Chengdu Museum

Chengdu Museum (Chengdu China shadow play Museum) is a public welfare institution of Chengdu culture, radio, television and Tourism Bureau. Founded on September 15, 1958, Chengdu Museum has experienced several stages of development, including the Preparatory Committee of Chengdu Local Records Museum, Chengdu cultural relics administration office, Chengdu Museum and Chengdu Museum. At the end of 2015, the new Chengdu Museum was established with the approval of the editorial office of Chengdu municipal Party committee and officially opened to the public on September 15, 2016.

Chengdu Museum is located in the west of Tianfu Square in the center of the city, covering an area of about 17 mu, with a total construction area of about 65000 square meters. The main building is divided into the South Building and the North Building: the south building is mainly the office and scientific research area on the ground, and the academic lecture hall (multi-function hall) on the ground; the north building is mainly the exhibition area, with the hall, projection hall and special exhibition hall on the first floor, human and nature special exhibition on the ground floor, Huazhong Jinguan City Chengdu historical and cultural exhibition on the second to third floor, modern and folk Exhibition on the fourth floor, and the fifth floor The first floor is China puppet show, with a total exhibition area of nearly 20000 square meters.

Chengdu Museum has a total collection of nearly 200000 pieces, forming a relatively complete collection sequence from the Neolithic era to the Republic of China, covering bronze, gold and silver, brick portraits, stone carvings, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, furniture, shadow puppets, Daochang paintings, masks, wood carvings, etc., which has formed a scale and system in terms of quantity and quality.

Since the opening of the museum, Chengdu Museum has successively held "the homesickness of Zhang Daqian", "the special exhibition of Emperor Qianlong of Emperor Gaozong of Qing Dynasty in heyday", "the soul of the Silk Road" A series of temporary and special exhibitions, such as Dunhuang Art Exhibition and special exhibition of cultural relics of the land of abundance and the Silk Road, Imperial Summer Palace - special exhibition of cultural relics collected by Russia's Peter Hoff National Museum, French modern and contemporary painting art exhibition and "Chen Xiang · transmutation" photography exhibition, the echo of civilization - ancient treasures from Afghanistan, and the road of Qin Shu - special exhibition of bronze civilization, Well received by the audience.

Chengdu Museum is the cultural infrastructure with the largest investment scale in Chengdu since the reform and opening up. It provides diversified public cultural services for the city and promotes the coordinated development of social economy. Chengdu Museum will steadily promote cultural relics protection, exhibition and education, scientific research and publication, and foreign exchanges, and strive to build a world-famous Urban Museum.

Chengdu Museum

Chengdu Museum is the largest comprehensive museum in Chengdu with a history of more than 50 years. In 1958, the Preparatory Committee of Chengdu Local Records Museum was established; in 1974, Chengdu cultural relics administration office was established; in 1982, Chengdu integrated relevant cultural relics administration agencies to establish Chengdu Museum, which is located in Daci Temple, Dongfeng Road, Chengdu and officially opened to the public in 1984; in 2009, the foundation of the new Chengdu Museum was laid; in June 2016, the new Chengdu Museum was completed and opened.

Chengdu Museum is located in the west of Tianfu Square in Chengdu, adjacent to Sichuan Provincial Library, Sichuan Art Museum and Sichuan Science and Technology Museum. It covers an area of about 17 mu, with a total construction area of 65000 square meters. The internal space is divided into public activity area, exhibition area, cultural relics reservoir area and office area. The main building is divided into the South Building and the North Building: the south building is mainly administrative area on the ground, and the underground is academic lecture hall (multi-function hall); the north building is mainly exhibition area, and the first floor is hall and projection hall Hall, No.1 temporary exhibition hall, No.2 and No.3 temporary exhibition halls on the first floor underground, ancient historical and cultural articles on the second to third floors above ground, modern and folk articles on the fourth floor, and Chinese shadow puppet show on the fifth floor, with a total exhibition area of 14000 square meters and a length of 1500 meters.

The permanent exhibitions of Chengdu Museum include "Huazhong Jinguan city - Chengdu historical and cultural exhibition" and "Shadow Dance · puppet show - China shadow puppet show", and will continue to launch high-level temporary and special exhibitions. Chengdu Museum mainly disseminates Chengdu's history and culture to the public through the collection, protection, research and exhibition of cultural relics, and strives to provide diversified public cultural services for the city.

Development history

Historical evolution

Chengdu Museum was founded in September 1958. At that time, it was known as the "Preparatory Committee of Chengdu Local Records Museum". Li Jieren, a famous writer and vice mayor of Chengdu, was the director of the Preparatory Committee. He was responsible for the collection, investigation, excavation and preservation of the city's cultural relics. As of October 1962, the Preparatory Committee had collected and kept tens of thousands of cultural relics and materials. In the same year, Sichuan Provincial Bureau of culture decided to postpone the establishment of Chengdu Local Records Museum. At the beginning of 1974, according to the needs of work, the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of culture established the "Chengdu cultural relics management office", which restored the cultural and museum business of the original chorography Museum, and promoted the cultural relics protection of Chengdu, a famous cultural city, to a new level. In 1982, the Chengdu municipal Party committee and government decided to resume the "Chengdu Museum" on this basis. After intensive preparation and site selection, it was finally officially opened to the public on the national day of 1984. The official establishment of Chengdu Museum marks the beginning of a stable and prosperous period for the cultural and museum work in this region. A large number of exhibitions, archaeological excavations and scientific research achievements have come out one after another, which has won a reputation for the cultural and museum work in Chengdu and even Sichuan.

Introduction to the old museum

It is located in the former Daci Temple on the south side of the East Main Road in Chengdu, covering an area of 17000 square meters. The museum mainly displays all kinds of cultural relics unearthed in Chengdu over the years, reflecting the general situation of ancient Shu culture and the process of economic and cultural development in Chengdu history.

Chengdu Museum, a comprehensive museum in Southwest China, is located at 23 Dacisi Road, Shudu Avenue, Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. To be responsible for the collection, collection, display, publicity and research of cultural relics throughout the city.

Chengdu Museum has a total collection of more than ten thousand cultural relics from the Paleolithic, Neolithic to modern times, including hundreds of precious cultural relics, especially the ancient stone carvings and Han Dynasty portrait bricks. The permanent display of the museum is a scroll like "Chengdu ancient history - historical relics display", which shows the magnificent history of Chengdu, a famous historical and cultural city from the Neolithic Age to the Opium War from different angles.

New museum

The new Chengdu Museum has been officially capped, waiting for the veil to be lifted in 2016

The three-dimensional wall of "gold inlaid with jade" is from top to bottom, shining with metallic luster. The unique geometric facade modeling has a sense of rhythm in the irregularity In the second half of next year, a new landmark, Chengdu Museum, will be added to the west side of Tianfu Square. At present, the building has been officially capped, waiting for the veil to be lifted next year.

The construction of a city museum belonging to all citizens in the most prosperous core area of the city is an important step in the process of building Chengdu into the most influential, first-class and internationally famous "cultural city" in the Midwest. After being shortlisted as one of the first batch of national public cultural demonstration areas to be built last year, Chengdu has made many beneficial explorations in terms of revitalizing cultural industry, prospering cultural market and cultivating cultural talents.

Value culture

Leave the prime area to the Museum

The total construction area of the newly built Chengdu Museum will reach 64945.87 square meters, which will be the largest city museum in Southwest China. The location of such a museum in the center of the city reflects the connotation, vision and vision of a city.

Wang Yi, President of Chengdu Museum, participated in the design, planning and construction of the new Chengdu Museum. He said, "the city center is a golden area of every inch of land and every inch of gold. Chengdu does not use it for development, but leaves this place to museums, which shows that the city attaches great importance to culture." Wang Yi sighs that culture is the living soul of a city, and the museum is the carrier platform of culture. It is understood that the new Chengdu Museum will be connected with Tianfu Square subway station, so that citizens can get close to the profound and remote history of their hometown when they get out of the subway, which is also of great benefit to improving the cultural cultivation of citizens.

Wang Yi described that the new museum will be an "epic painting scroll". Every cultural relic in the exhibition hall has been carefully selected. They will be like bright pearls, connecting unique and charming Chengdu stories. This unique and charming culture is first reflected in the appearance of the new museum. After more than 20 discussions, the designer has determined the scheme of "alloy copper plus glass". Wang Yi commented that this is a bit of a "golden and jade marriage" flavor, which is very rich and interesting. At the same time, the appearance of the new museum will be gold and copper, which is similar to the color of many cultural relics unearthed from Jinsha site and Sanxingdui, "which also means that the new museum is a landmark connecting Chengdu's past and future."

Unique cultural charm

Five special topics about Chengdu's past and present

At present, the new exhibition content outline of Chengdu Museum "Huazhong Jinguan city - Chengdu historical and cultural exhibition" has been adjusted several times, and finally comes out fresh. The time span of the exhibits is from ancient times to the Republic of China, and the space mainly involves the administrative divisions of 9 districts, 6 counties and 4 cities in Chengdu. In the five special topics, it will focus on the past and present life of Chengdu and the origin and development of the city. The major events and figures in the historical process of Chengdu will appear on the stage in turn.

The first topic is "nine days open a Chengdu ancient homeland", which describes the unique natural geography of Chengdu

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