Echoes of customs丨Ancient cultural relics "come alive" and modern life continues to be exciting

Let the cultural relics collected in museums, the heritage displayed on the vast land, and the words written in ancient books come alive, and let Chinese civilization, together with the rich and colorful civilizations created by people from all over the world, provide mankind with correct spiritual guidance and powerful spiritual motivation.

——On March 27, 2014, President Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech at the UNESCO headquarters

Cultural relics are witnesses of history and carriers of culture. Protecting every cultural relic and cultural heritage on the land of China is to protect the endless roots of the Chinese nation’s spirit.

The surging and majestic Yellow River brings a long history and splendid culture to the land of China. The Yellow River Museum, located in Zhengzhou, Henan, is one of the earliest river museums in the world. Through rich historical documents, precious cultural relic specimens, water crossing engineering models, etc., it vividly shows us the natural overview of the Yellow River and the splendid Yellow River culture.

3,600 years ago, the Shang Dynasty established its capital "Bo" in Zhengzhou. The ruins of Zhengzhou Mall, located in the central area of ​​Zhengzhou City, bear witness to the city’s continuous connections and unchanging city location over the past 3,600 years. The Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Capital Ruins Museum is an exclusive cultural space within the Zhengzhou Shangcheng National Archaeological Site Park, which displays archaeological achievements and early Shang civilization in the past 70 years. The historical Bodu and today's Zhengzhou share the same place with ancient and modern times, and ancient relics interact with the central area of ​​the city. People stroll through heritage parks and enter museums to appreciate history and savor the rich Chinese civilization.

Tourists watch the reconstruction of the city building scene at the Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Capital Ruins Museum

"Seeing exquisite cultural relics such as the copper square tripod with animal face patterns and the copper ax with animal face patterns gave me a more intuitive understanding of ancient urban planning concepts, and a deeper understanding of the long history and profoundness of Chinese civilization." Shen Yikun, a tourist who went to Zhengzhou for business I have visited the Daidu City Ruins Museum many times, and "every time I have different gains."

How to make cultural relics "alive"? At the Yinxu Museum in Anyang, Henan, visitors can appreciate the splendor of ancient civilization and personally experience the integration of cultural relics and modern life. The Yin Xu Museum applies digital technology to set up bronze casting simulation scenes, naked-eye 3D large screens and immersive digital experience halls in the exhibition hall to bring the cultural relics to life and lead the audience back to the prosperous age of Shang King Wuding to experience the social environment and life scenes at that time.

Animated picture: The Yachang Niu Zun displayed on the naked-eye 3D large screen of the Yinxu Museum

Currently, the Yinxu Museum has more than 4,000 cultural relics on display, including the much-anticipated Ya Chang Niu Zun, Simu Xin Ding, and the turquoise-engraved Bone Shao on display for the first time. The museum is characterized not only by its rich exhibits and digitization of cultural relics, but also by its development of cultural and creative products.

Guo Weibing, deputy director of the Yinxu Museum, said that in order to better integrate cultural relics with modern life, the museum has developed a series of cultural and creative products such as the Ya Chang Niu Zun bottle opener, "Fu Hao" figure, oracle bone noodles, etc., to allow tourists to Feel the charm of Yin Shang culture in daily life.

"There are 160,000 oracle bone fragments scattered around the world. We are currently conducting a global digital return of oracle bone fragments." Liu Yongge, director of the Key Laboratory of Oracle Bone Information Processing at Anyang Normal University, said that the plan will re-holographic oracle bone inscriptions around the world. Digital high-definition collection enables the protection, research, inheritance and revitalization of oracle bone culture.

Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Capital Ruins Museum cultural and creative product "Shang Xiaoxian"

"In addition to traditional exhibitions and public lectures, popular activities such as ancient tomb scripts and museum fashion shows can also be very effective in mobilizing everyone's interest in history and culture." Song Chao, a researcher at the Institute of Literature of the Henan Academy of Social Sciences Li believes that cultural and creative products and cultural and museum variety shows can make more ordinary people fall in love with museums and cultural relics. Today’s cultural tourism and immersive cultural experiences are also effective ways to make cultural relics “alive”.