Cover news reporter Li Yuxin
Elegant and ancient silver fans, delicate and delicate paper folding fans, thin and light feather fans... On Lunar New Year's Day, the exhibition hall on the third floor of the Chengdu Museum is crowded, and the audience seems to have traveled back to the prosperous trade atmosphere of Guangdong hundreds of years ago. The scene of the fan shop in Guangzhou in the 18th century, the street shop scene of the famous 13 lines in Guangzhou... In the exhibition hall, the audience can feel the frequent trade exchanges at that time.
Exhibition view of "Canton Export Fans: Chinese Fashion in the 18th and 19th Centuries"
On January 22, in the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival, the cover news live broadcast entered this magnificent exhibition entitled "Canton Export Fans: Chinese Fashion in the 18th and 19th Centuries". Among them, 97 pieces (sets) from the classic collection of Guangdong Provincial Museum show the "Made in China" of fan art in the context of global trade of goods and oceans, and passionately interpret the Chinese style contained in export fans. The exhibition is divided into three sections, namely "Heavy Ocean", "Fan Art" and "Chinese Style".
Wang Rangying, the executive curator of the exhibition, once introduced that this batch of cultural relics is the first time to leave Guangdong and come to the country of heaven. In the exhibition, the audience can see exquisite patterns and various intricate craftsmanship. "It will allow you to travel back to the 18th and 19th centuries to see the otherworldly craftsmanship of Guangdong craftsmen at that time, as well as the strong vitality of Chinese trade and Chinese manufacturing."
Exhibition view of "Canton Export Fans: Chinese Fashion in the 18th and 19th Centuries"
"In the Ming and Qing dynasties, export fans ushered in the peak, and sales were very high." As the camera of the cover live broadcast sweeps, you can see it between a small square inch beautiful fan, which is not only full of charming Western style, but also contains a strong oriental aesthetic. And according to Jiang Zhiguo, a docent of the Chengdu Museum, the Canton export fan at that time was very popular with Europeans. At the same time, according to the "Historical Materials of Old Customs of China (1859-1948)", the export of fans exported from Guangzhou reached 7 million in 1859, including many characteristic folding fans during the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods of the Qing Dynasty.
Walking in the exhibition hall and carefully viewing the exhibits, it is not difficult to see that these beautiful fans are made of exquisite materials, such as sandalwood, silver gilt, shells, etc., and the thin fan bones are 120,000 points of exquisite carving. In addition, the craftsmanship of the fan is even more complicated, using veneer, lacquer, carving, weaving and other crafts, condensing the superb skills of 5,000 years of civilization. There are more flowers, birds, fish and insects, character stories, and customs and customs of the East and the West, meeting on a small fan. Between the swaying, set off a "Chinese fashion" that has swept the world.
Exhibition view of "Canton Export Fans: Chinese Fashion in the 18th and 19th Centuries"
The exhibition not only attracted countless "cultural fans" offline, but also attracted netizens to stop by. According to statistics, the live broadcast reached 377,000 views on the cover news client, and received 751,000 hits on the cover news Weibo, cover news video Weibo, Baijia, Channels, Kuaishou, Douyin, Sina and other platforms, and a total of 1.128 million netizens watched the live broadcast on the whole network. Seeing this, do you also can't help but want to go to the museum, hoping to "check in" these exquisite export fans that set off a "Chinese style" in Europe? Why not go to the Chengdu Museum during the Spring Festival holiday to encounter the exquisite "Chinese style".