Editor's note:
During the Spring Festival, the city's museums can be opened, including the Palace Museum, the National Museum, the Capital Museum and other popular museums, more than 100 museums are open. In terms of exhibitions and cultural activities, the city's museums have launched a total of 215 exhibitions and activities based on the characteristics of festivals and the characteristics of the museum.
According to reports, the city will focus on promoting a number of Spring Festival activities theme projects, which can be summed up as "one axis, two museums, four categories and ten lines". "One axis", that is, the launch of the "Chinese New Year on the Central Axis" theme activities, the organization of the central axis of each heritage point units, combined with their own characteristics, the launch of six series of key activities such as the central axis of music and dance, the central axis of blessings, etc. The "two museums" are to do a good job in the opening services of the Capital Museum and the Beijing Grand Canal Museum, and launch five major exhibitions such as "The Age of Ji Li - Old Beijing Folk Customs Exhibition", a number of cultural activities such as the "Canal Opera Performing Arts Week", and launch more than 600 new cultural and creative products. "Four categories", that is, the promotion of four types of high-quality exhibition activities, namely "Top Ten New Year Theme Exhibitions", "Top Ten Fine Cultural Relics Exhibition", "Top Ten Folk Customs Activities" and "Top Ten Youth Research Activities". "Ten lines", that is, 10 "Museum City New Year" theme tour routes, focusing on the Beijing Museum Cluster, recommend "Longfu Temple Cultural and Museum Area" and "Shichahai Cultural and Museum Area" and other ten museum city visit routes.
Introduce the museum's boutique exhibitions or special activities, and bring together elements such as surrounding parks and business districts to provide more choices for the general public and visitors to celebrate the Spring Festival.
Longfukuji Wenbo District
●Tour content: Memorial Hall of the Early Beijing Revolutionary Activities of the Communist Party of China, the former site of the Second Courtyard of Peking University, the National Art Museum of China, the Lao She Memorial Hall, the Drama Museum of the Beijing People's Art Theater + Beijing Guardian Art Center + Longfu Temple Business District
Beijing Renyi Drama Museum, photo source: "Beijing Daily" WeChat public account
●Highlights: Located in the core area of the capital, the cultural and museum area has a number of 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 Courtyard of Peking University have witnessed the history of Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu and other ancestors who saved their lives and survived.
The National Art Museum of China is a national museum of plastic arts focusing on collecting, researching and exhibiting the works of modern and contemporary Chinese artists.
The Lao She Memorial Hall was built on the basis of Mr. Lao She's former residence "Dan Persimmon Courtyard", and the original state display shows the original life of Mr. Lao She.
Beijing Renyi Drama Museum is the first drama museum in China, focusing on the history and theatrical culture of Beijing Renyi.
In the cultural and museum area of Longfu Temple, the audience can not only enjoy the style of the ancient capital, but also wander in the sea of modern art, not only can see the May Fourth Movement memorial site, but also can feel the infinite charm of literature and dramatic art.
Shichahai Wenbo District
●Tour content: Ministry of Culture and Tourism Gongwangfu Museum, Xu Beihong Memorial Hall, Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall + Shichahai Historical and Cultural Reserve + Nanluoguxiang Historical and Cultural District
●Highlights: Adjacent to the central axis of Beijing, the cultural and museum area is the largest and most well-preserved historical and cultural district in Beijing.
The Museum of Prince Gong's Mansion of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, based on the ruins of Prince Gong's Mansion, is a museum with the history and culture of the palace as the core of research, display and dissemination.
Xu Beihong Memorial Hall is the first personal memorial hall of artists in New China, and the basic exhibitions include Xu Beihong's life exhibition, huge oil paintings "Yugong Moves Mountains", "Tianheng Five Hundred Scholars" and so on.
The Beijing Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall systematically presents Guo Shoujing's achievements in ancient Chinese astronomy and water conservancy. During the Spring Festival, a series of activities such as "Dragon Walk to the Museum to Welcome the Spring Festival" will also be used to provide rich cultural experiences to the public.
The cultural and museum area also includes the Shichahai Historical and Cultural Reserve and the Nanluoguxiang Historical and Cultural District, which is a tourist attraction integrating culture, leisure and entertainment. Wander among them, eat roast duck, and visit the hutongs, allowing the audience to deeply feel the New Year's flavor of old Beijing.
Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall, picture source: original text with pictures
Xisi Wenbo District
●Tour content: Geological Museum of China, Beijing Lu Xun Museum (New Culture Movement Memorial Hall), Beijing Baita Temple Management Office, Imperial Temple, Mongolian and Tibetan School Site + Xidan Business District
●Highlights: The cultural and museum area is located near the Xidan business district, which integrates shopping, catering and entertainment.
The Geological Museum of China has a beautiful collection of specimens, and its collections such as the "Crystal King" and the Chinese Dragon Bird are well-known at home and abroad.
Geological Museum of China, image source: original article with picture
Beijing Lu Xun Museum (New Culture Movement Memorial Hall), Lu Xun Museum is the most well-preserved Lu Xun residence in Beijing so far.
The White Pagoda of the temple is the only complete Yuan Dynasty cultural relics in Beijing, and it is also the earliest and largest Tibetan pagoda in Chinese mainland.
The temple of the emperors of the past dynasties is the royal temple of the Ming and Qing dynasties to worship the three emperors and five emperors, the emperors of the past dynasties and the military generals of the past dynasties.
The former site of the Mongolian and Tibetan School is the first experience hall of the Chinese national community in the country, and has an important position in the early revolutionary history of the party and the history of ethnic work.
During the Spring Festival, a series of Spring Festival activities such as "Dragon Walking in the Dragon" of Beijing Lu Xun Museum (New Culture Movement Memorial Hall) and "Looking for the 'Divine Beasts' in Miaoying Temple" of the Baita Temple Management Office will play the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon with the audience.
Sub-center cultural and museum area
●Tour content: Beijing Grand Canal Museum, Tongzhou District Museum, Han Meilin Art Museum + Beijing Art Center + Beijing City Library + Beijing City Green Heart Forest Park
●Highlights: The cultural and museum area is located in the sub-center of Beijing, where you can not only enjoy the scenery of the "Caoyun Ancient Road" in the past, but also feel the characteristic museum resources.
The Grand Canal Museum in Beijing, as one of the three major cultural buildings in the sub-center of Beijing, resembles a "canal boat", and launches a series of exhibitions around the close relationship between the Grand Canal and the city of Beijing, and interprets the relationship between the "capital" and the "city" together with the Capital Museum.
Beijing Grand Canal Museum, picture source: original article with pictures
Tongzhou District Museum, located in a Republic of China and Qing Dynasty system of the two-in-four courtyard, the exhibition records the long history of Tongzhou, but also witnesses the vicissitudes of a century.
Han Meilin Art Museum, a collection and display of more than 3,000 works of art by Mr. Han Meilin, has attracted many visitors to visit because of its large exhibition area, large number of exhibits and wide range of art categories.
Come to the sub-center of the city, visit the museum, and feel the beauty of the three major cultural buildings of the sub-center and the Beijing Urban Green Heart Forest Park, which is guaranteed to make your trip worthwhile.
Xiangshan Wenbo District
●Tour content: 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: In the eight old revolutionary sites and the Xiangshan Revolutionary Memorial Hall with Xiangshan Shuangqing Villa as the main body, the audience can review the historical cause of "laying the foundation for New China" and relive the patriotic original intention, ambition and revolutionary spirit of the Chinese Communists.
Located at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain, the Tuancheng Martial Arts Hall is the only intact Qing Dynasty military complex in Beijing, and it is also a famous scenic tourist site with unique characteristics in the imperial garden scenery of western Beijing.
The National Botanical Garden and the North Garden are two museums, the China Bee Museum is a natural museum established by the Bee Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and the Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall is the first historical and cultural celebrity museum in China with the theme of Cao Xueqin and Dream of Red Mansions.
Xiangshan Shuangqing Villa, during the Spring Festival, held a theme activity of "Fuqi New Year, Tracing the Red Vein of Xiangshan", inviting the audience to understand the red culture of Xiangshan in a warm and peaceful atmosphere.
Xiangshan Shuangqing Villa, picture source: original text with pictures
Nanchanghe Wenbo District
●Tour content: National Museum of Classics, Beijing Art Museum, Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum, Chinese Ancient Zoological Museum, Beijing Planetarium + Beijing Zoo, Zizhuyuan Park
●Highlights: The cultural and museum area is located along the Nanchang River, the only existing imperial river 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 Yangtze River, there are three characteristic museums, and on the south side of the Yangtze River, there are two heavyweight science exhibition halls.
The National Museum of Classic Books, located in the south area of the National Library, is a special museum that comprehensively presents the diverse and vivid book culture of the Chinese nation.
Beijing Art Museum, located in the Wanshou Temple, an ancient temple in the Ming and Qing dynasties, was once known as the "Little Forbidden City in Western Beijing" and 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 special museum that collects, displays and studies stone carving cultural relics and art in Beijing.
Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum, image source: "Beijing Daily" WeChat public account
The Museum of Chinese Ancient Zoology 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 mainland China.
During the Spring Festival, the National Museum of Classic Books will accompany the audience to celebrate a different cultural year, such as the National Museum of Classics' "The Fragrance of Books: Jiachen New Year Exhibition (tentative name)", and the Beijing Art Museum's "Fortune and Longevity, Ruilong Welcomes Spring" series of activities.
Aosen Wenbo District
●Tour content: History Exhibition Hall of the Communist Party of China, 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 Museum of Zoology), Beijing Arts and Crafts Museum + Olympic Forest Park + Asian Olympic Business District
●Highlights: In recent years, with the rise of well-known museums such as the History Exhibition Hall of the Communist Party of China and the China Archaeological Museum, the Aosen Cultural Museum District has become a museum cluster with many large halls, rich categories and distinctive characteristics.
History Exhibition Hall of the Communist Party of China, picture source: original article with pictures
China Arts and Crafts Museum (China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum), "Zhang Lantern Colorful Year of the Dragon" 2024 Jiachen New Year Lantern Exhibition.
China Science and Technology Museum, "Music Secret Land - Immersive Music Technology Experience Exhibition".
Beijing Arts and Crafts Museum, "Encounter, Eight Unique Activities-Beijing Yanjing Eight Unique Immersive Experience Exhibition" and a number of wonderful cultural and museum exhibition activities to meet the audience.
At the same time, there are also Olympic Forest Park and Asian Olympic Business District around the cultural and museum area, which can meet the needs of different groups for visiting, sightseeing, leisure and shopping.
Muxidi Cultural and Museum District
●Tour content: Chinese Revolutionary Military Museum, Capital Museum, China Millennium Monument Art Museum + Yuyuantan Park
●Highlights: The Cultural Museum includes the Chinese Revolutionary Military Museum, China's first comprehensive military museum, the Capital Museum that interprets Beijing's culture and the rising history of the capital, and the China Millennium Monument Art Museum, which is committed to building a platform for the exchange of various civilizations and a display window for world art.
During the Spring Festival, the Capital Museum's basic exhibitions of "Ancient Art and Jade Boutique Exhibition" and "Years of Glory - Old Beijing Folk Customs Exhibition" were re-unveiled, and the new exhibition "Carrying Forwards and Stops - Xinjiang Archaeological Centennial Achievements Exhibition" was opened at the same time, and wonderful cultural activities such as "Dragon Hunting and Check-in", "Singing in the Museum" and "Visiting Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Museum" were launched. In addition, the Capital Museum will also launch more than 600 kinds of cultural and creative products, and invite the audience to participate in the "100 lucky bags" activity to celebrate the New Year with the audience.
Capital Museum, image source: original article with pictures
Cui Gezhuang Wenbo District
●Tour content: China Film Museum, China Railway Museum Eastern Suburbs Exhibition Hall, Civil Aviation Museum of China, Guanfu Museum + 798 Art District + Caochangdi Art District + Red Brick Art Museum + Beijing Wanhe Art and Cultural Park
●Highlights: The cultural and museum area brings together three industry museums with the prefix "country" and the most influential non-state-owned museum in China - Guanfu Museum.
The China Film Museum is currently the largest national film museum in the world.
China Film Museum, photo source: "Beijing Daily" WeChat public account
The exhibition hall in the eastern suburbs of the China Railway Museum, covering an area of 72,000 square meters, focuses on displaying more than 140 locomotives and rolling stock treasures of different historical periods, different types and standards of the mainland railway, 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 aircraft used in different historical periods of mainland civil aviation.
At the same time, the cultural and museum area also has cultural and creative industry clusters such as the 798 Art District and the Caochangdi Art District, exploring the establishment of new lifestyles and new consumption patterns with artistic imagination and design creativity.
Mode mouth museum area
●Tour content: Fahai Temple Museum, Shijingshan District Stone Carving Museum, Quaternary Glacier Relics Exhibition Hall, Yucang Digital Collection Museum + Shougang Cultural Industry Park + Modekou Historical and Cultural District
●Highlights: The cultural and museum area is located in Shijingshan District, with rich historical relics and profound cultural heritage.
Fahai Temple is a national key cultural relics protection unit, and the murals of the Ming Dynasty in its Daxiong Hall are the oldest and most well-preserved palace murals in Beijing.
The Shijingshan District Stone Carving Museum, built on the basis of the tomb of Tian Yi, a municipal cultural preservation unit, is rich in stone carvings and very distinctive, with high academic value, cultural relics value and artistic value.
The Quaternary Glacier Relics Exhibition Hall is the only natural science museum built on glacier relics in mainland China and even Asia.
Quaternary Glacier Relics Exhibition Hall, image source: "Beijing Daily" WeChat public account
As one of the first museums in Beijing, the Kuocang Digital Collection Museum relies on virtual reality technology to create an immersive and interactive cultural digital experience space for citizens.
During the Spring Festival, the Quaternary Glacier Relics Exhibition Hall will hold a series of activities such as "Prosperous New Year" to create a strong New Year's flavor for the Modekou Historical and Cultural District.
(Source: Beijing Daily, January 31, 2024, page 8; the original article has been deleted)