Wudang Museum

Wudang Museum

Wudang museum is located in the cultural square of Wudang Mountain Special Zone, Danjiangkou City, Hubei Province. The museum opened on April 23, 2008. Wudang Museum started construction in 2005, with a total investment of 18 million yuan and a total area of 5820 square meters. The exhibition hall covers an area of 4418.7 square meters, with a total of three floors. There are eight exhibition halls, including Wudang architecture, immortal mountain celebrities, Wudang Taoism, Taoist statues, Wudang Temple music, martial arts and health preservation, and Wudang folk customs. More than 420 pieces (sets) of fine cultural relics, such as Royal treasures and royal gifts, are displayed in the museum. Among them, the golden dragon, jade Bi and mountain bamboo slips from the reign of emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty are particularly precious, which is the first time to display. Among the cultural relics on display, the heaviest one is the bronze statue of Zhang Sanfeng, which is more than one ton, and the lightest one is a golden dragon, which is only 16 grams. In addition, there are nearly 2000 cultural relics in the museum, 70% of which are state-level cultural relics. In the exhibition design, the use of modern sound, light, electricity and other high-tech means, combined with the collection of cultural relics in various periods, a variety of angles to show the profound Wudang culture.

Collection

On the second floor of Xianshan Hall of fame, as soon as you step into the exhibition hall, you will see nine vivid statues and portraits: Xia Yu, Yin Xi, LV Dongbin, Chen Tuan, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Houfu, Xu Xiake and Emperor Kangxi. Famous mountains show, famous people show, celebrities and famous mountains complement each other.

Continue to move forward, a standing stone carving of Chen Tuan is passed on to God. Chen Tuan was appointed by Zhou Shizong after five dynasties as a doctor of admonishment, but he refused to accept it. The statue is dignified with a crown of five beams and an official uniform. The stone sculptures are natural and smooth in line, accurate in proportion and vivid in face. They are one of the outstanding stone carvings of Song Dynasty in Wudang Mountain. Chen Tuan was good at practicing inner alchemy. It is said that he could not sleep for more than a hundred days, so he is known as "the one who lies in sleep".

The most noteworthy is Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty. He built the Forbidden City in the north and Wudang in the south, which made Wudang Taoist temple enter the most prosperous and glorious period in history. Both the Forbidden City and Wudang ancient buildings have been handed down to the present day and become world cultural heritages.

There is also a fascinating scene in the statue, which reflects Xu Xiake's question when he toured Wudang Mountain, and the scene of Taoist presenting Lang meiguo.

[highlights · Jinlong Yubi mountain bamboo slips]

The golden dragon, jade Bi and bamboo slips on display in the hall are unearthed near Zixiao palace in Wudang Mountain. They are the objects of connecting gods put in by Zhu Bai, the son of Zhu Yuanzhang, in the first year of emperor Jianwen of Ming Dynasty, who set up Luotian grand ceremony in Fudi Hall of Zixiao Palace in Wudang Mountain on the Lantern Festival. That is to say, the jade Bi of Jinlong mountain passes heaven and connects gods. The bamboo slips were engraved with the inscription "blessing the country, enriching the people, helping the people to cross the world", hoping to pray for blessings. However, only a few months after the ceremony, Zhu Bai became one of the first five vassal kings to cut the vassal because of Jianwen emperor's "cutting the vassal". For fear of Jianwen emperor's accusation and punishment, he burned himself to death and became the victim of the imperial struggle.

Emperor Jianwen was in power for only four years, a very short time. Therefore, there are very few cultural relics with definite chronology at this stage. These three cultural relics have the inscription of the first year of the founding of the people's Republic of China, which are extremely precious.

architectural composition

Walking up the stone steps and into the preface hall of the exhibition hall, six statues of Liujia star God are distributed on both sides of the preface hall. They are like classical military array guards of honor, and they are also like the order of Zhenwu to welcome guests from all over the world to Wudang. The image of Liujia star God comes from life. It is a national art created by the Ministry of industry ordered by the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

When you enter the architectural art exhibition hall on the second floor, you will find ancient buildings with eastern and Western styles!

Chinese ancient architecture is famous for its tenon and mortise structure, while western ancient architecture has a far-reaching influence on brick and stone structure. Wudang Mountain Architecture is a masterpiece of both Chinese and Western architecture.

A few meters ahead, a group of roof building parts are all composed of glazed parts, which are placed with square rafters, round rafters, tiles, dripping water and so on. The glaze color of the components is mainly green, and the color is bright. It is the main building components to build a small glazed Hall. There are also a group of squatting animals on the roof of ancient buildings, and the beasts behind the Fairies: Dragons, Phoenix, lions, Kirin, Tianma, seahorses, and *

Further on, it's a bronze casting model of Wudang Mountain. It's made by the art of miniature landscape. The golden hall is placed on the top, and the natural landscape and cultural architectural landscape of Wudang Mountain are miniature. The five dragon figures are shaped in the middle and lower parts, which means that the five Dragons hold the saints and soar. The overall composition of the work is simple and concise. It integrates legend, reality and artistic conception. It is a rare cultural relic in Wudang Mountain.

In addition to all kinds of glass art building components, there are also vivid and rich architectural relics: Yuzhuo Pavilion, large stone carvings, several different kinds of Dou Gong, rare wood carvings of queti, and Zhou Fu'an inscriptions of brick fired components. What is more distinctive is a Ming Dynasty iron pillar with inscriptions, which means that the ancient buildings in Wudang Mountain are complete in texture and rich in style.

In front of the picture of flying dragon in Wudang Mountain, you have to marvel at the superb skills of ancient craftsmen when a beautiful flying dragon is displayed in front of you. If we regard Jinding as the head of the dragon, Yuzhen palace to Taihe palace as the body of the dragon, xuanyuemen to jingle palace as the tail of the dragon, Wulongxing palace, renweiguan to Wulong palace, and Fuma bridge as the right claw, and Baxian temple and shangzhongxia temple as the left claw, we have formed a huge dragon shaped architectural complex with clear primary and secondary, staggered height, reasonable layout and zigzag loops.

The audience is also attracted by a group of lifelike wax statues of Wudang: in the rolling mountain scenery, the imperial court officials holding the imperial edict have a serious expression, while the hot construction site is full of hard-working craftsmen, melancholy eyes and smile The scene is vivid and the light and shadow are unpredictable. When the audience comes here, they will be shocked by the magnificent momentum of 300000 military and civilian craftsmen.

[highlights · wood carving signboard]

There are many imperial edicts in Wudang Mountain, among which only Emperor Yongle of Ming Dynasty issued more than 600 edicts to Wudang Mountain. Today, among the existing imperial edicts, there are 12 stone imperial edicts and 3 wood imperial edicts, which are very precious.

In the architectural art exhibition hall, there is a piece of wood carving imperial edict. The imperial edict was issued by the Emperor Yongle in the 11th year of the Ming Dynasty to describe Wudang Mountain. It was originally stored in the Wulong palace. It was the imperial edict issued by the Emperor Yongle for the Taoist temple of Wudang Mountain. This imperial edict is the most exquisite one among the only three wooden imperial edicts in the palace. The bottom plate is made of Ginkgo biloba trees. The frame is made of Chinese Fir with gold characters on a red background. The top is semi arc. The central regular script is engraved with Emperor Yongle's ban. There are nine dragon patterns around the frame. The back frame is decorated with a cloud pattern with a positive pattern. The imperial edict and the decoration are all made of lacquer gold technology, which is very exquisite. According to the research of the late national cultural relic expert Professor Zhu Jiazhen, it takes 83 processes to make this imperial edict plate. It is a precious cultural relic of the Ming Dynasty left in Wudang Mountain and a treasure of the town hall.

Exhibition hall of Taoist statues

In the exhibition hall of Taoist statues on the third floor, some of the cultural relics on display are sculptures of Wudang religious relics in the song, yuan and Ming Dynasties. According to reports, the sources of the statues in Wudang Mountain palace include: Royal edicts, Taoists, officials or folk believers.

As soon as you enter the exhibition hall, you can see the statues in different shapes. If they are lined up in a military formation, the scene is shocking.

At the front of the exhibition hall is an image of Zhenwu youth, a jade carving of the Tang Dynasty. He is wearing a round neck underwear and a straight neck sweater. His hair is very clear. His hands are placed in the Dantian knot, and he sits cross legged with a dignified face. The shape of the whole jade carving is very vivid, and its carving techniques are skillful and exquisite. It is not only a fine jade carving, but also a precious cultural relic of Tang Dynasty stored in Wudang Mountain.

Prince Wudao, Jiuyao Xingjun, Doumu God, Guan Tianjun statue, crow God, Dragon God, Jiutian Xuannv, Huoshen, wuxianlingguan, Lingguan There are so many valuable cultural relics and statues.

The most powerful is Jiuyao Xingjun. The body, expression, armor and posture of the nine star kings are different, which can be said to be vivid, dignified and powerful. All of them are gilded with gold. They are the fine art statues left by the Ming emperor's imperial edict for casting and worshipping Wudang Mountain palace. When the experts from the State Administration of cultural relics came here to see the grand momentum and various rare cultural relics, they were immediately shocked and exclaimed at "giving people a shocking feeling".

[highlights · save the Suffering God]

It is one of the best works of Taoist statue culture in Wudang Mountain. It took nearly half a century to return to Wudang. The reason is that in 1938, the 16th artillery regiment of the fifth war zone of the Kuomintang entered Wudang Mountain and transported a number of bronze statues including this one to Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, in order to destroy and make shells. As a result of the war, these bronze statues moved from Hanzhong to Ankang, Shaanxi Province. It was not until 1987 that he was transferred back to Wudang from Ankang, Shaanxi Province through the Hubei Provincial Department of culture and submitted to the State Administration of cultural relics for consultation.

The mount of the salvation God is a lion, which is similar to the shape of Pu Xian Bodhisattva in Buddhism, but the Taoist content is added: what he wears is not a Bodhisattva crown, but a Taoist crown with a bundle of hair; what he wears is not a Bodhisattva's straight collar, but a Taoist Robe. All these show that the Taoist faith is polytheism, which reflects the Taoist culture can absorb foreign culture, but also develop into local culture.

Exhibition hall of brief history of Taoism

Taoism was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Wei, Jin and southern and Northern Dynasties is an important period of the development of Taoism. The long history of Chinese classical philosophy and primitive religious thought gave birth to Taoism and endowed it with thousands of deep Chinese roots.

In the exhibition hall on the third floor, there are not only the picture of Laozi riding a cow, the picture of Hubi screen, the lotus double bottle, the longevity niche, the lotus lamp, the tripod, the wax platform and the lamp

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