Exhibition view Photo by Tian Yuhao
Beijing, Jan. 18 (Zhongxin Net) -- Snowflakes falling, fireworks blooming, firecrackers bursting... The "2023 Chinese New Year Exhibition", which creates a festive and peaceful atmosphere, reunion and beauty, opened to the public at the National Museum on the 18th.
The cultural relics displayed in the exhibition from the Shang Dynasty to the early 20th century, covering jade, porcelain, bronze, stone, bone horn and tooth ware, calligraphy, painting and other material cultural remains. The Old Summer Palace Haiyan Hall rabbit is the first to bear the brunt of the entrance door, located in the most conspicuous place at the entrance. The "decoction" bones from more than 3,000 years ago in the exhibition echo the good days of today, and the astronomical calendar and writing used at that time continue unceasingly, and the long-standing civilization on the land of China has been passed down to this day.
Exhibition view Photo by Tian Yuhao
In the exhibition, many jade rabbit ornaments from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty are either running or prostrating, sitting or serving, and they are cute; The light blue-glazed brown spotted porcelain rabbit of the Tang Dynasty and the green jade rabbit of the Yuan Dynasty come alive; The white jade double rabbit ear cup of the Ming Dynasty shows the ingenuity of craftsmen of different eras, and is an example of the resonance of traditional craftsmanship and the pulse of the times. The exhibition also displays a number of fine cultural relics and seasonal paintings and calligraphy that symbolize peace and auspiciousness, in order to create a festive and peaceful festive atmosphere.
Exhibition view Photo by Tian Yuhao
It is worth mentioning that the exhibition is rich in form and the space is dense. Not only does it use a large number of traditional auspicious patterns extracted from the collection of the National Museum, and the red color representing the joy and excitement constitutes the tone of the exhibition, but also uses the "Five Blessings Linmen" ornamentation, Fulu flower windows, lanterns, firecrackers and other elements to highlight the taste of the New Year. The five groups of multimedia displays in the exhibition hall echo the exhibition space and graphic design, strengthen the multi-faceted experience such as visual hearing, and bring a vivid atmosphere to the exhibition.
Exhibition view Photo by Tian Yuhao
"Light of Wisdom – Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture Exhibition" was opened at the National Museum on the same day and will be open to the public on the 19th. The exhibition takes Chinese medicine culture as the main line, carefully selects more than 500 pieces (sets) of cultural relics collections, covering jade, ceramics, bone tools, gold and silverware, ancient books, calligraphy and painting, revolutionary cultural relics, etc., supplemented by more than 200 pieces (sets) of medicinal materials, according to the five units of "Key to Civilization", "The Way of Life", "Linglan Secret Code", "Instrument Medicine Collection" and "Inheritance and Innovation", fully demonstrating the Chinese medicine cultural system with a long history and unique concepts. (End)