Shenzhen Business Daily Reading Client Reporter Nie Can Correspondent Liang Yuwen
This year, May 18 marks the 48th International Museum Day. On the morning of the 18th, the launching ceremony of the theme activity of International Museum Day was held in the atrium of the Ancient Art Museum of Shenzhen Museum. Located in Hall 5, "The Language of Plants and Trees: The World of Plants in Medieval Images" was officially opened.
The display method with grass and green as the color is refreshing. In the exhibition hall, the ancient and the new, cultural relics and plants "transcend time and space", attracting many audiences. As Mr. Zhao, a visitor to the exhibition, said, "This is a very comfortable exhibition, which is different from the entry point of previous exhibitions, and has gone beyond the perspective of cultural relics exhibition, and is a veritable 'civilization exhibition'." ”
The exhibition focuses on the plants in the images of stone carvings in the Northern Dynasties collected by the Shenzhen Jinshi Art Museum, and relies on the results of the project "Identification and Research of Plant Images in Han and Tang Dynasty Cultural Relics" jointly carried out with the Shenzhen Orchid Plant Protection Research Center and the Maijishan Grottoes Art Research Institute of Dunhuang Academy. Among them, the rare orchid plant identified in the stone carving image of "Hu people traveling and leading horses in the Northern Dynasties" is the first discovery of orchids, a rare and precious plant, in the image materials of the Northern Dynasties.
The mainland is rich in resources, mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places, and most of them live in the wild with excellent ecological environment. China's Orchid is now one of the most endangered species in the world. In the List of National Key Protected Wild Plants promulgated in September 2021, all genera were included in the genus, except for the national second-class protected plants and the remaining 37 species were listed in the ranks of national first-class protected plants.
Curator Li Suns said: "This exhibition overcomes the difficulty of insufficient space, uses the combination of humanities and natural sciences, and relies on the cutting-edge achievements of Xing Fuwu, a researcher at the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to fully explore the wonderful chapters of plant inscriptions in the literature of the Six Dynasties, and strive to activate the rich humanistic connotation of stone carvings in the Northern Dynasties, and strive to present a small but beautiful exhibition to the audience." ”
After the opening ceremony, Chen Shaohua, Second-level Inspector of Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, Cui Huishan, Director of the Heritage Conservation Office of the Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Yang Ying, Director of Shenzhen Cultural Heritage Management Office, Huang Chen, Director of Shenzhen Museum, Wu Qianghua, Chairman of Shenzhen Jinshi Art Museum, Chen Jianbing, Director of Shenzhen Orchid Plant Protection Research Center, Li Tianming, Director of Maijishan Grotto Art Research Institute of Dunhuang Academy, Ye Zhenghang, Vice President of Shenzhen Charity Association, Wang Xiaojun, Director of Huaqiangbei Museum in Futian District, Visited the exhibition together.
Wu Qianghua, chairman of Shenzhen Jinshi Art Museum
Wu Qianghua, chairman of the board of directors of Shenzhen Jinshi Art Museum, said in an interview with reporters: "The theme of this year's International Museum Day is 'Museums Committed to Education and Research'. Education without research is not education in the true sense of the word; An exhibition that lacks research will not be an exhibition of depth. Only by breaking the self-isolation between disciplines and interdisciplinary research can it be possible to find and solve problems, so that our cultural relics can truly come alive and achieve the ultimate goal of self-education for museum visitors. ”
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The exhibition "The Language of Plants and Trees: The World of Plants in Medieval Images" has gone beyond the perspective of cultural relics exhibition and is a veritable "civilization exhibition".
Keyword 1: "very comfortable"
The "Civilization Exhibition" is an exhibition based on the comparison of one culture and the formation of multiple cultures, and it is the most difficult to organize. "After watching the exhibition, I can give three comments: First, it is a very comfortable exhibition, which makes people comfortable. Although this is not a very grand exhibition, only cutting into the plants in the image materials during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, this exhibition is 'small and new' for you to have a very pleasant viewing experience, and when you enter the exhibition hall, people have a cool feeling. Not only the plants, the green tone, all the details, including the text, are like a trickle, which makes people calm down, and it is a very good experience to visit the exhibition in summer, which is brought about by the exhibition layout and the setting of the space; Talking about the exhibition, from the perspective of stone carving cultural relics, the lighting of the exhibition is one of the best in the exhibition of domestic stone carving cultural relics I have seen, this is not common, super professional; In addition, the academic nature of this exhibition, in addition to the normal bright lines for the audience, also bury two dark lines for the professional audience. The first dark line is that the stone carvings and rubbings belong to the north, and the corresponding plants we see are "very Lingnan", which is a dark line, and it is also where the academic is located, which will induce the thinking of professional audiences. The second dark line is the academic breakthrough, that is, the orchid, the humanistic interest and deep meaning behind it, which is worth rethinking.
Talking about the comfort of the exhibition, it is also based on the related poems and songs launched in conjunction with the exhibition, which is not only a humanistic display for the audience, but also adds infinite poetry.
Keyword 2: "Unfinished"
This exhibition deserves a larger area. Because, you will find that the pavilion is still unfinished at the end; The selection of specimens can be larger and more numerous, which will give the audience a richer and larger understanding.
Keyword 3: "Inspired"
It's a very revealing exhibition. Big exhibitions are not common, and if you do a good job of small exhibitions, it will also be a great enjoyment for the audience.
It is also an exemplary exhibition. Through multi-dimensional and multi-dimensional exhibitions, in-depth academic research can be triggered. The organic combination of historical archaeology, images, and physical objects, on a slice of knowledge, is very inspiring for the audience, especially young people.