A great place to visit ancient times and ask about today's New Year in a museum

Date: 09:37, January 31, 2024      Source: Beijing Daily

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During the Spring Festival, all museums in the city can be opened, including more than 100 popular museums such as the Palace Museum, the National Museum, the Capital Museum and so on. In terms of exhibitions and cultural activities, 215 exhibitions and activities were launched by museums in the city in combination with the characteristics of festivals and the museum itself.

It is reported that the city will focus on promoting a number of Spring Festival theme projects, which can be summarized as "one axis, two museums, four categories and ten lines". "One Axis" means to launch the theme activity of "Celebrating the New Year on the Central Axis", organize the heritage site units on the Central Axis, and launch six series of key activities such as music and dance central axis and blessing central axis in combination with their own characteristics. The "two museums", namely, the opening service of the Capital Museum and the Beijing Grand Canal Museum, the launch of five major exhibitions such as "Suihua Jili - Old Beijing Folk Custom Exhibition", several cultural activities such as "The Grand Canal Show", and the launch of more than 600 new cultural and creative products. "Four categories", namely, promoting four categories of boutique exhibition activities, namely, "Ten New Year Theme Exhibitions", "Ten Fine Cultural Relics Exhibitions", "Ten Folk Custom Activities" and "Ten Youth Research Activities". "Ten lines", that is to say, ten themed tour lines of "The City of Museums Celebrating the Spring Festival" are recommended, focusing on the Beijing Museum Cluster, and ten tour lines of the city of museums such as "Longfu Temple Cultural Expo Area" and "Shichahai Cultural Expo Area" are recommended, introducing museum boutique exhibitions or featured activities, and bringing together surrounding parks, business circles and other elements, It provides more choices for citizens and tourists to celebrate the Spring Festival.

 Beijing Grand Canal Museum

Beijing Grand Canal Museum

Longfu Temple Cultural Museum Area

Tour content: Memorial Hall of the Early Revolutionary Activities of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, the former site of the Second Academy of Peking University, the National Art Museum of China, the Memorial Hall of Lao She, the Drama Museum of the Beijing People's Art Theater+Beijing Jiade Art Center+Longfu Temple Business District

Highlights: This cultural museum area is located in the core area of the capital, and has many distinctive museums.

The Memorial Hall of the Early Revolutionary Activities of the Communist Party of China in Beijing and the former site of the Second Academy of Peking University witnessed the history of Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu and other ancestors who saved the nation from extinction.

The National Art Museum of China is a national plastic arts museum focusing on collecting, researching and displaying works of Chinese modern and contemporary artists.

The Memorial Hall of Lao She was built on the basis of "Danshi Courtyard", the former residence of Mr. Lao She. The original display shows the original life of Mr. Lao She in those years.

Beijing People's Art Theatre Museum, the first drama museum in China, focuses on the history and drama culture of Beijing People's Art Theatre.

In the Longfu Temple Cultural Expo Area, the audience can not only enjoy the style of the ancient capital, but also enjoy the ocean of modern art; You can not only see the May 4th Movement Memorial Site, but also feel the infinite charm of literature and dramatic art.

Shichahai Cultural Expo Area

Tour content: Gongwangfu Museum of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Xu Beihong Memorial Hall, Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall+Shichahai Historical and Cultural Reserve+Nanluogu Lane Historical and Cultural Block

Highlights: adjacent to the central axis of Beijing, the Cultural Expo Zone is the largest historical and cultural block in Beijing with the best preserved features.

The Prince Gong Mansion Museum of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, based on the site of Prince Gong Mansion, is a museum focusing on the history and culture of the Prince Gong Mansion.

Xu Beihong Memorial Hall is the first personal memorial hall for artists in New China. The basic displays include Xu Beihong's life exhibition, giant oil paintings "Yu Gong Yi Shan", "Tian Heng 500 Scholars", etc.

The Beijing Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall systematically presents Guo Shoujing's achievements in ancient Chinese astronomy, water conservancy and other aspects. During the Spring Festival, a series of activities such as the "Dragon's Journey to the Museum" will also be held to provide the public with rich cultural experience.

The Cultural Expo Area also includes Shichahai Historical and Cultural Protection Area and Nanluogu Lane Historical and Cultural Block, which is a tourist attraction integrating culture, leisure and entertainment. Wandering among them, eating roast duck and walking in hutongs, let the audience deeply feel the flavor of old Beijing.

Xisi Cultural Expo Area

Tour contents: China Geological Museum, Beijing Lu Xun Museum (Memorial Hall of the New Cultural Movement), Beijing White Pagoda Temple Management Office, Imperial Temple of all dynasties, the former site of Mongolian Tibetan School+Xidan Business District

Highlights: The Cultural Expo Zone is located near the Xidan Business District, which integrates shopping, catering and entertainment.

The China Geological Museum has a fine collection of specimens, and the collections of "Crystal King", Chinese Dragon and Bird are famous at home and abroad.

Beijing Lu Xun Museum (Memorial Hall of the New Cultural Movement), the area of Lu Xun Museum is the most complete residence of Lu Xun in Beijing so far.

White Pagoda Temple. The white pagoda in this temple is the only complete cultural relic of the Yuan Dynasty in Beijing, and it is also the oldest and largest Tibetan pagoda in mainland China.

The Imperial Temple of the past dynasties is a royal temple dedicated to the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, emperors of the past dynasties, officials and generals in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The former site of the Mongolian Tibetan School is the first experience hall of the Chinese national community in China, which plays an important role in the early revolutionary history and national work history of the Party.

During the Spring Festival, Beijing Lu Xun Museum (Memorial Hall of the New Cultural Movement) will play the Spring Festival series activities such as "dragon walking", "White Pagoda Temple Management Office looking for the 'divine animals' in Miaoying Temple" with the audience.

Sub center Cultural Expo Area

Tour content: Beijing Grand Canal Museum, Tongzhou District Museum, Han Meilin Art Museum+Beijing Art Center+Beijing Urban Library+Beijing Urban Green Center Forest Park

Highlights: Located in the sub center of Beijing city, this cultural museum area can enjoy the scenery of the ancient "water transport road" as well as the museum resources.

The Beijing Grand Canal Museum, as one of the three major cultural buildings in the sub center of Beijing, looks like a "boat of the canal". It launches a series of exhibitions around the close relationship between the Grand Canal and Beijing, and interprets the relationship between "city" and "city" together with the Capital Museum.

Tongzhou District Museum is located in a two in four courtyard built in the Republic of China and the Qing Dynasty. The exhibition in the museum records the long history of Tongzhou and also witnesses the great changes in the past century.

The Han Meilin Art Museum has collected and displayed more than 3000 works of art by Mr. Han Meilin. Its large exhibition hall, large number of exhibits, and wide range of art categories have attracted many visitors.

Come to the sub center of the city, stroll around the museum, feel the beauty of the three cultural buildings in the sub center and the Green Heart Forest Park in Beijing, and ensure that your trip is worthwhile.

Xiangshan Cultural Expo Area

Tour contents: Xiangshan Shuangqing Villa, Xiangshan Revolutionary Memorial Hall, Beijing Dajue Temple and Tuancheng Management Office (Tuancheng), China Bee Museum, Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall+Xiangshan Park+National Botanical Garden

Highlights: At the eight revolutionary sites and the Xiangshan Revolutionary Memorial Hall with Shuangqing Villa in Xiangshan as the main body, the audience can review the historic cause of "laying the foundation for the new China", and review the patriotism, ambition and revolutionary spirit of the Chinese Communists.

Located at the foot of Fragrant Hill, the Tuancheng Martial Arts Hall is the only well preserved military building complex of the Qing Dynasty in Beijing, and also a famous scenic resort with unique features in the royal gardens in western Beijing.

In the National Botanical Garden, there are two museums in the north garden. The Chinese Bee Museum is a natural museum established by the Bee Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall is the first museum of historical and cultural celebrities in China with Cao Xueqin and A Dream of Red Mansions as the theme.

Xiangshan Shuangqing Villa, during the Spring Festival, will hold the theme activity of "Fuqi Xinsui to trace the red vein of Xiangshan", inviting the audience to feel the red culture of Xiangshan in a warm and peaceful atmosphere.

Nanchanghe Cultural Expo Area

Tour content: National Classic Museum, Beijing Art Museum, Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum, China Ancient Animal Museum, Beijing Planetarium+Beijing Zoo, Zizhuyuan Park

Highlights: This cultural museum area is located along the Nanchang River, the only existing royal river channel of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing, and many museums are distributed on both sides of the Nanchang River. On the north side of the Changhe River, there are three characteristic museums; On the south side of the Changhe River, there are two heavyweight science popularization pavilions.

The National Museum of Classical Books, located in the south area of the National Library, is a thematic museum that comprehensively presents the diverse and vivid book culture of the Chinese nation.

Located in the Wanshou Temple, an ancient temple in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Beijing Art Museum, once known as the "Little Palace Museum in the West of Beijing", is a comprehensive art museum.

Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum, located in the former site of Zhenjue Temple, a royal temple in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, is a museum dedicated to collecting, displaying and studying stone carving relics and art in Beijing.

The China Paleontology Museum is the first national natural science museum in China with paleontological fossils as the carrier.

The Beijing Planetarium is the first large-scale planetarium in China.

During the Spring Festival, the National Museum of Classical Books and Records will celebrate a different cultural year with "Dragon Singing and Calligraphy - Jiachen New Year Exhibition (tentative name)", Beijing Art Museum's series of activities such as "Luck and Longevity, Lucky Dragon Welcoming Spring".

Aosen Cultural Expo Area

Tour contents: the CPC History Exhibition Hall, China Science and Technology Museum, China Arts and Crafts Museum (China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum), China Archaeological Museum, Specimen Exhibition Hall of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (National Animal Museum), Beijing Arts and Crafts Museum+Olympic Forest Park+Asian Olympic Business District

Highlights: In recent years, with the emergence of famous museums such as the CPC History Exhibition Hall and the Archaeological Museum of China, the Aosen Cultural Museum District has become a museum cluster with numerous museums, rich categories and distinctive features.

China National Arts and Crafts Museum (China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum), "Celebrating the Year of the Dragon with lanterns", 2024 New Year Lantern Exhibition.

China Science and Technology Museum, "Music Mystery - Immersive Music Technology Experience Exhibition".

Beijing Arts and Crafts Museum, "Encounter · Eight Wonders - Beijing Yanjing Eight Wonders Immersive Experience Exhibition" and other wonderful cultural and museum exhibition activities met the audience.

At the same time, there are also Olympic Forest Park and Asian Olympic Business District around the Cultural Expo Area, which can meet the needs of different groups for visit, sightseeing, leisure and shopping.

Muxidi Cultural Expo Area

Tour content: Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, Capital Museum, China Millennium Monument Art Museum+Yuyuantan Park

Highlights: This cultural museum area has not only the first comprehensive military museum in China, the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, but also the Capital Museum, which interprets Beijing culture and the rising history of the capital city, as well as the China Century Monument Art Museum, which is committed to building a platform for exchanges among civilizations and an exhibition window for world art.

During the Spring Festival, the Capital Museum basically displayed the "Exhibition of Ancient Jade Artifacts" and the "Suihua Chronicles - Old Beijing Folk Custom Exhibition". The new exhibition "Seeing and Ending - Xinjiang Archaeological Centennial Achievements Exhibition" was also opened. It launched wonderful cultural activities such as "Dragon Hunting Punch Card", "Singing in the Museum" and "Visiting Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Museum". In addition, the Capital Museum will launch more than 600 new cultural and creative products, and invite the audience to participate in the "Full Hundred Luck Bags" activity to celebrate the New Year with the audience.

Cuigezhuang Cultural Expo Area

Tour content: China Film Museum, China Railway Museum Eastern Suburb Exhibition Hall, China Civil Aviation Museum, Guanfu Museum+798 Art District+Caochangdi Art District+Red Brick Art Museum+Beijing Wanhe Art and Cultural Innovation Park

Highlights: This cultural museum area is home to three "national" industry museums and the influential non-state-owned museum Guanfu Museum.

The China Film Museum is the largest national film museum in the world.

The Eastern Suburb Exhibition Hall of the China Railway Museum, covering an area of 72000 square meters, focuses on displaying more than 140 sets of rare locomotives and vehicles of different types and systems in different historical periods of China's railways, ranking first in China in terms of scale, and is an important industrial heritage protection institution.

The Civil Aviation Museum is a special museum of civil aviation sponsored by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, which exhibits a large number of transport planes used by China's civil aviation in different historical periods.

At the same time, the Cultural Expo Zone also has 798 Art District, Caochangdi Art District and other cultural and creative industry gathering areas to explore and establish new lifestyles and new consumption patterns with artistic imagination and design creativity.

Modekou Cultural Expo Area

Tour content: Fahai Temple Museum, Shijingshan District Stone Carving Museum, Quaternary Glacier Relics Museum, Liaocang Digital Collection Museum+Shougang Cultural Industrial Park+Modekou Historical and Cultural Block

Highlights: The cultural relics area is located at the model entrance of Shijingshan District, with rich historical relics and profound cultural heritage.

Fahai Temple is a national key cultural relics protection unit. The Ming Dynasty murals in its main hall are the oldest and best preserved palace murals in Beijing.

Shijingshan District Stone Carving Museum is built on the basis of Tianyi Tomb, a municipal cultural relics protection unit. The stone carvings are rich in content and unique, and have high academic value, cultural relic value and artistic value.

The exhibition hall of Quaternary glacial relics is the only natural science museum built on glacial relics in China and even Asia.

Liaocang Digital Collection Museum is the first batch of similar museums listed in Beijing, relying on virtual reality technology to create an immersive and interactive cultural digital experience space for citizens.

During the Spring Festival, the exhibition hall of Quaternary Glacier Relics will hold a series of special activities, such as "Red Hot Spring Festival", to create a strong flavor of the year for the historical and cultural street of Modekou.

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