Hancheng Museum

Hancheng Museum

Established in May 1984, Hancheng museum is a national AAAA tourist attraction

. After more than ten years of development, it has begun to take shape. There are 35 cadres and staff in the museum. There are five groups, namely, exhibition and storage group, Xuanhan City Museum exhibition hall, reception service group, security group and tourism product development group. They are responsible for the overall management of business, reception group and security group.

brief introduction

Hancheng museum was founded in May 1984. After more than ten years of development, it has begun to take shape. There are 35 cadres and staff in the museum. The leading group is composed of three people, including one curator and two deputy curators. There are display, storage and publicity facilities under the museum

The five groups of capital, reception service, security and tourism product development are responsible for the overall management of the business, reception and security of the whole library. At the same time, it also manages Dongying temple. Located in Hancheng Confucian temple, Hancheng museum is a comprehensive museum integrating Yuanming architecture and cultural relics display, covering a total area of 14000 square meters. There are nearly 10000 dragon cultural relics in the museum, including hundreds of precious cultural relics. Since its opening, the museum has made full use of the advantages of cultural relics in its collection and held 30 exhibitions. At present, the main exhibitions are exhibition of historical relics in Hancheng, exhibition of wood carving, exhibition of stone carving, exhibition of historical anecdotes in Hancheng, Memorial Exhibition of famous writer Du Pengcheng, exhibition of open-air stone carving, exhibition of ancient elephant fossils in the Yellow River, etc There are seven on display. It is not only responsible for the protection and management of cultural relics and ancient Confucian temples, but also open all the year round. It is one of the important window units for tourism reception in our city. It is also an important position for the patriotic education base and spiritual civilization construction in Hancheng.

development history

Initial stage of construction and management

At the beginning of its construction in April 1984, Hancheng museum was located in the Confucian temple. Relying on the cultural relics collected by the cultural relics group of the previous cultural museum, and the newly collected cultural relics after the establishment of the museum, the collection system has initially formed. In 1988, the museum began to formally display and receive tourists. The basic exhibitions initially completed mainly include the first and second exhibition rooms, the "stone carving exhibition room" and the "anecdote exhibition room of celebrities of Han City". The exhibition room covers an area of 1000 square meters and displays more than 740 cultural relics. These cultural relics comprehensively reflect the long development history, rich cultural relics, unique local customs and profound cultural connotation of Hancheng, a famous historical and cultural city. At the same time, it fully embodies the fine cultural tradition of many outstanding figures represented by Sima Qian, a world cultural celebrity. In addition to the basic exhibition, a temporary exhibition room with an area of 450 square meters has also been opened up. At the same time, the museum has increased its infrastructure construction year by year. In 1991, it built a 100 square meter tourist reception room, built a staff dormitory in 1994, built a cultural relics warehouse in 1999, restored the East and West horse road gatehouse of the Confucian temple in 2000, and implemented the safety and technical defense project in 2002.

extension

The Museum expansion project, which began in 2002, connects the three ancient architectural complexes of Confucious'temple, Dongying temple and Town God's Temple, so that the museum can be more than 600 meters long, covering an area of 8 square meters. It covers mainly the architecture of the Yuan Dynasty, covering the ancient architecture style of song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a single standard building with 100 different sizes. . With the implementation of the three temples connection project, the work of the museum has made great strides. According to the plan, after the completion of the three Temple project, the local history and culture of Hancheng will be displayed in the Confucious'temple area. Stone tablets and steles will be built in the joint area between Confucious' temple and Dongying temple. The special culture will be displayed in Dongying temple area and Hancheng folk culture will be displayed in Town God's Temple area. Beginning in 2002, under the auspices of the director of Ji Ying sun, some of the basic exhibitions were transformed from content to form. The main changes were: "footprints to civilization", "display of historical relics in Hancheng", "exhibition of celebrities in ancient and modern times in Hancheng", "approaching Confucius's display". From 2002 to 2007, the repair of most ancient buildings in Confucious'temple and Town God's Temple was completed, and a three star public toilet was built. . In 2007, Sanmiao overall fire control project was implemented.

Main components

survey

The Hancheng museum is located in the Confucious'temple, Dongying temple and Town God's Temple in the eastern part of the ancient city of Hancheng, Shaanxi. It was officially built in April 1984 and now belongs to Hancheng Scenic Area Management Committee and Hancheng Cultural Relics Tourism Bureau. It is a local history museum with distinctive features and rich collection, integrating ancient architecture and cultural relics display. It is the epitome of Hancheng, a national historical and cultural city. Confucian temple: in ancient times, it was a place for offering sacrifices to Confucius and his disciples, the founder of Confucianism in the spring and Autumn period. It was also an Academy for teaching Confucianism and students. It was first built in the Tang Dynasty and expanded to its present scale in the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1371 A.D.). Its pattern is standardized and well preserved. It is known as the most complete ancient Confucian temple complex in Shaanxi Province since the 14th century and the fifth largest Confucian temple in China. The Confucian temple complex consists of five main buildings: Lingxing gate, halberd gate, Dacheng hall, Minglun hall and Zunjing Pavilion. There are 33 main buildings with more than 100 rooms. The architectural layout is rigorous, majestic and solemn, retaining the architectural styles of yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In addition, many inscriptions, plaques and writings reflecting the true meaning of Confucianism, and more than 40 ancient cypresses and Robinia pseudoacacia trees scattered, make it green and full of vitality, deep and elegant. In June 2001, it was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Dongying Temple

The barracks used to guard the garrison in the city, which is one of the five barracks in the city, has built a temple to worship Guan Yu. Founded in the Ming Dynasty, the existing buildings were rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. The main buildings include Mountain Gate, Xiandian, bedchamber, etc., with a total of more than 10 seats, including 33 rooms. The main building is simple and clear, with simple and unadorned style and few carvings, which reflects Guan Yu's "noble spirit" and simple spirit. In September 2003, it was announced as a key cultural relics protection unit in Shaanxi Province.

Town God Temple

In ancient times, it was a place for offering sacrifices to the patron saint of the city. It was first built in the Tang and Song dynasties. Today's building is formed when it was rebuilt in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The building covers a large area and has a grand scale. It enters the courtyard four times along the central axis. The main building is arranged in the north and south line, and the building is separated from the East and the West

It is a group of rare large-scale ancient buildings in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are 22 main buildings and 67 buildings in total. In June 2001, it was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Relying on the huge group of ancient buildings, Hancheng Museum has become a rare open-air architectural exhibition integrating the architecture of song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. At the same time, on the premise of completely preserving the appearance of the ancient buildings, the museum makes full use of the internal conditions of the buildings to carry out transformation, holding various kinds of cultural relics display, considering the display effect from the lighting, display cabinets, exhibition equipment and other aspects, so as to provide the best service for the audience. So that the architectural display and cultural relics display are integrated, and the architectural art and humanistic art complement each other.

collection

Approaching Confucius Exhibition: located in Dacheng Hall of Confucian temple. Confucius and his four statues are carved in the hall, and a plaque of "model of eternal teachers" inscribed by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty is hung. Through the small stories in the four parts of the exhibition board, namely "aspiring to study", "gathering apprentices to teach", "seeking officials to preach" and "practicing Confucian classics to establish a theory", the audience can understand Confucius and have a deeper understanding of Confucian culture. Footprints to civilization: historical relics exhibition of Hancheng: located in the East veranda of Confucian temple. The exhibition mainly shows the five representative historical stages of Hancheng, including stone age, spring and autumn and Warring States period, Han Dynasty, song, Jin and Yuan Dynasty, Ming and Qing Dynasty, and outlines the historical features of Hancheng. There are 95 exhibits. Exhibition of ancient and modern celebrities in Hancheng: located in the West veranda of the Confucian temple. Using pictures, tables and words, the exhibition is divided into four parts: "an overview of officials in past dynasties", "imperial examinations in Ming and Qing Dynasties", "celebrities in past dynasties" and "modern celebrities", which comprehensively and systematically reflects Hancheng's human resources and cultural heritage, so as to highlight the sages and inspire future generations.

Woodcarving and woodcarving display: it is located in the Confucian temple's Dian Ku Si and the West stele forest. The exhibition includes representative wood carvings in Hancheng area, such as giant Shanzi root carvings of Ming Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong's and Jiaqing's plaques, "Zhuzi's family precepts" and 12 screens. There are 29 exhibits.

Exhibition of Stone Carvings: located in zhangjiusi of Confucian temple and East stele forest. The exhibition is divided into statues, inscriptions, and column bases. It comprehensively shows the typical stone carvings left over from different periods in Hancheng area since the Northern Wei Dynasty, including the stone Buddha head of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty statues, the stone carvings of the Jiucheng palace, "the gate of Liang Yi Xijin" and the monument of the famine years. It has a high artistic level and historical value. There are 91 exhibits.

There are "traditional Chinese Painting Exhibition", "Hancheng modern literature creation exhibition", "open-air stone carving Exhibition" and so on.

Other exhibitions that have been held include "calligraphy and painting exhibition of Renshen ethics education of Huangling ancestor worship group during the Qingming Dynasty in Taiwan", "life exhibition of Wang Jie, the number one scholar", "Du Pengcheng Memorial Exhibition", "Hancheng ancient celebrity painting exhibition", "Weinan folk art exhibition", "Guo Zongyi's" Pubi Hancheng "photography exhibition, etc.

Hancheng Museum has more than 6822 collections

Chinese PinYin : Han Cheng Shi Bo Wu Guan