Orange Persimmon Interactive Reporter Yu Xiwen Photographer Reporter Chen Zhongqiu
Along Tianmu Mountain Road all the way to the west, across Zijingang Road, there is a building shaped like a "UFO" in the dense green shade, standing proudly in the southeast corner of Xixi Wetland, here is the China Wetland Museum.
In September last year, the China Wetland Museum was closed for renovation and upgrading, and more than half a year has passed, and from tomorrow (April 27), the Wetland Museum will reopen with a new look.
What are the new highlights of the renovated China Wetland Museum? This morning, the Orange Persimmon Interactive reporter came to the scene to explore the camp in advance.
New open space and interactive area for science popularization
It is suitable for parent-child families to walk their babies
Walk straight ahead from the entrance of "Xixi Paradise", bypass the square, you will see a long corridor paved with bluestone slabs, winding paths, surrounded by greenery, and at the end of the corridor, you will reach the gate of the China Wetland Museum.
Since its official opening in November 2009, the China Wetland Museum has been an important place for the public to learn about wetlands and get close to nature, and this year marks its 15th anniversary.
The designer of the wetland museum is the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, and the design uses the "green hill" as the expression carrier, and the whole building is cleverly integrated with the hill, and the shape is unique. This is also the reason why many tourists who come to the China Wetland Museum for the first time cannot find out where the museum is. The main building is covered with green vegetation, and the murmuring water can be heard everywhere in the museum, fully conveying the theme of "wetland".
After this renovation, the exhibition hall area of the museum has been expanded from the original 7,800 square meters to 8,500 square meters. Walking into the lobby on the first floor, you will be greeted by the pure white giant art installation "Boat of Life", which occupies the entire vertical space from the ground to the top, making the exhibition hall appear spacious but not empty, and also allowing visitors to feel the charm of the wetland as soon as they enter.
The design concept of the art installation is to transform the wetland into a flat boat that carries thousands of creatures to thrive, providing habitat and breeding ground for many wild animals, and is the cradle of life, implying that wetlands and all things are a community with a shared future.
Throughout the museum, many new rest spaces and interactive areas for science popularization are interspersed between each exhibition hall, which is very suitable for parent-child families to walk their babies.
The upper and lower floors mainly include the Wetland Hall, the Wetland Vientiane Hall, the Xixi Hall and the Wetland Cave Immersive Digital Exhibition Hall, as well as two special exhibition halls, which currently exhibit the "Blue Sea Flowers" Coral Culture Exhibition and the "Heart Oasis: Natural Sanctuary in the Image" photography exhibition.
Giant screen videos are visually stunning
It's the equivalent of watching an IMAX movie
The China Wetland Museum, built by water, is destined to tell a story about water and human beings.
In the "Into the Wetlands" hall, it is especially important to understand wetlands as one of the most important ecosystems on the planet. The exhibition hall mainly introduces the definition, types, functions and distribution of wetlands around the world to the public, and forms a preliminary understanding of wetlands. The public can intuitively understand the importance of wetlands and have a deeper understanding of the urgency of wetland protection.
The "Wetland Vientiane" hall next to it showcases the natural landscape and biodiversity of different types of wetlands in China, including swamps, rivers, lakes, coastal, artificial and other wetland ecosystems, as well as the flora and fauna that inhabit the wetlands. In this exhibition hall, in addition to many specimens, there are also two new live reptile display areas.
The "Only This Xixi" hall on the second floor focuses on the Xixi Wetland in Hangzhou, showcasing its unique natural landscape and cultural characteristics, understanding the past and present of the Xixi Comprehensive Protection Project, and appreciating the unique charm of the urban wetland.
In this exhibition hall with a story, the museum specifically contacted the aborigines of Xixi and recorded their memories with Xixi. The old stone slabs, Xixi dragon boats, and Xixi people's farm tools that were dismantled from Xixi carry the memories of many old Xixi people, and they are still preserved in the exhibition hall.
Here's the point!
In the newly renovated exhibition hall, the biggest highlight is the "Wetland Cave" immersive digital hall on the basement floor. Dynamic water curtains, 360-degree interactive digital exhibitions and 180-degree giant screens are set up in different scenes, and you can shoot a blockbuster at any time.
The 32.5-meter-long enveloping screen is full of technology, and you can sit on the lazy sofa to watch the film "The Land of Souls", which tells the link between wetlands and civilization, and every frame is quite shocking, which is equivalent to watching an IMAX movie.
On the opposite side of the giant screen, there is an art installation wall composed of 270 QR codes, hiding archives of extinct or endangered organisms, etc., you can get a new knowledge point by scanning, understand the wetland in an interactive way, and understand the importance of wetland protection.
Continuously launch cross-border integration projects
Audiences of all ages will find something for everyone
At the same time as the opening of the museum, there is also the 2024 Youth Power Activity Plan of the China Wetland Museum. The newly launched wetland museum is actively building an international ecological and cultural exchange space position, through the global ecological dialogue, science and technology exploration odyssey, cultural and artistic resonance field, community ecological integration belt four major sections, including Xixi Talk dialogue program, "plastic bird set" natural cultural and creative collection store, "corner museum", small wetland farm in the city, museum night study and other interesting innovative attempts, to promote the construction of "nature-public" The benign interaction and open pattern of the relationship will create a global ecological museum circle, provide small and micro landing solutions for the construction of ecological civilization, and jointly pay attention to the future of the earth.
Zhang Danhong, director of the China Wetland Museum, introduced that the renovation and upgrading aims to further enrich the exhibition content and enhance the visiting experience, which is not only an improvement of the museum's own exhibition and service, but also an awakening of the public's awareness of wetland protection.
In the future, the China Wetland Museum will continue to launch interesting cross-border integration projects, not only children, but also the public of all ages can find their own activities here.
In addition, the newly launched China Wetland Museum has also upgraded its logo, integrating the museum's unique architectural shape and wetland "water" elements, symbolizing the close connection between the museum and the wetland environment and the pursuit of ecological balance.
Tips:
China Wetland Museum (free of charge all year round)
Address: No. 402, Tianmushan Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou
Time: Admission time is 9:00-16:00, closing time is 16:30, closed on Mondays (excluding statutory holidays).
Reservations are required for admission, please make an appointment on the official account of "China Wetland Museum".
Editor in charge: Yu Xiwen
Review: Lin Lin He Lan