when we entered the preface hall of the museum, we felt as if we were in an ancient pier. According to the records of Guantao Traffic in Guantao County, in the 21st year of Yongle, the Ming government set up a "Taoshan Water Post" in Guantao, which was specially responsible for the water transportation of Weihe River. Every detail of the preface hall was related to the pier, including handrails and railings.
History. Guided by time, Guantao Exhibition Hall shows the historical changes of Guantao, reflecting the glory and vicissitudes it has experienced since it was named as a county in the early Han Dynasty in the Warring States Period. As an ancient county that has not been renamed for more than 2, years, Guantao's county name itself is story-telling, inherited and ancient, and it was deeply favored by the royal family during the Han and Tang Dynasties. Four princesses, three kings and two county men successively sealed cities in Guantao. There is a saying in Guantao that "there are Guantao bricks first, then there is Beijing City", and there are still 72 imperial kiln sites in the hairy area of Dongchang in Guantao. In the Ming Dynasty, tribute bricks produced here were continuously transported to Beijing through the Weihe River, which contributed to the construction of Beijing.
Qiao Shiguang's lacquer painting exhibition hall shows 32 lacquer paintings donated by Qiao Shiguang, the father of lacquer painting in China, to his hometown museum for free. Mr. Qiao Lao donated 18 paintings, and landscape paintings, calligraphy and other works were displayed in another exhibition hall. In this exhibition hall, we can see the world's top lacquer paintings, many of which have won awards at home and abroad. Mr. Qiao Shiguang said: I am the son of Guantao people who grew up drinking Weihe River. I love Guantao, and Guantao loves me. I am relieved to put my works here.
Wang Yiyang is known as the "pioneer of wild grass figure painting", and his unique painting style is unique in China art world. He once lived in Guantao for 17 years and regarded Guantao as his second hometown. He has deep affection for his second hometown, and donated 6 works to show in this exhibition hall for free.
Yan Yi is a poet and playwright from Yanwotou Village, Guantao County. Yanyi has published sixty-six kinds of poems, novels and essays, drama and film scripts, and poetry aesthetics essays, among which the long and short poems, Birds in Dongping Lake, Biography of Purple Swallow, Above the Colorful Clouds, and the film and literature scripts, October Storm and Yellow River Boys, are deeply loved by readers. The World Peace Anthem, which was planned, initiated, edited and published by Yan Yi, has a great influence in the world and is called "a pioneering work".
Living by the river, people along the Weiyun River have formed rich folk customs in their production and life. This museum shows the scene of people's production and life along the Weiyun River, and shows the customs of southern Hebei from the aspects of clothing, food, housing, transportation and cultural life. Every exhibit in the Wei Canal Folk Exhibition Hall is a story, telling the changes and social development on both sides of the canal.
Wei Zhi was an outstanding politician, thinker and historian in the early Tang Dynasty. According to the New Tang Book, he is a Guantao man in Hebei Province. He is famous for his upright character, outstanding talent and daring to speak out. He helped Emperor Taizong to create a "prosperous time of Zhenguan"; They are the model of "the monarch is upright and the minister is straight" in China. Wei Zhi's spirit of "human mirror" shines through the ages and is praised by later generations.
In Wei Zhengting Hall, the map of 24 heroes tells us the truth of using talented people to achieve prosperity; The scene of the dialogue between monarch and minister in Li Shimin and Wei Zhi tells us the importance of making great efforts to govern; A hundred words of proverbs tell the people-oriented feelings of emperors throughout the ages; The black and white list warns everyone that Do not forget your initiative mind and so as to achieve your final goal; Everyone in the three-mirror hall looks at himself.
with a solemn tone, the whole hall highlights the importance of clean government education, and was awarded the honor of Handan clean government education base in 214.
Taoshan Yuxiu, Weishui Zhong Ling, Guantao County have many talents since ancient times. Influenced and driven by Qiao Shiguang, the "father of lacquer painting", talents of Guantao art emerge one after another, especially in the creation of lacquer painting.
There are also many artists in Guantao. They either learn from their families or study hard, and they keep climbing in the art field and write colorful chapters in the art world. The prosperity of artistic talents in Guantao County can be seen in the exhibition hall of "Ingenuity and Style".
This is the Guantao Museum, which is rich in content, distinctive in design, elegant in style and solemn in tone. As a cultural communication platform, it adheres to the principle of respecting history and scientific development, allowing visitors to feel, participate in, harvest and take away culture!