Beijing adds a new national cultural landmark
2022-02-16
Recently, the China Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, which took nearly three years to complete, were officially opened, filling the gap in the National Museum of China's arts and crafts and intangible cultural heritage. The museum is located on the north extension line of the central axis of Beijing, adjacent to many large national venues such as the National Stadium, the history exhibition hall of the Communist Party of China, the China Science and Technology Museum and so on. With a construction area of more than 90000 square meters, the plane is axially symmetrical, unfolding left and right, and the facade is in three sections. The warm copper curtain wall on the upper part of the building looks like a multi treasure lattice box, implying that there are a large number of artistic treasures in the museum. A cultural feast for the Winter Olympics The opening exhibition "Chinese treasures - China Intangible Cultural Heritage and arts and crafts exhibition" is an important part of a series of cultural activities for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing. The exhibition is divided into eight sections: "great craftsman's works", "ancient music", "Wanfang music playing", "Silk Road painting", "Legend of pink and ink", "transmission by tools", "spring greeting in China" and "glory in prosperous times". 1298 excellent works of Arts and crafts and intangible cultural heritage treasures are exhibited. 80% of the exhibits are exhibited to the public for the first time, and most of the exhibits are the treasures accumulated by the Chinese Academy of art in the past 70 years. As an important new cultural landmark of the "double Olympics" city, the China Arts and Crafts Museum and the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum presented a cultural feast to the public to cheer on the Beijing Winter Olympics. Walking into the central hall of the museum, the first thing you see is the Winter Olympics themed installation landscape from Altay to Beijing. The device is made of mirror stainless steel. The creativity comes from the colored rock paintings and traditional ice sports in Beijing about 16000 years ago in Altay, Xinjiang. It shows the origin of ancient ancestors' skiing and Beijing ice and snow culture. According to reports, China's ice and snow sports have a long history and rich historical records. There are records of ice and snow sports from the Sui Dynasty book more than 1300 years ago to the new Tang Dynasty book, and then to the ice playing picture of the Qing Dynasty collected by the Palace Museum. Many ice and snow sports have been handed down to this day, and the traditional ice hockey has become a representative project of intangible cultural heritage in Xicheng District, Beijing. Great craftsmanship shows superb craftsmanship Chinese arts and crafts have a long history and are rich and magnificent. The "great country Craftsmanship" section shows many fine arts and crafts after the founding of new China. In the exhibition hall, the "four national treasures" of jadeite attract the most attention. They are: the wonders of Daiyue in Jadeite mountain, the fragrance of jadeite flowers, the range rover of Qunfang in Jadeite beam flower basket, and the joy of the four seas in Jadeite screen. The four works, which lasted eight years from subject selection, form design to completion, were worked together by a consulting team composed of more than 40 craft masters and dozens of experts and scholars. Their precious raw materials and exquisite creation can be called national treasures. "Daiyue spectacle" by feicuishanzi is made of the largest of the four jadeite materials. It is 88 cm high and the net weight of the raw materials is 368 kg, in the shape of a triangular pyramid. The work makes full use of the characteristics of raw materials to show the magnificent and spring scenery of Mount Tai. In terms of technology, carving, round carving and deep and shallow relief are adopted to reflect the cascade of trees and small bridges; The medium and long-range use shallow relief and Yin carving to make it far-reaching. On the back of the work, Du Fu's "Wangyue" is engraved with iron wire seal characters, filled with gold, simple and elegant. Rich collections reflect the charm of intangible cultural heritage China has a rich variety of intangible cultural heritages. The "Chinese treasures" exhibition captures some contents with cultural luster and artistic charm that are easy to display and demonstrate. Precious ancient zither and piano scores in the "ancient music" exhibition hall, rich and diverse traditional musical instruments in the "Wanfang music play" exhibition hall, copy works of classic murals in the "Silk Road Danqing" exhibition hall, traditional opera costumes and script collections in the "pink and ink legend" exhibition hall, lively and colorful new year pictures in the "Spring Festival in China" Exhibition Hall... Pieces of intangible cultural heritage treasures feast the audience's eyes. Chinese calligraphy and Chinese seal cutting are typical representatives of Chinese excellent traditional culture. They were selected into the list of representative works of human intangible cultural heritage in 2009. The exhibition hall of "passing on texts by tools" shows the art and cultural connotation of calligraphy and seal cutting through gold and stone seal cutting, seal printing and rubbings. 100 Shoushan stone seals with different shapes are displayed in the exhibition cabinet, and the aphorism of the Analects is engraved on each side. These seal cutting works are the treasures of the Chinese Academy of art. Their authors are consultants and researchers in the early days of the establishment of the Academy, as well as the most representative three generations of old, middle-aged and young Seal Engravers at home and abroad. Some old artists have died. In the exhibition hall, you can also see ancient and modern seals such as Ji Gu Yin Zheng, Yin sou and selected seals of the eight schools in Xiling, as well as precious gold and stone rubbings such as Xijia plate, Yanjia Temple Monument and HuiFu Temple Monument, which have both academic and artistic value. Experience traditional culture with dynamic and static combination In the exhibition hall, visitors can scan the QR code on the exhibition board by mobile phone to obtain exhibition knowledge and relevant research results. In the exhibition hall of "Wanfang music performance", in addition to viewing the exhibits, you can also wear headphones to listen to famous songs such as "Guangling San", "King Wen Cao". In the exhibition hall of "Spring Festival in China", the animated short film "Legend of New Year pictures" played on the electronic screen makes the characters and stories of New Year pictures "live". "Chinese treasures" exhibition combines the static presentation of exhibits with the dynamic performance of intangible cultural heritage projects, so that the audience can feel the charm of intangible cultural heritage from interaction, study and experience. The multi-functional theater has a dynamic display area, and regularly carries out intangible cultural heritage project performances and lectures by experts and scholars. A traditional stage was built in this area. On the day of opening, the performance team of northern Kunqu Opera Theater performed selected passages of "Peony Pavilion". It is reported that a series of operas, music, folk performances and academic lectures will be held here. "We hope to create an experience space integrating intangible cultural heritage display, education and training and parent-child leisure, show the vitality of intangible cultural heritage in multiple dimensions, and guide the audience to experience intangible cultural heritage, so as to achieve the purpose of protecting and inheriting intangible cultural heritage." Li Yongkang, deputy director of the Exhibition Department of the China Arts and Crafts Museum and the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, said. [News Agency]
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