The first exhibition of 28 precious manuscripts reconstructed by the Yellow Crane Tower , a tribute to the chief designer of "Craftsman Xin" opened the exhibition to review Xinran's works

The Yellow Crane Tower reconstructs the first exhibition of 28 precious manuscripts

Tribute to "Craftsman Xin" The chief designer opened the exhibition to Xinran's retrospective of works

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Chutian Metropolis Daily 19th edition Entertainment

Shu Jun, Li Hui, Jiang Meng, Liu Zhongren

On April 26th, "Craftsman Xin - Retrospective Exhibition of Works by Xiang Xinran, Chief Designer of the Yellow Crane Tower Reconstruction Project" was launched at the Yellow Crane Tower Art Museum (Baiyun Pavilion), and 28 precious manuscripts donated to Xinran's family were exhibited for the first time.

Walk into the exhibition hall and present exquisite design manuscripts and sketches. The magnificent and atmospheric sketch work "Impression of the Yellow Crane Tower", the neat and delicate façade of the Yellow Crane Tower, the lifelike glazed tile ridge decoration...

It is understood that the exhibition exhibits 62 hand-drawn works of design, as well as Xiang Xinran's drawing tools and correspondence in the process of designing the Yellow Crane Tower, recording Xiang Xinran's career in Yoshimitsu Katayu.

Mr. Xiang Xinran, the chief designer of the Yellow Crane Tower reconstruction project, passed away in Shanghai on February 22 this year. In 1978, he began to preside over the design of the reconstruction of the Yellow Crane Tower, and by 2000, the construction of the last attraction of the Yellow Crane Tower Park was completed, and the Yellow Crane Tower project was designed for a total of 22 years.

In 22 years, Xiang Xinran not only completed the shaping of the image of the new Yellow Crane Tower, but also planned and designed the Yellow Crane Tower Park, and rebuilt many historical and cultural attractions around the ancient Yellow Crane Tower. Li Mingsheng, director of the Yellow Crane Tower Park Management Office, said that Mr. Xiang Xinran's departure has caused the Yellow Crane Tower to lose one of its most important friends. In order to pay tribute to the old man's dedicated, rigorous and persistent spirit of ingenuity, the garden and Xiang Xinran's family communicated with each other and specially prepared for this exhibition.

The exhibition is divided into three parts: the past and present lives of a building, the ingenuity of a person, and the inheritance of a city' cultural context. The first part mainly exhibits the Yellow Crane Tower of various eras copied by Mr. Xinran, witnessing the changes of the times, recording the process of repeated construction and destruction of the Yellow Crane Tower; the second part shows the process of rebuilding the Yellow Crane Tower as the chief designer, mainly for various design manuscripts of the Yellow Crane Tower; the third part shows other works he left in Wuhan, such as the Hubei Provincial Museum, the East Lake Greenway Lake Center Guimu Station, etc., which have become landmarks in Wuhan today. The audience can grasp the design ideas behind the landmark and feel his deep love for the city.

【Source: WuchangRong Media】

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