National Palace

The National Palace was built on the 40th anniversary of the founding of Huaxi Village in 2001. The exterior is Islamic architectural style, and the interior is decorated in the style of Beijing Great Hall of the people, which can accommodate more than 1000 people. The National Palace got its name because when it was completed, Wu Renbao invited 56 national labor models to celebrate here.

the Cultural Palace for Nationalities

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National Palace generally refers to national culture palace

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The Cultural Palace of nationalities, located in the West Chang'an Street of Beijing, is a museum of ethnic customs exhibition hall. Its architecture is unique and full of ethnic flavor.

In September 2016, the national culture palace was selected into the "first batch of Chinese 20th century architectural heritage" list.

On November 12, 2019, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission announced "the Sixth Batch of national education bases for national unity and progress", among which the national culture palace was listed.

Introduction to the exhibition hall

Located on the west side of Chang'an Street in Beijing, the national culture palace was built in September 1959. It is one of the ten famous buildings in Beijing, the capital of the people's Republic of China for the 10th anniversary of its founding. Its establishment reflects the ethnic policies of the party and the state, and is a symbol of equality, unity, progress and prosperity of China's 56 fraternal nationalities.

The national culture palace is a cultural institution directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Committee. There are nearly 20 departments involved in cultural undertakings, operation and functional management, including Museum, Chinese national library, National Painting Academy, Chinese national Yearbook society, exhibition hall, national culture palace theater, hotel, etc. It has many functions, such as publicizing the party's ethnic policies, holding ethnic exhibitions, collecting and studying ethnic cultural relics and documents, providing ethnic books and periodicals, carrying out ethnic cultural exchanges, undertaking ethnic activities and commercial performances, etc. it is a window for Chinese and foreign people to understand Chinese ethnic culture.

The purpose of the palace of national culture is to serve the cause of national culture, the work of nationalities and the unity and progress of all nationalities. Over the past 40 years since the completion of the national culture palace, it has collected more than 50000 precious cultural relics of ethnic minorities, collected more than 600000 volumes of documents and Chinese books in 24 languages of ethnic minorities, held special cultural exhibitions on ethnic work achievements, ethnic minority costumes, musical instruments, arts and crafts, masks, and the basic exhibition series of traditional culture of ethnic minorities in China. There are nearly 50 ethnic regions in China The traditional culture and economic construction achievements of the younger people are displayed here; national songs and dances, famous music and operas at home and abroad are staged; national audio-visual products are published; national style food culture is displayed It has received foreign guests, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese from nearly 100 countries and regions, and has received hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign visitors, guests and readers every year.

Since 1998, the state has invested 160 million yuan to carry out seismic reinforcement and comprehensive decoration for the national culture palace. The national culture palace has exhibition hall, Expo Hall, library, hotel, Grand Theater, entertainment city and other institutions and facilities. It integrates cultural exchange, catering, entertainment and office work. It is an ideal place for economic and cultural exchange. Among them, the exhibition hall of national culture palace has five exhibition halls of 3400 square meters and strong exhibition organization, design and construction force. It is mainly engaged in organizing and undertaking domestic and international economic and cultural exhibitions and trade fairs; providing exhibition venues and exhibition equipment rental to all sectors of the society; undertaking the overall design and art production of various exhibitions; organizing exhibition press conferences; and setting up huge billboards to design and produce advertisements for enterprises and their products.

The exhibition hall of the national culture palace mainly collects the cultural relics of ethnic minorities in China, studies and promotes the excellent traditional culture of ethnic minorities, and displays and publicizes the ethnic policies and ethnic work of the party and the state. It fully reflects the great achievements of ethnic work since the founding of the people's Republic of China and the great contributions made by the people of all ethnic groups in the socialist revolution and construction.

Address: No.49, fuxingmennei street, Xicheng District, Beijing

Architectural design

The building area of the national culture palace is 32000 square meters. The main building is 13 stories and 67 meters high. The East and West Wing buildings are surrounded on both sides. The central exhibition hall extends to the north. The cornice is crowned with Malachite blue glazed tiles. The building is white and the tower is towering. The whole building is unique, magnificent, magnificent and has a unique Chinese national style. It enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad, and is deeply loved by people of all ethnic groups in China. In 1994, it was elected as the first of 50 "my favorite national style buildings" in Beijing. As the "first palace" of new China, it was included in the history of World Architecture published in Britain. At the 20th Congress of the International Association of architects in 1999, the national culture palace was selected as one of the top architectural works of China in the 20th century.

Historical evolution

The Museum of national culture palace was built in October 1959 and officially opened to the public. It was renamed the exhibition hall of national culture palace in 1979 and its name was restored in September 1997.

In 1980, 1982 and 1985, the Museum of the palace of national culture was one of the first group members to join the China Association of natural museums, the China Museum Society and the Beijing Museum Society.

In December 1995, the national culture palace became one of the first 55 museums registered in Beijing.

At present, the museum has four departments: Exhibition and research department, cultural relics department, information department and external liaison department.

The exhibition of the National Culture Palace Museum started in the National Exhibition of achievements in ethnic work. On October 1, 1959, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China, with the completion of the national culture palace, the exhibition of ethnic work in the past decade was on display after being examined and approved by Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Deng Xiaoping, Song Qingling and other party and state leaders. Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, Li Fuchun, Peng Zhen, Li Xiannian and other party and national leaders, as well as Prince Sihanouk, President of Mexico and other international friends, all attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition and visited the exhibition and related conference activities. Through this exhibition, we can see the political progress of people of all nationalities under the leadership of the Communist Party of China The brilliant achievements made in the fields of economy, culture and so on have educated and inspired the people of all ethnic groups and made the policy of ethnic equality and unity deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. After the "ten years of turmoil", on the occasion of celebrating the 30th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China, the National Exhibition on ethnic work was held on October 1, 1979.

Since the late 1980s, the museum has implemented the combination of basic display and special exhibition in the display system. It has successfully exhibited the basic exhibitions such as the exhibition of traditional culture of Chinese ethnic minorities (launched in September 1990), the series exhibition of traditional culture of Chinese Ethnic Minorities - costumes, musical instruments, arts and crafts (launched in September 1994), and the special exhibitions such as the exhibition of costumes of Chinese Miao nationality, the exhibition of costumes of Chinese Yi nationality, and the exhibition of social and historical materials of Tibet. There are also some special exhibitions touring all over the country, such as the exhibition of gifts presented by Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama to the central government, and the exhibition of Chinese minority costumes. Among them, more than ten special exhibitions, such as "China Tibet Culture Exhibition", "China Minority Traditional Costume Art Exhibition", have been successfully displayed in Japan, the United States, France, the former Soviet Union, Malaysia, South Korea, Hong Kong and other countries and regions. In addition, the Museum of the palace of national culture has also undertaken outstanding foreign cultural and art exhibitions, such as the exhibition of the Silk Road cultural relics collected by Jiang shangbofu, and the photography art exhibition of the masterpiece of kuikeda in Japan, which have enriched the exhibition contents. This series of exhibitions has played an active role in serving the party's national work, national cultural construction and the cause of national unity and progress in the new period after the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee, rescuing national cultural heritage, carrying forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, and promoting international economic and cultural exchanges.

The Museum of national culture palace has a total collection of more than 50000 pieces of ancient and modern collections of ethnic minorities across the country. The collections are divided into production tools, daily necessities, clothing, folk musical instruments, coins and seals, documents, arts and crafts, religious supplies, etc., which are all inclusive and colorful from material culture to spiritual culture. In addition, there are more than 60000 pictures, more than 2000 books and more than 500 discs of audio-visual materials. As an important historical and cultural heritage of ethnic minorities in China, these collections and materials are not only scientifically collected and kept, but also provide a solid material foundation for holding different types of ethnic cultural exhibitions and carrying out various forms of academic research and exchanges.

Since 1959, the National Culture Palace Museum has held more than 500 international and domestic national cultural, economic and technological exhibitions, with an average annual audience of 200000.

The Museum of national culture palace has a strong professional team, which has actively carried out the research and discussion of Ethnology and Museology for decades, and published many academic papers and works. For example: Oriental nishang: Interpretation of Chinese minority costumes, research on Ethnic Cultural Museum, Chinese Miao costumes, Chinese Miao costumes culture, Chinese Yi costumes, Chinese Tibetan treasures and traditional crafts, social and historical materials of Tibet, ethnology museum

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