On the occasion of the arrival of the New Year of the Rabbit, the "Dazhan Hong 'Rabbit' - Luoyang (Year of the Rabbit) Chinese New Year Zodiac Cultural Relics Joint Exhibition", jointly planned by China Cultural Heritage News and Luoyang Folk Museum and other cultural and museum institutions, entered the Luoyang Folk Museum to send everyone New Year blessings.
In traditional Chinese culture, rabbit is a well-known word, which is not only closely related to the real life and future vision of human beings, but also is said to be subordinate to the moon god, and has auspicious connotations such as spitting spring and abundant food and clothing. The Tang Dynasty poet Jiang Fang's "White Rabbit Fu" praised it as "bright as frost and warm as jade." His beauty is true, his nature is benevolent", and he is the embodiment of all virtues and wisdom, magic, and transcendence.
"Da Zhanhong 'Rabbit' - Lunar New Year of the Rabbit Chinese New Year Cultural Relics Joint Exhibition" selects hundreds of rabbit-themed cultural relics and exhibits them in the form of pictures and objects, leading everyone to understand the cultural connotation behind them through three units. In addition, the exhibition site can also enjoy the Sancai Art Museum in Luoyang and the provincial intangible cultural heritage inheritors Chang Yangyang and Lian Shimin created Sancai artworks and folk paper-cutting boutiques, which are a feast for the eyes.
The first unit of the exhibition is "Lost in the Wilderness - Rabbits in Natural Ecology", mainly introducing the evolution and distribution of rabbits, and displaying cultural relics such as Qing Palace animal map, Wei Jin painted rabbit hunting mural brick, Wei Jin falconry rabbit hunting mural brick, etc.
The second unit is "Sending the Bright Moon through the Ages: Rabbits in History and Culture". The cultural elements of rabbits are precipitated in historical classics and poetry works and various cultural relics related to rabbits, such as jade, porcelain, bronze, paintings, etc. The ancients also regarded it as a symbol of health and longevity through the imagination of "jade rabbit pounding medicine"; He created praise idioms such as "three caves of cunning rabbits" and "moving like a rabbit" to metaphorically compare human intelligence and agility. The cultural relics displayed in this unit include jade rabbit ornaments of Lingjiatan culture, rabbit-shaped bronze statues of Western Zhou, clear glazed brown rabbit pattern porcelain jars, clear rosewood edged gold inlaid bamboo forest crane rabbit picture hanging screen, etc.
The third unit is "Frost Reflects the Dust - Rabbit in Folk Culture". From the Moon Palace to mortal dust, because of its auspicious meaning, rabbits are also an important material in folk art. The ancients believed that the rabbit was the messenger of spring, and children could seek peace and health by wearing rabbit hats, and if they put on rabbit lamps, they could be blessed by the gods. In paper cutting, embroidery, and New Year paintings, you can also see the image of rabbits everywhere. In this unit, in addition to rabbit-related folk cultural relics from all over the country, you can also enjoy the collection of Luoyang Folk Museum, such as the Bamboo Carving of the Story of the Republic of China characters, the hanging screen, the black embroidered rabbit hood with the purple silk bottom of the Republic of China, and other fine cultural relics.
Today, nourished by the rich fertile soil of Chinese traditional culture, rabbit culture continues to take root, continue to innovate and develop, and is widely favored in contemporary public cultural life.
The exhibition will be held in the exhibition hall on the first floor of the Luoyang Contract Document Museum (belonging to the Luoyang Folk Museum) and will last until the end of March.
Take advantage of the Spring Festival holiday to experience the Chinese zodiac culture of the Year of the Rabbit! Walking out of the exhibition hall, you can also guess the Chinese New Year lantern riddle with your family, and leave good expectations for the New Year on the blessing wall. (Luo Bao Financial Media Luoyang Network reporter wisdom text / picture correspondent Xi Xiaodan)