Shanghai Minhang Museum, Poly Art Museum and Yuanmingyuan Management Office in Haidian District, Beijing jointly created the "Return to the Prosperity-Special Exhibition of Overseas Returned Cultural Relics", which exhibited five bronze animal heads, such as bull's head, tiger's head, monkey's head, pig's head and horse's head, as well as more than 40 national treasure bronze cultural relics from Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Spring and Autumn Warring States Period and Han Dynasty.
Exhibition content:
Ideal spouse
Around the design theme of "Zodiac and Timing" in Haiyan Hall of Yuanmingyuan in Qing Dynasty, the part of "Reunion in Prosperity" shows five bronze animal heads, such as horse head, bull head, pig head, tiger head and monkey head, which are the fountain mouths of hydraulic clocks. The bronze animal head of the zodiac skillfully combines the oriental zodiac and time with the western fountains and timekeeping, which represents the superb level of comprehensive application of art and technology in the prosperous times of the Qing Dynasty and also reflects the perfect blend of Chinese and Western cultures.
Photo Guan Wei of Minhang District Museum, Shanghai
PartII
"Gorgeous Continuation" focuses on more than 40 precious bronze cultural relics from Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period and Han Dynasty. According to the use function and value of the utensils, it is divided into four sections: ringing the bell to set the tripod, walking in the sky, fighting hand in hand and burning incense. The exhibition focuses on the heavyweight bronze cultural relics such as _ Jifeng Bird Great Zun, Shen Mian, Li Rabbit Shape Zun and Sui Gong _, as well as patterned pots and fine-grained bottles embedded in the wrong social life. Through the comprehensive interpretation of its type, shape, inscription and cultural connotation, the ancient bronze sacrificial ceremony, political activities, people's secular and spiritual and cultural life are truly and vividly presented to the audience.
Photo Guan Wei of Minhang District Museum, Shanghai
Time travel, miracle rebirth
The exhibition uses dynamic projection and other scene settings and multimedia technology to create an immersive experience of "transcending time and space and making fantasy come true" for the audience. The immersive interactive show "Return to Haiyan Hall" created by Beijing Digital Yuanming Technology and Culture Co., Ltd. allows the audience to witness the digital rebirth of Haiyan Hall in the West Building through virtual splicing, color restoration, historical data tracing and other links, with the re-operation of the twelve animal heads hydraulic clock.
The "mirror image" wall puts the audience and bronzes in the same space, making the audience immersive, as if crossing back to the bronze dynasty thousands of years ago.
Photo Guan Wei of Minhang District Museum, Shanghai
Photo Guan Wei of Minhang District Museum, Shanghai
National treasure guards ingenuity and creation.
In order to enhance the audience's participation in the exhibition and effectively build an interactive experience bridge between the audience and the cultural relics returned from overseas, Minbo launched the special activity "National Treasure Guarding" closely following the theme of the special exhibition. Min Bo designed the identities of eight ancient figures related to the key cultural relics displayed in "Return of the Prosperous Age". Through role-playing, the audience found their own cultural representation in the long history of exhibition hall construction. The activity mainly includes three steps: "getting an ID card-collecting tokens-stamping", so that the audience can consciously become cultural relics guardians and cultural communicators in the process of participation.
Photo Guan Wei of Minhang District Museum, Shanghai
Tian Kai Studio teamed up with the National Library, and combined with the special exhibition "Returning to the Prosperous Age", launched the "Restoration Plan of the Whole Statue of the Animal Heads of the Twelve Zodiac Animals", created the bronze statue IP of the Twelve Animal Heads, and strived to restore the national treasure with ingenuity. Pay tribute to the national treasure with original design, and promote the traditional culture of China to the whole world. In order to echo the auspicious year of the tiger, the first animal head was born. The silver fox is exquisitely carved, with smooth lines, heroic eyes and majestic; Real and lifelike, everyone loves it!
Photo Guan Wei of Minhang District Museum, Shanghai
Note: The source of information is Guan Wei, Minhang District Museum.