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More and more free and open museums carry infinite spiritual power
The "museum craze" has been heating up this summer, from the scarce National Museum of China to the almost daily crowded Henan Museum, from the Suzhou Museum, which became popular due to its landscape architecture, to the Hubei Provincial Museum, which has gained popularity through its cultural and creative products. "Going to museums" has become a new way of life and a new social trend. Data shows that the total number of museums in China has reached 6565, with a free opening rate of over 90%.
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A museum manager recalled that many years ago, he saw a group of local college students gathering around exhibition cabinets to copy instructions for exhibits at a museum. When asked if they often come to visit, the students said it was their first time.
Cultural relics are witnesses of history and important carriers of culture. Pieces of bronze and jade artifacts, bamboo slips and wooden slips, and historical classics... These collections contain the wisdom, spirit, and culture of the Chinese nation, as well as the endless power of life. Bringing more people into museums is not only an inherent requirement to meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the people, but also a necessary part of strengthening cultural confidence and building a strong cultural country.
In recent years, with the continuous improvement of the modern public cultural service system, there have been more and more museums open for free, and the quality of exhibitions has been increasing. Nowadays, primary and secondary school students enter museums, watching exhibitions and learning at the same time, and appreciate cultural heritage through three-dimensional and vivid cultural relics; Some museums hold special events for sanitation workers, drivers and passengers, couriers, and delivery drivers, allowing frontline workers to better experience cultural charm and increase their sense of belonging and identity with the city; Some communities and museums jointly organize activities to enrich the lives of elderly people in the community. The threshold for entering museums has been lowered, the distance between museums and people has been brought closer, the coverage of museums has been continuously expanded, the universality has been continuously enhanced, and the spiritual and cultural life of the people has been enriched.
Some people say that museums are the reception halls of a city. The unique cultural attraction released by museums has polished the city's business card and formed a huge "spillover effect". This summer, the overcrowded luggage storage areas of major museums have become a unique window for observing the relationship between museums and urban economic and social development. "Traveling with museums" has become a popular form of travel for many tourists, effectively promoting the development of the cultural and tourism industry. Economy is the body of a city, while culture is the soul of a city. Many cities, with their profound cultural heritage and unique regional culture, inject more cultural connotations into economic activities, promote economic development with the power of culture, and promote the harmonious coexistence and mutual assistance of millennium old cultural charm and modern economy.
It should also be noted that as the public's enthusiasm for visiting continues to rise, difficulties in making appointments and other situations have emerged. Some scalpers have also taken advantage of the situation and turned free tickets into "explanation packages" for high prices, which has damaged the convenience of the museum and posed challenges to its management and operation. In response to these problems, the National Cutural Heritage Administration recently issued a notice, putting forward a series of requirements on the opening services of museums during summer holidays and other holidays. Multiple museums across the country have also taken a series of measures to optimize their services. Some museums extend their opening hours, increase visitor quotas, and optimize service supply; Some museums have introduced special management measures to standardize social explanations and optimize the visiting experience; Some museums, in collaboration with the police, have launched a special crackdown on scalpers, promoting and guiding audiences to jointly resist behaviors that disrupt the order of visitors, such as "robbing". Multiple measures must be taken simultaneously in order to better preserve the popularity and inherit the culture.
A museum is like a big school. More and more free and open museums carry infinite spiritual power, illuminating a rich and fulfilling spiritual and cultural life. In this friendly university, we can broaden our understanding of "why civilization" and trigger deep reflection on "why China" and "old country and new destiny". Through thousands of years of contemplation and learning from the past, more people will cultivate a profound cultural sentiment and enhance their confidence in "following their own path".
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