Luoyang go Museum

Luoyang go Museum

Luoyang Weiqi museum is one of the first private museums in Luoyang. It is the first special museum about Weiqi culture in China and the largest Weiqi Culture Museum.

Development history

With the help of the ancient capital, Luoyang go museum is striving to build a famous "city of hundred sections" of go. Wang Tongling, the founder of Luoyang go Museum, is planning to build Luoyang go museum with the purpose of letting more people know about go culture. In 2012, Luoyang go Museum officially opened.

Motivation of preparation

Luoyang go museum is planned to let more people know about go culture.

The more treasures she collected, the more she wanted more people to share her joy. "If there is a place where I can show my hard work for so many years and let more people know about go culture, then my collection will be more meaningful." Over the years, Wang Tongling has always had a wish in her heart.

Opportunity for preparation

In August 2011, after seeing the news that Luoyang is vigorously building a private museum, Wang Tongling's idea suddenly became clear: building a go museum should be the most appropriate choice! Therefore, she told Wang Zhili, director of the municipal folk custom museum, who was in charge of the preparatory work of the private museum. After listening to Wang Tongling's ideas, Wang ZhiBei went to see her collection. "The variety of go pieces she collected is beyond imagination. The raw materials cover a variety of materials at home and abroad. Some of her pieces are highly ornamental and fully meet the requirements of building a private museum!" Wang said.

Luoyang go culture

Luoyang is one of the birthplaces of Chinese go. A large number of cultural relics related to go have been unearthed. For example, the unearthed cultural relics at dingdingmen site contain a large number of Tang Dynasty go pieces. In the Old City Xinjie, a large number of perforated shells with holes left from the Song Dynasty's making of go pieces have been unearthed. All these can prove that Luoyang was an important place for go activities and production in ancient times. Through the efforts of several generations, in recent years, Luoyang Weiqi has also made remarkable achievements, becoming the famous "city of hundred segments" of weiqi in China. More than 30 professional players, such as Wang Jianhong's ninth segment, Zhou Heyang's ninth segment and Wang champion's eighth segment, have been born. The total number of professional segments has reached 120, second only to Shanghai, ranking second in the country. "With these deposits, plus the precious collections, the go Museum in Luoyang will surely be welcomed by everyone after it is built, which will help Luoyang to build a" hundred section city, "Wang said.

architectural composition

Cultural and creative Museum

What is a cultural and creative museum? Wang Tongling said that in fact, with go as the center of the circle, many related industries were derived, and eventually a museum with high grade and handed down value was formed, integrating practicality, exhibition, collection and communication. That is to say, on the one hand, the museum will have the collection and display functions of ordinary museums, such as collecting a large number of portraits, literature and history materials, classic chess scores, representative chess tools, trophies, awards, calligraphy and paintings, poetry, folk arts and crafts with collection value related to go; on the other hand, it will also increase the cooperation between the museum and visitors For example, through the go workshop, visitors can learn about the traditional Chinese go production technology of Tang and Song dynasties. Through the DIY zone, visitors can make their own go works on site.

Cultural orientation

Build a cultural and creative museum with go as the "center of the circle". As a private museum, Luoyang go museum how to play the "private" title advantage to attract more attention. Wang Tongling said that the Luoyang go museum is to be built in the 12th courtyard of Luoyang Airport, covering an area of about 30 mu. Relying on the cultural heritage of Luoyang's Millennium imperial capital, the museum plans to build a city with strong urban economic innovation function and regional radiation effect, integrating R & D, exhibition, exchange, training, tourism and other functions, fully drawing on the experience of cultural and creative industry development at home and abroad, with the creative industry of chess, piano, calligraphy and painting as the core, and the leading Chinese go brand "Shuangyuan" as the guide It is a world-famous cultural and creative Museum.

Address: No.12 Airport Road, Laocheng District, Luoyang City

Longitude: 112.427677

Latitude: 34.709038

Ticket information: market price: 100.0 yuan

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