Find the "dragon" cultural relics, paint the "Ruilong Welcoming Spring" New Year's painting, and make the canal dragon lantern ......The Year of the Dragon is approaching, and many museums in the city present New Year gifts full of "dragon" spirit. A series of interesting dragon element-themed activities invite the audience to spend a cultural Spring Festival.
In major museums, dragon element cultural relics are the absolute protagonists of this year's Spring Festival, and many museums invite audiences to "search for dragons" in the exhibition halls. The China Archaeological Museum has launched a "Dragon Hunt" theme activity, where visitors can "check in" dragon images and dragon ornamental cultural relics in the museum, and stamp limited edition cultural relics stamps. From February 4th to 20th, Baita Temple will launch the "Searching for 'Divine Beasts' in Miaoying Temple" activity, and the audience can find the hidden dragon element in Baita Temple through the clues posted on the museum's WeChat***.
Some traditional intangible cultural heritage skills and annual customs activities will also be "moved" into the museum. During the Spring Festival, Shoubo will launch a series of activities called "Jilong Welcomes the Spring Festival", inviting the audience to participate in experiential activities such as rubbing New Year paintings, traditional velvet flowers, hand-cutting paper, writing blessing characters, guessing lantern riddles, and movable type printing. At the Grand Canal Museum in Beijing, visitors can learn about the origin and folk customs of the Dragon King Temple at the source of the Grand Canal, and make traditional dragon lanterns with canal themes.
Many popular science venues have also launched dragon element themed activities based on the characteristics of their collections. From February 11th to 17th, the National Museum of Natural History will hold a series of activities such as New Year painting rubbing, blessing in the Year of the Dragon, auspicious dragon knowledge, dinosaur skull carving, fossil reproduction and other activities, leading the audience to feel the charm of dragon culture. The Eastern Suburbs Pavilion of the China Railway Museum has launched the "Dragon Culture and Chinese Railway Special Exhibition", where the audience can not only understand the image and symbol of the "dragon" in the development of China's railways, but also collect the "Dragon Locomotive" New Year limited stamp, participate in interactive games, and win free experience coupons for popular science trains, free tickets for official cars and other gifts.
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Reporter Li Qiyao.