pursue the ancient bronze art. In order to learn the knowledge of literature and knowledge, the "Rare Special Exhibition" is roughly estimated to have seen nearly 20 times, all of which are the few living expenses saved in the student era to buy tickets, these tickets I have kept, have appeared in front of my eyes several times, memories come instantly - with tall columns, wide corridors, ultra-wide stairs of the Su-style building, with a human touch, can recognize you and greet the exhibition hall staff, with experimental meaning of early display design, but also those incomparable high-grade collection of cultural relics, these memories are constantly being "reviewed." ", condensed into a distinct memory of the old museum of the National Expo, exceptionally warm, fate began to appear.
Tickets for the "Collector's Special Exhibition" saved by the author
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2012, I took advantage of the winter vacation to go to Beijing, visited the National Museum of China, which had just completed the renovation and expansion of the audience for more than five consecutive days, and saw the new version of the basic exhibition of "Ancient China" for the first time. At that time, the boom in literature and literature began to rise, "to the national museum, appreciate the national treasure", see the "ancient China" basic display has become a trend, everyone has lamented the length of its exhibition line, the wonderful cultural relics, and through Sina Weibo, Douban, share the national treasures in everyone's lens, so far friends have repeatedly mentioned the funny things of "calling" that year, in the "ancient China" basic exhibition hall, ask "I am in the Tang Dynasty, where are you in the dynasty?", answer "I am in the Han Dynasty, this is going to the Tang Dynasty to find you", crossing the real at this moment. At that time, in 2013, in the "Shouwang Homeland - Shaanxi Baoji Mass Protection Of Cultural Relics Special Exhibition", I saw the Shang Zhou bronzes that were first unveiled to the public and unearthed in Baoji Shigu Mountain, which was the embodiment of the rapid response ability of the national museum; In the 2014 special exhibition of "Shangyi Wing Wing Four Square Pole - Late Shang Dynasty in the Yin Ruins Cultural Relics", I saw the Cultural Relics of the Shang Dynasty in Anyang with neat and orderly exhibits and profound connotations, and I couldn't help but explain the beauty of Shang Dynasty bronzes to my friends; At the 2015 "Silk Road" special exhibition, we witnessed more than 400 Silk Road cultural relics and treasures from 44 cultural institutions in 16 provinces across the country, including the "Five Stars Out of the East and Benefit China" arm guards unearthed at the Niya Site in Xinjiang, and lamented the infinite wisdom contained in the "Belt and Road" from cultural inclusion. These exclusive imprints were given by Guobo, which laid the image of Guobo as an "open cultural and bo classroom" in my heart. During this period, Guobo was positioned as a comprehensive museum that "attaches equal importance to history and art", especially from history to art, which played a vital role in training my personal aesthetic ability.
Special exhibition of "Silk Road" in 2015
Shaanxi Famen Temple unearthed a secret color porcelain sunflower mouth plate
Since coming to Beijing in 2016 to work and live, I have visited the National Museum of China more times. In the National Expo, the most favorite, most frequent, and most harvested exhibitions still have to count the basic exhibitions of "ancient China", which can be described as watching and watching, often looking at the new. The book learned the knowledge of the use of bronzes and gaskets in the Erligang period, and it is inevitable to go to the exhibition hall to verify the deepening impression, and the establishment and reform of the ancient bronze art style should be understood with an ultra-long linear narrative and rich exhibits. Sui and Tang Dynasty parts, Shaanxi Famen Temple secret color porcelain Sunflower mouth plate, is my heart of the "white moonlight" and "absolute son", the glaze water in the plate is sparkling, the most able to appreciate the ancients "qiao mingyue dye spring water, gently swirl thin ice green clouds" meaning, every time passing by are lingering, "one step three turns" is the shape of the farewell moment. In 2017, the special exhibition of "World History in the 100 Cultural Relics of the British Museum" caused a sensation, and in the three editions of the "British Hundred Things Exhibition" that I had seen before and after, I most liked the production of the Guobo Station, although it was inevitable that there was a slight love factor of the Guobo, but the professional ability of the Guobo team in the grand narrative and tone control was beyond doubt. In the same year, the special exhibition of "Qin and Han Civilization", under the organization of the curators, a group of terracotta warriors excavated from the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor at the entrance, the gold products excavated from the ruins of the Houguo Of the Nanchang In jiangxi Province are the most eye-catching, and the imported jewelry of different colors of the "Maritime Silk Road" unearthed from the Hepu Han Tomb Group in Guangxi Province, allowing me to relive the cultural and artistic and social features of the Qin and Han dynasties for more than four centuries, which is a rare exhibition in the past 20 years. In 2018, the special exhibition "No Questions Asked: From the Silk Road to the Renaissance" changed the inertia of archaeological curatorial thinking and brought art history texture to the exhibition with a research-oriented and non-conclusive point of view, giving people a refreshing feeling. In 2019, the "Road of Return - Exhibition of The Achievements of the Return of Lost Cultural Relics on the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of New China" finally saw the Palace Museum's collection of the Northern Song Dynasty Painting Academy's giant "Xianglong Stone Map", which is one of the most memorable memories of that year. Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, in the difficult days when there is a shortage of special exhibitions in other brother museums, guobo relay has launched many large exhibitions, not only to respond to the audience's expectations, but also to praise the great cause of national rejuvenation, such as the special exhibition of "ancient Chinese calligraphy and painting", so that the audience can return to the literati landscape world without leaving Beijing, and such as "Lihe Wanfang - Shang zhou bronze ding special exhibition", from the reunion of Da Lu Ding and Da Ke Ding in Beijing to glimpse the changes in national fortunes. After watching the exhibition, I also deliberately went to the former residence of Pan Zuyin in Mishi Hutong to search for the old traces of the first gathering of the Erding 130 years ago, and I believe that looking back many years later is a rare warm moment for me during the epidemic, and it is an excellent answer sheet that can withstand scrutiny for guobo.
Special exhibition "World History among the 100 Artifacts of the British Museum" in 2017
2017 "Qin and Han Civilization" Special Exhibition
2021 "Lihe Wanfang - Shang Zhou Bronze Ding Special Exhibition"
The exhibition is the window for the audience to understand the museum, and the experience is the key to the audience's love of the museum. After the "Forbidden City Run" in 2015, the cultural and expo boom has heated up, and for a time, the audience had more negative comments about the visiting experience of the National Expo than positive comments on the exhibition. I have felt helpless and anxious about this, helpless to "hate iron is not steel", anxious about "people speak softly". Later, the National Expo has undergone a change in concept, and the visiting experience has also been improved, and it is more convenient to enter the museum and no longer be "cold"; Provide direct drinking water and audience seats, so that the audience is no longer "tired and thirsty"; The staff is familiar with the exhibition of the museum, no longer "one question and three do not know", these changes have won a piece of praise for the national expo, but also let me, an old audience of more than 20 years, deeply pleased and happy, pleased that their emotional identification with the national expo has more resonance, happy that their "big classroom" is more warm, the experience is more friendly. Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the most anticipated thing during the ultra-long home isolation period is to go to "ancient China" to cure the heart EMO, which shows that the national expo has become an irreplaceable daily life in life.
Murals on the theme of the great unity of the people of China and the world
I have been interested in the history of the National Museum, especially the exhibition history of the "General History of China Exhibition", and during that time I constantly went to the "Ancient China" basic exhibition to do research on the content section, often indulged in the New National Boxi Hall, with the change of the angle and color of the sun at four o'clock a day, the light and shadow kept moving and changing on the thick stone wall, so that I completely ignored the flow of people around me, and calmed down to enjoy this moment of silence and emptiness. Sometimes it is also opened to "visit the ancients" in a venue, looking for the shadow of the old Libo in the new National Expo, the central hall of the old museum once hung two huge murals of 9×10 meters that reflected the theme of the great unity of the people of China and the world, and visiting the History Museum and the Revolution Museum must pass in front of the murals, which can be said to have been watched by countless people. In the past, because there were too many pillars in the hall and the dim light, which affected the shooting and viewing, it was now moved to the walls of the second to third floors of the east of the new Guobo, the line of sight was not blocked, and the natural light was very abundant, which made Mr. Zhou Lingzhao and Huang Yongyu reborn. Located on the south side of the west gate, the cultural and creative store is the "box office", storage office and shop of the old national expo, sometimes passing by, the time and space confusion seems to see the box office aunt who did not bring the student card and still "friendship" to sell you the student ticket, advised you to "give you a bag to carry clothes, don't spend the 2.5 yuan to save the clothes" the storage sister, and "just recently turned out of the warehouse, this book boy you should buy a copy" of the store enthusiastic aunt, so many years have passed, they are old, where are they?
In 2022, the author took a photo at the door of the "box office" of the old Libo and the door of the current Guobo Cultural and Creative Store
The National Museum of China is not only a temple that gathers the essence of China's civilization for more than 5,000 years, but also a spiritual home for my love affair. This love and relationship about the National Expo has been more than 20 years, has always grown up with me, the brand has been very deep, I hope that in the future I can continue to learn cultural knowledge in the National Expo, enjoy the aesthetic journey, and plant a fertile spiritual soil.
On the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the establishment of the National Museum of China, I sincerely wish the National Expo better and better!
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Logo of the National Museum of China's celebration of its 110th anniversary