Pinch a sprig of a beautiful peony to retain the beauty of spring and summer, drain the petals into the painting to make a unique postcard, hold a pen and paper to record the beauty of nature...... During this year's May Day holiday, the Chinese Garden Museum held a number of cultural activities, inviting the public to walk into the real garden, experience the beautiful life of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and feel the profound heritage of traditional Chinese culture.
On the morning of May 2, a unique creative pinching activity of peony flowers was launched in the outdoor exhibition area of Taying Garden. The Garden Museum combines the traditional Chinese twelve flower gods with the creative art of pinching and molding, leading the audience to make peonies in their palms and perceive the ethnic and plant culture in the garden.
A reporter from Beiqing Daily learned that during the "May Day" holiday, the Garden Museum will hold a "Twelve Flower Gods Pinching" activity every morning and afternoon, and the public can participate on the spot. At the same time, the Garden Museum will also carry out garden cultural activities such as creative production of garden scenes, nature notes, architectural color painting and collage, and traditional tea culture experience, leading the audience to feel the wonderful poetry at the turn of spring and summer.
The gold medal volunteer team of the Garden Museum, the "Garden Little Lecturer", performed a flash mob performance of the natural ecological science popularization drama "Garden Adventure" at the foot of Xijia Pavilion and Dyexia Shanfang Mountain in the Garden Museum. A reporter from Beiqing Daily learned that there will be six performances during the long holiday, which will be held at 10 a.m. and 14 p.m. on May 1, 3, and 5. The volunteer team of the Garden Museum will also come to the secret garden to participate in the garden construction, plant planting, and experience the ecological fun.
During the holiday, the Garden Museum will carry out two online theme activities every day to explore the natural ecology and learn the history and traditional culture of the garden with the audience. The garden lecturer will also serve as a civilized garden messenger to provide public welfare volunteer explanations during the holidays.
In addition, during the festival, the multi-dimensional series of exhibitions of Chinese gardens, such as "Appreciating the Landscape", "Dialogue on Qingshan - Fu Yixin's Landscape Poetry and Painting Exhibition", "Brocade II - Exploring the Architectural Paintings of the South of the Yangtze River", "Lingering Fragrance - The 10th Anniversary Donation Exhibition of the Chinese Garden Museum" and other wonderful exhibitions will be exhibited at the same time.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Wang Bin