On February 8, the Capital Museum announced that after renovation and upgrading, the museum will be renovated on February 10 (the first day of the Lunar New Year). Among them, the basic display is based on the collection of the first expo over the years and the newly unearthed cultural relics in Beijing, absorbing the latest research results of Beijing's history, cultural relics, archaeology and related disciplines, drawing on the beneficial experience of museums at home and abroad, emphasizing and highlighting the important historical nodes of Beijing's urban development, and telling the history of Beijing that ordinary audiences can understand and connoisseurs can enjoy. The Old Beijing Folk Customs Exhibition and the "Brilliant Central Axis" exhibition were also opened at the same time, giving the audience a cultural feast of New Year's flavor.
More than 1,100 cultural relics tell the general history of Beijing.
The basic exhibition is located in the square exhibition hall, with a total area of 4,900 square meters, and more than 1,100 pieces (sets) of cultural relics on display.
The re-unveiled basic exhibition is named "A Powerful Testimony of Chinese Civilization - General History of Beijing Exhibition" (currently open for Units 1 to 8). The first unit, "The Dawn of Civilization", displays 700,000 years of human settlement history and more than 10,000 years of cultural history in prehistoric Beijing; The second unit, "The Beginning of the Founding of the City", shows the sealing of swallow thistles at the beginning of the week, opening the history of Beijing's more than 3,000 years of city building; The third unit, "Northern Towns", shows the continuous exchange and integration of ethnic culture in Beijing as the northern military town of the Central Plains Dynasty from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Sui and Tang dynasties; The fourth unit, "The Beginning of the Establishment of the Capital", shows that during the Liaojin period, Liaosheng Youzhou was Nanjing, King Jinhailing moved the capital to Yanjing, and Beijing became the capital of the dynasty in the general trend of ethnic integration; The fifth unit, "Dadu Zhaojian", shows the planning and construction of the Yuan Dadu, and Beijing officially became the capital of China's great unified dynasty; The sixth unit, "Model of the Capital", shows the relocation of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, the construction of the capital, and the further prosperity and development of Beijing's capital culture; The seventh unit, "The Prosperity of Beijing", shows the prosperous atmosphere of Beijing in the Qing Dynasty in terms of culture, religion, gardens, industry and commerce; The eighth unit, "Dawn of the Ancient Capital", shows Beijing during the first period, focusing on the New Culture Movement, the May Fourth Movement, the spread of Marxism, the early organization and activities of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, the "December 9" Movement, the "July Seven" Incident, the construction of anti-Japanese base areas in the suburbs under the leadership of the Party, the peaceful liberation of Beiping, and the "rush to Beijing to take the examination".
The content of the exhibition has also become richer, adding new archaeological discoveries in Beijing and new research achievements in Beijing history in recent years.
The Folklore Exhibition invites visitors to appreciate the flavor of Beijing culture.
The "Old Beijing Folk Customs Exhibition" takes the seasonal customs, human customs, and the replacement of things and splendors in the four seasons of old Beijing as the main content, closely follows life, life, and vitality, embodies the folk beliefs of old Beijingers and the spiritual characteristics of good manners and happy students, and is an important part of the basic display of the capital culture and Beijing flavor culture of the first expo.
The exhibition is divided into four parts: the first exhibition hall is spring-welcoming spring in the cold; Exhibition Hall 2 Summer - when the sky is full of hot summer; The third exhibition hall Autumn - infinite autumn light; The fourth exhibition hall Winter - the twilight of the year and the cold business.
The exhibition is located on the fifth floor of the square hall, and 400 pieces (groups) of cultural relics are displayed. The exhibition tells the story of the ancient capital of Beijing, which has a long history and rich culture, and is a multi-ethnic convergence area. From the end of the Qing Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, Beijing took the imperial city as the main carrier, forming a Beijing-style folk customs with strong Chinese national characteristics. The official customs and folk customs are combined, the cultures of various ethnic groups penetrate each other, the etiquette and customs are corresponding, and the diversity and integration are condensed into the common good memories of the old Beijingers in the inheritance of generation after generation. The exhibition takes the main festivals of old Beijing as the starting point of the four seasons, bringing together the customs of the year, traditional food, old customs, cultural landscapes and ......It is unfolded with two lines, light and dark, and the bright line: the customs and customs in the rotation of the four seasons. Dark line: The request of fortune and etiquette in daily use. These two lines blend into a gorgeous and colorful picture, reproducing the pure folk customs and long and splendid history and culture of old Beijing.
The characteristics of Beijing are emphasized by the scene-based spatial atmosphere, focusing on the seasons of time, activities in space, and highlighting the geographical orientation, architecture and other symbolic fields to strengthen the symbolic characteristics of Beijing folk customs.
Launched a series of cultural activities of "Dragon Hunt Check-in".
The exhibitions open to the public this time also include the "Brilliant Central Axis" exhibition; The round hall "Exhibition of Modern and Modern Paintings from the Capital Museum", "Exhibition of Gold and Stone Calligraphy from the Capital Museum", "Yandi Bronze Art Exhibition", "Ancient Jade Art Exhibition", "Millennium Treasures and Glory - Cultural Relics of Ancient Pagodas in Beijing", and the temporary exhibition "Carrying Forwards and Stoppings - A Century of Xinjiang Archaeology" on the basement floor of the square hall.
At the same time, the Expo also prepared a series of cultural activities, inviting the audience to "check in" in the museum to experience the strong flavor of the New Year. While visiting the exhibition, the audience will find that there are many cultural relics with dragon elements in the exhibition hall, find them and take photos to share them on personal social platforms, collect 3 cultural relics** have the opportunity to go to the paper art space on the basement floor to receive a beautiful group fan stamped with the characteristic seal of the Year of the Dragon.
During the Spring Festival, the Expo will also hold the Museum's New Year Cultural and Creative Market, where more than 600 kinds of cultural and innovative products will celebrate the New Year with the audience. Inheritors of intangible cultural heritage will walk into the museum to display intangible cultural heritage skills, such as hairy monkeys, filigree, paper-cutting, Chinese knots, woodblock New Year paintings, etc., inviting the audience to experience intangible cultural heritage in an interactive experience. Professional opera performers will perform in the four-storey theater of the first expo to present a series of performances for the audience, combining the quintessence of Peking Opera with the cultural connotation of the Chinese New Year, promoting the inheritance of opera art and promoting the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
Focusing on traditional folk customs and key cultural relics collections, the Expo will also launch two series of activities, namely "Celebrating Spring in the Auspicious Dragon" and "Treasure of the Town Museum", allowing the audience to understand the traditional folk customs and skills in interesting handicrafts, and appreciate the historical and cultural charm of Beijing in the interaction.
Open Information. 1. Opening hours:
The museum will resume on February 10, 2024 (the first day of the first lunar month), and the opening hours on that day will be from 12:00 to 17:00, and admission will last at 16:00.
2. Opening Hours:
1) From February 11, 2024 (the second day of the first lunar month), the museum will be open from 9:00 to 17:00 every day (last admission at 16:00), and the museum will be closed every Monday.
2) National statutory holidays and special circumstances will be announced separately.
3. How to enter the museum.
1) Visitors need to make an online reservation through the WeChat public service account of the Capital Museum in advance before they can enter the museum.
2) After the online reservation is successful, visitors are required to enter the museum with valid ID documents, on-site verification and security check before entering.
3) Minors under the age of 14 (including 14 years old) must be accompanied by an adult throughout the visit, and both the escort and the minor must bring valid ID documents for on-site verification and security check before entering.
4) Due to system upgrades, the group reservation service is temporarily closed.
5) Special circumstances will be announced separately.
Fourth, the relevant service description.
1) Parking service.
During the opening period, the entrance and exit hours of the museum are from 8:30 to 16:00.
In case of important events, the car park service will be adjusted according to the actual situation.
2) Explanation service.
Provide self-service audio guide service, provide manual explanation service, and dynamically adjust according to the actual situation.
3) Custody service.
Self-storage service is provided, manual storage service is provided for large luggage or oversized items, and valuables and dangerous, flammable and explosive items are not stored.
4) Food and beverage services.
Catering services are available.
*: Beijing ** client Reporter: Li Qiyao.
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