Crown and Museum

Crown and Museum

Guanhe museum is located in Zhangmutou town, Dongguan City, on the third floor of the central square of Guanhui Avenue, covering an area of more than 3000 square meters. It has been invested 40 million yuan by Guanhe group and spent several years preparing for construction. It is the largest private museum in Guangdong Province and the first museum in China with classical furniture exhibition as the main theme. Guanhe museum is the largest enterprise (private) Museum in Guangdong Province with a cumulative investment of about 200 million yuan. It is also the first museum with classical furniture exhibition in China.

brief introduction

Guanhe Museum has a large collection of more than 10000 large and small exhibits, which are divided into Cultural Revolution area, Wangfu furniture area, dachangtiao horizontal tablet area, furniture area of the Republic of China, wooden carvings area, weapons and musical instruments area, Buddhist temple area, stone and brick carving area, big cabinet and big bed area, wood carving area, Ming style furniture area, Buddha table and niche area, root carving area, dowry area, agricultural tools science popularization area, stone carving area, modern western science area There are 18 exhibition areas in Pu District and art hall. Classical furniture exhibition is mainly in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with a span of 543 years (1368-1911). This period is the golden age of traditional furniture. The furniture of Ming Dynasty is tall and majestic, with beautiful lines and simple patterns. It is very imposing. Whether from the use of dots and lines or unique processing techniques, it has an important position in the world art history. The Qing Dynasty furniture is exquisitely carved, with various patterns, and pursues the magnificence of the palace style. There are also official iron nailed gates, court clothes, wood carvings, stone carvings, various weapons, ancient rural living utensils, and folk crafts in the collection. It is a noble artistic enjoyment to linger in the Museum. From the aspects of furniture modeling, technology, material, practicality, etc., you can see it from a glance However, we can see people's aesthetic concepts in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. We can also appreciate the development characteristics of politics, economy and culture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and appreciate the brilliant page of Ming and Qing culture.

In addition to the collection of classical furniture, the Guanhe museum also has a collection of more than ten categories, such as weapons, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, wood carving, root carving, ancient musical instruments, folk embroidery, ancient rural life tools, cultural revolution souvenirs, Western classical appliances, etc.

The earliest collection of Guanhe Museum in Dongguan is Han Dynasty (206-221) pottery, tiles, rice pots and other funerary pottery, which is more than 1800 years away from now; classical furniture is mainly in Ming and Qing Dynasties, with a span of 543 years (1368 in the early Ming Dynasty and 1911 in the late Qing Dynasty). Most of the furniture in the north, mainly produced in Henan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi and other regions. At that time, the Central Plains was the center of politics, economy and culture, so the furniture technology was relatively advanced. There are also a few southern (Zhejiang, Shanghai) furniture in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, with delicate and precise carvings, lifelike figures and flowers, three-dimensional sense, and the aura and delicacy of southerners.

Since its full opening to the outside world on September 15, 2001, Dongguan Guanhe Museum has received leaders from Guangdong Provincial Department of culture, Guangdong provincial municipal cultural bureaus, Guangdong Provincial CPPCC, Dongguan Municipal CPPCC, and Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics expert delegation. He has received Hong Kong's East weekly magazine, Hong Kong's Dazhong daily, Wen Wei Po, Shang Bao, Japan's Hong Kong weekly, Guangzhou's Nanfang Daily, Nanfang information daily, Dongguan daily, Dongguan TV station and other journalists. We have received audiences from Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Huizhou, Singapore and Japan. More than 10000 free tickets were distributed to people from all walks of life, specially for the elderly and students of Zhangmutou nursing home. Since November last year, Dongguan Guanhe Museum has renovated the painting and calligraphy Museum and tea art museum on the basis of the original exhibition hall and free zone. At present, the Museum of calligraphy and painting has held a total of 60 works, including first-class artists, China Art Association, vice chairman and directors of China Calligraphy Association, etc.; during the Spring Festival, it has hosted the three generations of Liu Yanbing's calligraphy and painting exhibition.

As the saying goes, "people in troubled times are hungry, cultural relics in prosperous times". The establishment of Dongguan Guanhe Museum marks that Zhangmutou's economy and culture have developed to a certain new stage, which is a new symbol of Zhangmutou's culture and economy.

Dongguan Guanhe museum plays an active role in promoting the cultural exchange between Zhangmutou town and the outside world and carrying forward the long-standing national culture.

Collection

The first district is precious -- furniture District of Ming and Qing Dynasties

Ming Qing Furniture Area

The development of Chinese classical furniture has a long history, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties is the heyday of Chinese classical furniture creation. Ming style furniture has smooth lines, simple and generous. It is designed from the perspective of human body structure and shape, and has a high position in the world furniture system and art history. Qing style furniture has changeable shape, complex carving and exquisite and gorgeous. Among the classical furniture materials of Ming and Qing Dynasties, purple sandalwood, yellow pear wood and sour branch wood are the most precious. Red sandalwood is more cherished by the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the reputation of "inch sandalwood inch gold".

The second district has a long history

Long Table Plaque Area

All kinds of plaques can be seen above the gates and under the eaves of palaces, temples and buildings in ancient China. There are many kinds of plaques, such as merit plaques for meritorious deeds, behavior plaques for promoting ethics and morality, birthday plaques for celebrating birthday, reminder plaques for expressing aspirations, and warning plaques for future generations. The plaque contains rich cultural connotation and information. It is a combination of politics, history, culture, etiquette, religion, music, art, calligraphy, folk custom, character, family and woodcut. There are three kinds of tiaohan: Pingtou case, Qiaotou case and Jiaji case, whose functions are to read documents, examine cases, burn incense for Buddha, etc. Therefore, the words used today, such as "copywriting", "trial of a case" and "making a case as strange", are derived from the culture of Tiao an.

The third zone: the furniture zone of the Republic of China

The Republic of China’s Furniture Area

The furniture of the Republic of China came into being in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The Chinese nation is in a great change never seen before. From seclusion to open door, cultural exchanges between China and the west, the integration of old feudal customs and new capitalist fashion, and the collision of decadent and backward ideas with the idea of civilization and progress have produced a new aesthetic orientation. Based on the furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chinese furniture has embarked on the road of Westernization. Chinese and Western furniture of the Republic of China was born.

The fourth area for wedding

Sedan Chair Wooduct Area

Sedan chair from the Song Dynasty from the Royal development to folk walking or marriage use. There are many kinds and styles of sedan chairs in ancient times, which are slightly different due to local customs, rich and poor, and the identity of the owner. Among the sedans, there are two people carrying the sedan, four people carrying the sedan and eight people carrying the sedan. At that time, the bride will be dressed properly at home, at the same time, the man will send Dahuaqiao to meet the bride in good time, which is called "rush time". By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the rickshaw imported from Japan was light and fast, so it was widely used among the people, and the sedan chair was gradually replaced.

The Fifth District: Jinge TieMa - weapons District

Weapons Area

With the progress of human society and the complexity and diversification of war means, the styles and functions of weapons are becoming more and more. Weapons are also divided into cold weapons and firearms, and the materials used are gradually changed from copper to iron. The cold weapons displayed in this area include knives, swords and arrows, while the firearms include pistols, foreign guns, mines and artillery.

The Sixth District art hall -- Buddhist Temple District

Temple Area

The temple is our country's religious art hall, it not only shows our country's long history and culture of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and other religions, but also the temple design, architecture and statue carving art is very beautiful and bright. The Buddha tables and niches displayed in this area are unique and gorgeous, and the statues are also lifelike.

The seventh district sculpture Culture -- stone, brick and pottery District

Brick Carve and Pottery Area

Stone and brick carvings are mainly used for the decoration of tombs, porch pillars, gate walls, archways and other places of temples and residences. Their carving techniques are skillful and refined, and their lines are smooth and natural, leaving a lot of fine stone carvings to be praised. Most of the carvings focus on the famous allusions such as pursuing good fortune and avoiding evil, suppressing evil spirits, accumulating wealth and auspiciousness, accumulating happiness and longevity, benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety.

The unearthed pottery includes pottery pots, pottery plates, pottery figurines and poultry. The pottery figurines are substitutes for the system of human sacrifice. At that time, the original authors did not know that their hands covered with mud promoted the cultural flow of the whole Chinese nation.

Zone 8: bed and couch area

Bed Cabinet Area

Bed and couch are bedding, but they are two kinds of similar but different furniture. Bed is a place to lie down at night, while couch is a seat for rest and hospitality. The beds in Ming and Qing dynasties have a lot of ingenuity and intelligence from producers and users. They are exquisite in workmanship and contain unique humanistic interest. They reflect the customs and habits of users in an era and region, and record a history

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