As a "memory card" for cultural relics and a "decoder" for history, museums have given a new sense of ritual to the New Year in recent years. On the occasion of the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, thousands of museums across the country are welcoming visitors from all over the world during the Spring Festival, and many New Year's exhibitions are "new" in museums around the country. Recently, visitors walked into the Yangquan Museum of Shanxi Province "Dragon Rises in China - Chinese Dragon Culture 100 Museums Joint Exhibition", and can comprehensively and systematically understand the origin, development and evolution of the dragon image in different periods through the collection of cultural relics, first-class layouts, and intangible cultural heritage crafts, and immerse themselves in Chinese dragon culture.
Yangquan City Museum "Dragon Rises from China - 100 Chinese Dragon Culture Museum Joint Exhibition".
Since ancient times, the dragon has gradually become the totem and symbol of the Chinese nation with its image of strong wisdom, hard work, and mighty and unyielding. The sons and daughters of China also condense their identification with the dragon in a piece of utensils and folk customs, expressing their expectations for an auspicious and happy life. Porcelain, enamelware, paper-cutting, root carving, cloth art, pinching ......In the special exhibition of Yangquan City Museum, all kinds of dragon element treasures are dizzying.
Qing Dynasty brick carved spine beast.
Gourd carving works.
Nuclear carving works. 
Dough sculpture works. 
Paper-cut works. 
Root carving works. Mom, come and see, the dragon on this plate seems to be jumping out! During the exhibition, the voice of a child attracted the reporter's attention to a porcelain plate in front of him. In front of you, the whole blue dragon painted in blue and white is presented in the center of the plate, with a full body, delicate dragon whiskers, and uniform scales. And what is more eye-catching is the dragon tail coiled between the cloud patterns, winding from the inside to the outside, this kind of ornamentation is called "over the wall", many tourists stop here, take a closer look at this "dragon to see the head but not the tail" of the Qing Dynasty "over the wall dragon plate".
Qing Dynasty blue and white dragon pattern porcelain plate.
This exhibition of dragon cultural relics is very distinctive, there are objects from ancient times to the present, and the exhibits are full of 'dragon elements', which makes people shine. "After visiting the exhibition, my biggest gain is that I have a better understanding of the breadth and depth of the history and culture of my hometown. "We are all 'descendants of the dragon', and seeing these cultural relics created by the ancients with their wisdom, we feel surging from the heart, and a sense of Chinese cultural identity and national pride arises spontaneously. At the exit of the exhibition hall, visitors who were still eager to share their experiences with reporters.
Yangquan City Museum has a strong New Year's flavor.
The New Year is lively, how can there be less New Year's flavor in the museum! In conjunction with this special exhibition, Yangquan Museum also launched a social and educational activity with the theme of "Celebrating the New Year in the Museum, Intangible Cultural Heritage Garden Party in the Year of the Dragon" during the Spring Festival, conveying the beauty of culture and the feelings of the festival with a rich and colorful cultural experience.
Tourists experience folk intangible cultural heritage activities at the Yangquan Museum.
I wish my family good health! "I hope my classmates and I will learn better!" "May my hometown go further and strive to promote the development of the city!" ”…Persimmon Ruyi" tree, tourists' New Year's wishes are simple and sincere. Looking at the other side in a blink of an eye, making dragon-shaped paper-cutting, face sculpture, bamboo weaving paintings, participating in pot throwing, rubbing, writing brush characters, and untying Luban locks, adults and children showed a pair of skillful hands, and felt the happiness of Chinese culture from a number of folk characteristics, intangible cultural heritage items, and traditional entertainment. (Reporter Kong Fanxin).