Suzhou folk custom museum

Suzhou folk custom museum

Suzhou is a famous historical and cultural ancient city. In the long history, Suzhou people have created splendid material culture and spiritual civilization, formed unique Wuzhong culture and unique folk customs. The Suzhou folk custom museum, located in the east of the lion forest, is a professional museum for the exhibition of Suzhou folk customs. With a construction area of more than 500 square meters, it is located in the ancient house in the east of the lion forest. The house structure has the architectural characteristics of the Qing Dynasty, which is a provincial cultural relics protection unit. Suzhou was officially opened in November 1986 when it was built 2500 years ago.

Development history

Suzhou is a famous historical and cultural ancient city. Since Wu Zixu was ordered to build the city in the spring and Autumn period, it has accumulated 2500 years of ancient civilization. The relics of Paleolithic human activities discovered from Sanshan island in Taihu Lake have pushed the history of human activities in Suzhou to more than 10000 years ago. Suzhou folk custom museum was built and opened in 1986. It is the first museum in China to display objects related to local folk customs. In the south, it used to be the ancestral hall and residence of Beijia, and in the north, it used to be the ancestral hall of Wangjia. Into the south gate, there are festival customs, auspicious culture, child rearing customs display. Through the lane into the north, for the festival custom, Wu Song, folk craft show. We can understand the evolution of Suzhou Customs. Located on the left side of Lion Grove, a famous garden in Suzhou, it is a folk museum with the main contents of collecting and displaying folk cultural relics, investigating folk events and studying folk culture. On the occasion of the 2500 anniversary of the founding of Suzhou, a famous historical and cultural city, it opened in 1986 and has received more than 3 million visitors. The museum was originally built by Shizilin, which is now the "South exhibition area" of Suzhou folk custom museum. It covers an area of 1031 square meters, and the exhibition hall covers an area of 370 square meters. In 1994, the two entrance ancient building hall of the former "Wang Jingyu Yizhuang" located in the east of panru lane was moved and merged into the "North exhibition area" of Suzhou folk custom museum. It covers an area of 1100 square meters and the exhibition hall covers an area of 380 square meters. At present, the Museum covers an area of 2131 square meters, and the exhibition hall covers an area of 750 square meters.

Collection

Suzhou folk custom museum is a special local folk custom museum in China. It is located in the ancient house on the east side of Lion Forest in Suzhou classical garden. The house structure has the architectural characteristics of the Qing Dynasty, which is a provincial cultural relics protection unit. Suzhou was officially opened in November 1986 when it was built 2500 years ago.

Suzhou folk custom museum has a collection of more than 2000 pieces, with about 500 pieces on display. The wedding custom exhibition revives and displays the wedding mode of Han nationality in southern China at the end of Qing Dynasty one hundred years ago;

There are five exhibition halls in Suzhou folk custom museum, including wedding custom, birth custom, festival custom, birthday custom and Wu Song custom. The basic exhibition in the museum is composed of "life etiquette, seasonal decrees and Wu songs". Since the establishment of the museum, more than 3000 pieces of folk cultural relics have been collected and donated, including 3 pieces of second-class cultural relics and 40 pieces of third-class cultural relics. And has organized and carried out a series of folk custom research, including life etiquette custom, the custom of year and season, social production custom and other topics. Suzhou folk custom museum opens three exhibition halls of "marriage custom", "festival custom" and "food custom". The wedding custom exhibition shows the wedding patterns of the Han nationality in southern China at the end of the Qing Dynasty 100 years ago; the festival custom Hall presents all the honor guards unearthed in Shantang street of Huqiu in front of the audience; the center of the food custom hall displays a typical Suzhou home kitchen model.

architectural composition

Food and custom Hall

Suzhou is famous for its delicious food at home and abroad. There are more than 1000 kinds of Su style tea dishes, Su style cakes, Su style sweets, Su style pickles, Su style preserves, Su style cakes, Suzhou famous tea, Suzhou sand goods, Suzhou special condiments, Suzhou special pickles, etc. Famous dishes, cooking utensils and utensils displayed in the food custom hall show the rich material, authentic craftsmanship and elegant Suzhou food culture. In the middle of the dining hall, a typical Suzhou kitchen model is displayed. It shows that Suzhou food has the characteristics of high cultural level for a long time. It not only gives people food and clothing, but also gives people material and even spiritual enjoyment. Famous dishes, seasonal fresh fruits, cooking utensils, kitchen models and other exhibits displayed in the food custom hall vividly introduce Suzhou cuisine with a long history and its characteristics.

folk custom

Folk customs are the customs formed by the people in their long-term production and life. They are the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the people and precious cultural heritage. Suzhou has a history of more than 2500 years since it was built. In the long years, it has formed folk customs with Wu characteristics. In November 1986, when commemorating the 2500 anniversary of the founding of Suzhou, Suzhou folk custom museum, which was officially opened to the public, is a window to display Suzhou folk custom. It is the first professional museum in China to display urban folk custom as its main content. Around the festival folk custom and auspicious folk custom, the museum displays some folk cultural relics and introduces some folk knowledge, so as to enrich people's cultural life and enhance people's understanding of Suzhou folk culture.

Festival Hall

Suzhou, located in the land of fish and rice, has always been rich in products. Such as fragrant japonica rice, Nandang lotus root, Biluochun tea, Dongting red orange and so on have become royal tribute. The freshness of bass, the beauty of medicine and food. Su style dishes are unique. Squirrel mandarin fish, steamed crab, mandarin duck soup and Changshu Jiaohua chicken are famous all over the world. Together with Su style cakes, candies, preserves, stewed vegetables, fried goods and special condiments, it has formed a strong local flavor.

In the festival and custom hall, the present reappearance is mainly the custom of Suzhou people in August. Every Mid Autumn Festival, Suzhou people want to "Ramadan Palace". At night, every family set up a table for Shangling lotus root, pomegranate, chestnut, ginkgo and other seasonal fruits and moon cakes. Burn incense and light candles to express the yearning for a better life. Suzhou people also have the custom of going to the streets to see the small ornaments in the Mid Autumn Festival. The Su style moon cakes produced by Daoxiang village in Guanqian Street are the most famous, and the small ornaments displayed in front of the shop are also the most attractive. In the exhibition hall, the five route God of wealth's tour guard of honor and the "mountain pond meeting" ornaments are vivid in shape, and the Ling opera is exquisite, which makes people vaguely imagine the bustling scene of that year. During the Qingming Festival, the half of July, and the October Dynasty, there are also "three festivals" to worship at Huqiu, and there are all kinds of Ming performances. These are displayed in the folk hall. Suzhou area has year-round activities. For example, the Lantern Festival, Deng Wei's plum blossom exploration, the goddess bashing, Wu Jun welcoming, Huang tiandang's Lotus appreciating, Shihu's moon stringing, Tianping's maple watching, Hanshan Temple's bell listening and so on. The Festival Hall presents all the honor guards of the old Huqiu Shantang street in front of the audience, forming a strong local style of Wuzhong. The festival hall is composed of 180 pieces of small ornaments, which represent the scene of Suzhou people competing for small ornaments on the streets in the old Mid Autumn Festival.

Wedding hall

Wedding hall, wedding hall as if in a newly married family, sedan chair, wedding hall, bridal chamber decorated beautifully gorgeous, everywhere decorated, jubilant. When the bride and groom get married and worship the world, it's like coming to a Suzhou family that was having a wedding a century ago. In the wedding hall, the audience can not only enjoy the grand scenes of traditional weddings, birthday celebrations and other life rituals, learn about the colorful festivals and customs in Wu, but also participate in interesting folk entertainment. In addition to the common customs of the Han nationality, Suzhou folk marriage customs also have their own local characteristics, many of which have been followed up to now.

New library construction

On December 8, 2005, the renovation project of Suzhou folk custom museum, the first urban folk custom museum in China, was in full swing. As a supporting project of the new Suzhou Museum, the maintenance and exhibition arrangement of Minbo was completed at the end of September 2006. Together with the new Suzhou Museum in October 2006, it presents a new look to the public and tourists. Suzhou folk custom museum, located in the east of Lion Grove, is a professional museum focusing on Suzhou folk customs. It was officially opened in November 1986 when Suzhou was built 2500 years ago. At that time, it was the first museum in China to display local folk customs. However, with the development of social economy, the Folk Museum has been unable to keep up with the pace of the development of modern life, and its internal display lacks new ideas, such as the display of wedding customs and longevity customs. Most of the folk museums that followed in the rise all over the country take this as the display theme; the external buildings have also been dilapidated. With the construction of the new museum of Su Bo and the comprehensive start of the protective renovation project of the historical block of Humble Administrator's garden, the renovation and renovation of the folk museum have become more and more important Transformation is also on the agenda.

The first phase of renovation and reconstruction project of Minbo is mainly to comprehensively renovate the ancient buildings and internal environment in the south district. Minbo south district is the ancestral hall and part of the residence of the original Bei family, belonging to the provincial protection building. In 1917, Bei Runsheng, the "paint king" of the Bei family, bought the then deserted Shizilin and bought the land in the east of the garden to establish Chengxun Yizhuang, ancestral temple and ethnology. He built houses in the ancestral temple and in the north of the garden. After reconstruction, Shizilin is a private house with Yizhuang ancestral hall, residence and garden. On the basis of classical architecture, it integrates some architectural styles of the early Republic of China. According to the requirements of the Municipal Bureau of culture and broadcasting and the folk custom museum, Taihu ancient construction company, which undertakes the renovation project, will restore and retain the classical and modern styles of the original buildings. For example, in the period of the Republic of China, ceramic tiles have been used in the floor and wall decoration of buildings, but their styles are different. Therefore, they have customized ceramic tiles with the same original appearance. Now the "Wangyu Yizhuang" in the North District of Minbo is a city protection building. The second phase of the project will be next to Wang Yu in the West

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