Xiangshan Commercial Culture Museum

Xiangshan Commercial Culture Museum

Xiangshan commercial culture museum is the first commercial culture museum in China, which belongs to Zhongshan City Museum and is one of its branches. Xiangshan commercial and cultural museum is the first commercial and cultural museum in China. The site of the museum is the former site of Shiqi General Chamber of Commerce in the 1940s, No. 152, cultural tourism pedestrian street, Sunwen West Road, Zhongshan City. The project was officially established on December 15, 2003. It took several years from collecting and preparing exhibits to building the exhibition hall. It was opened in January 2006 It was built and officially opened to the outside world on the 17th. It is a modern museum integrating visit, leisure, tourism and commemoration. In December 2007, Xiangshan commercial and cultural museum was selected as the first batch of "Chinese cultural heritage base" by Guangdong Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, Guangdong Provincial Department of culture and Guangdong Provincial Tourism Administration.

architectural composition

The main building of Xiangshan commercial and cultural museum is divided into three floors, belonging to staggered structure, with a total construction area of more than 2124 square meters and a length of 214 meters. The facade of the museum is reconstructed according to the original appearance of the former site of the General Chamber of Commerce in Shiqi town. The external style adopts the architectural style of combining Chinese and western. It has a strong historical atmosphere and distinctive characteristics of the times. It is in harmony with the Nanyang style architectural community of sunwenxi road pedestrian street. Since its completion, it has become a tourist highlight of sunwenxi road pedestrian street.

The first layer mainly shows the business vein of Zhongshan, that is, the transformation of Zhongshan from agricultural economy to commercial economy. It is divided into four parts: living environment and primitive commerce, early Sino foreign trade hub, the rise of modern industry and commerce, and commercial customs and culture. Among them, commercial customs and culture are mainly displayed through multimedia. There are old Shiqi model, pawnshop, drugstore, cloth shop, tea house, tile shop and wharf.

The second layer mainly shows the advanced modern business thought and Xiangshan comprador in the early modernization of China. It is divided into five parts: Zheng Guanying's business thought and practice, Sun Yat Sen's business thought and practice, four department stores' business mode and business thought, Xiangshan comprador group rich in regional characteristics, and Xiangshan comprador's economic and living conditions. There are three scenes: Zheng family house (Zheng Guanying's former residence in Macao), comprador's "living room" and Shanghai steamship Merchants Group.

The third floor mainly shows the pioneer of China's modern department store industry - four department stores, namely Xianshi company, Yong'an company, Xinxin company and Daxin company. This paper systematically introduces the establishment, operation and development of the four department stores. There are four building models of Shanghai's four major department stores in the 1920s and 1930s, as well as four scenes of Xianshi shoes department, Yong'an Guolan, Xinxin roof garden and Daxin elevator. The exhibition hall is equipped with multimedia inquiry system and interactive system on each floor. The audience can query the information related to Zhongshan commercial culture through the multimedia system, and can also watch the video about Zhongshan commercial culture through the plasma display screen set in the exhibition hall. In order to enrich the exhibition content, there is also an activity exhibition hall on the second floor, which will hold some special exhibitions from time to time.

Collection

The exhibition hall of the museum includes more than 400 pieces / set of various objects, mainly focusing on the development of commercial history and culture of Zhongshan, and focusing on the outstanding achievements of Zhongshan people in the history of modern Chinese commerce and trade. It mainly shows the business development and distinctive business culture of Zhongshan in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the business ideas of Sun Yat Sen and Zheng Guanying, the Xiangshan comprador in the early modernization of China and the establishment of four department stores. The whole exhibition hall compares the business history and traditional culture of Zhongshan by means of image, model, sound, text, restoration scene and interactive Q & A In order to reappear the commercial style of that time and the hardships of Zhongshan businessmen, it also provides a platform for the display, research and exchange of Zhongshan commercial history and culture.

Xiangshan commercial and Cultural Museum has received the concern and strong support from the higher authorities and all walks of life. It has broadened the channels of collection acquisition through various legal channels such as accepting social donations, collecting and purchasing. By the end of 2007, the number of collections was 1097 pieces / set. At present, more than 400 pieces / set of various objects have been exhibited in the whole exhibition, including Kaiping Mining Bureau stock, Guangdong Han railway stock and Sun Yat Sen stock The general plan of the founding of the people's Republic of China, the "Yu Bao" founded by Rong Hong, the first issue of "Yong'an monthly" founded by Yong'an company, and the "Yong'an fruit column" signboard of the founder of Yong'an company when he started his business in Australia in his early years are precious and representative objects.

Regional advantage

Why did the first commercial Museum appear in Zhongshan?

Zhongshan, known as Xiangshan in ancient times, is located on the West Bank of the Pearl River Estuary. It is a necessary place for the maritime silk road that started in Guangzhou in ancient times. According to historical records, since the Song Dynasty, Zhongshan has been the distribution center of commodities. At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Zhongshan's commerce was flourishing day by day. After the Portuguese occupied Macao, due to the special geographical location, Xiangshan gradually became the intersection of Chinese and foreign trade and Chinese and Western culture. Since then, Zhongshan business has developed rapidly and has become a regional business center. In that year, there were 18 commercial shops in the pedestrian street of Sunwen West Road, with all kinds of business, such as paper, cloth, ceramics, seafood, groceries, traditional Chinese medicine, lighting and so on They are "Little Hong Kong" and "little Macao". Today, this pedestrian street is still the most distinctive business district in Zhongshan.

At the same time, Zhongshan's long history of business atmosphere also bred many business celebrities, which made a great contribution to China's modern business and had a far-reaching impact. For example, Zheng Guanying's "business war thought" and Sun Yat Sen's "agriculture oriented, business oriented" business philosophy still affect China's commercial activities; Xianshi, Yong'an, Xinxin, Daxin four department stores all go out from Zhongshan and then affect the whole country. According to statistics, during the 70 years from 1830 to 1900, 90% of the compradors of four British foreign firms in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Hankou and Jiujiang were from Zhongshan. As a result, the idea of building such a commercial and Cultural Museum came into being and was put into practice soon.

Address: 152 Sunwen West Road

Longitude: 113.368626

Latitude: 22.521842

Tel: 0760-88838582

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