Let European audiences buy tickets and queue up to visit? What kind of cultural charm and cultural relics does the first stop of the outbound exhibition of Shanghai International Import Expo choose in this country? | China | Audience
On June 24th, as the first exhibition of the Shanghai Museum's global tour of "Viewing China with 100 Objects", the "Immortal Jade Armor - Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Cultural Relics Exhibition" jointly organized by the Shanghai Museum, Xuzhou Museum, and Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology opened at the Mora Franz Museum in Hungary.
On the first day of the exhibition, nearly 10000 visitors lined up to purchase tickets for a visit. On that day, it was Museum Day in Hungary, and the museum remained open until 12 pm. The charm of excellent traditional Chinese culture moved the local audience.
Activities in front of the Mora Franz Museum in Hungary
It is reported that this exhibition showcases a total of 111 exquisite cultural relics from the Han Dynasty, covering multiple categories such as jade, lacquerware, pottery, bronze ware, seals, stone carvings, coins, etc. The Shanghai Museum has selected 86 pieces/set of Han Dynasty cultural relics for this exhibition, including jade purchase land vouchers, four spirit patterned jade wins, Wu Xiangli chariot and horse portrait mirrors, and "Changling Chengyin" seal clay.
The exhibition is divided into four parts - "Art of Life," "Wisdom of Harmony," "Radiance of Faith," and "Prosperity of the Silk Road." Using cultural relics and easy to understand curation methods, it vividly showcases the politics, economy, and culture of Han Dynasty China, explores the cultural heritage of Chinese civilization, and facilitates overseas audiences to understand and understand ancient Chinese art and culture.
2023 marks the tenth anniversary of the the Belt and Road Initiative. Over 2000 years ago, during the Han Dynasty, China's national strength was strong, its economy was prosperous, and its culture was prosperous. As the starting point of the Silk Road, it shone brightly with the Roman Empire at the other end of the Silk Road. The Silk Road, opened up at this time, not only stretches for thousands of miles, but also continues to this day, becoming an important bridge for economic and cultural exchanges between China and neighboring countries.
Hungary is the first European country to jointly build the "the Belt and Road" with China, and the two countries have close people to people and cultural exchanges. In 2017, the Shanghai Museum held an exhibition titled "Princess Cixi and Hungary: The Life of Hungarian Nobles in the 17th and 19th Centuries" from the National Museum of Hungary; On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Hungary and the 6th anniversary of the establishment of friendly city relations between Budapest and Shanghai in 2019, with the support of the Shanghai Municipal Government Information Office and the Shanghai Association for Foreign Cultural Exchange, the Shanghai Museum, along with the Smart Home under the Central Bank of Hungary and the Athena Smart Home Foundation, held an exhibition titled "China and Hungary on the Silk Road: The Journey of Coins".
Exhibition site
Chu Xiaobo, the curator of Shanghai Museum, said that Shangbo chose this exhibition as the first exhibition of the series of "One Hundred Things See China" cultural relics and arts outbound exhibitions, hoping to enable Hungarian audiences to further understand the history, culture and artistic features of China's Han Dynasty 2000 years ago, and at the same time open more dialogue on the inheritance of Chinese civilization and cultural exchanges between China and the West, so as to better promote exchanges and mutual learning among world civilizations, further promote cultural connectivity and people to people connectivity between countries along the "the Belt and Road", so that China can see the world and the world can see China more.
The series of "Everything Sees China" Cultural Relics and Arts Outbound Exhibition is the first cultural "going out" brand of Shanghai Museum. It emphasizes cross regional cooperation, integrates advantageous resources, continues to deepen the integrated development of culture and museum in the Yangtze River Delta, assists in the implementation of the "the Belt and Road" initiative, accumulates practical experience for the establishment of a multinational, interdisciplinary, cross domain, cross industry and cross sector collaborative innovation mechanism, and helps Shanghai Museum to build a big pattern in the construction of a cultural power, seek new achievements, and contribute to a new era.
It is reported that this exhibition will continue until December 31, 2023, and is expected to tour multiple countries for exhibitions.
