On July 21, The opening ceremony of the new book "Life is So Beautiful: The Seedlings of the Forbidden City" and the opening ceremony of the "Forever Smiling - Zhang Wei Memorial Exhibition" were held at the Palace Museum.
"Life is So Beautiful: The Seedlings of the Forbidden City" book cover. Image courtesy of the active party
Zhang Xiao, milk name Miao Miao. Born on January 12, 1989, he was born into a family of literature and art, and has had a strong interest in literature and fine arts since childhood. In 2001, at the age of twelve, Miao Miao created and published "Dialogue between Small Seedlings and Big Trees", in which the passages interviewing Ji Xianlin were selected to be included in the newly compiled fifth-grade Chinese textbooks for primary schools. In August 2015, after graduating from the China Academy of Art as a graduate student, Zhang Xiao joined the digital display group of the Information Department of the Palace Museum. During his work, he successively wrote six tweets for the official WeChat public account of the Forbidden City "Micro Forbidden City", participated in the content planning and development of the Duanmen Digital Museum, and served as the person in charge of projects such as "Discovering the Yangxin Hall - Pro-production Imperial Meal" and tencent's "Miracle Warmth" online game "Royal Garden Qiongfang" section of the Forbidden City. In 2016, he was responsible for the development, operation and maintenance of Wuyingdian's "Calligraphy and Painting Interaction" project and participated in the work related to the digital art exhibition "Han Xizai's Night Feast".
She is humble and low-key, deeply loves the Forbidden City, works well, and fulfills her duties, highlighting the responsibility and responsibility of the younger generation of "Forbidden City people".
Zhang Died of illness on July 7, 2018. Her fight against illness is an exciting, majestic symphony of life. On the stage of the last stage of her life, she was both a director and an actor, and she performed a touching and profound life curtain drama with all her strength. Under the unbearable pain of ordinary people, she gritted her teeth and endured silently; she never complained about the injustice of fate, always maintained a smile, optimism and positivity, left joy in the world, and fixed the beauty of youth in the memory of everyone. In the face of death, Zhang Xiao calmly and freely, inspiring the people around him with strong spiritual strength. She ended her life with laughter, and the nobility and dignity of life had the most perfect embodiment in her.
"Life is So Beautiful: Miao Miao in the Forbidden City" includes Miao Miao's works, commemorative articles written by Miao Miao's good friends, articles written by Miao Miao's elders, "Big Friends", and articles written for her by the medical staff who treated Miao Miao. The seedlings that strive to grow in the direction of light and repeatedly bring people to move are frozen in the words that everyone remembers.
Zhang Xiao's life, although short, was brilliant. With wisdom, enthusiasm and responsibility, she wrote a solid and shining youth story of the Forbidden City. The publication of the book "Life is So Beautiful: Miao Miao of the Forbidden City" and the holding of the "Forever Smile - Zhang Wei Memorial Exhibition" will spread the deep love of the young generation of Forbidden City people represented by Miao Miao to more people who love the Forbidden City and traditional culture. (End)