Qingdao Museum

Qingdao Museum has a large area, rich collection and various types. There are four Pavilions: porcelain, calligraphy and painting, jade and Qingdao historical stories. Among them, Qingdao historical story hall is the most attractive. In addition to the display of many old objects in Qingdao, there are also historical restoration landscapes in Qingdao. At the same time, seven exhibitions are on display all the year round, including the exhibition of calligraphy and painting in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the exhibition of ancient stone rubbings in the collection, the exhibition of modern calligraphy and painting in the collection, the exhibition of ancient porcelain art in the collection, the exhibition of currency in the collection, the exhibition of ancient handicrafts in the collection, and the exhibition of international exchange gifts in the collection .

Qingdao Museum

synonym

Qingdao Museum generally refers to Qingdao Museum

Qingdao museum is a national first-class Museum and a national key protected unit of ancient books. Its collection of cultural relics includes calligraphy, painting, ceramics, bronze, jade, coins, seals, oracle bones, bamboo, wood, tooth horn, etc. The museum also has more than 40000 pieces of cultural relics left over from various stages of Qingdao's historical development, reflecting the city's development since the founding of Qingdao. It is an important place for a comprehensive understanding of Qingdao's history.

brief introduction

Qingdao Museum, located at 37 Yushan Road, is a local history museum. It covers an area of 24 mu, with a total area of 3600 square meters and a display area of 1800 square meters. The museum used to be the site of Qingdao Red Cross. Different architectural styles are integrated in the meeting site, thus forming a unique comprehensive building complex. There are three courtyards within the yellow tile and red wall. The first courtyard is Romanesque. The elegant shape of the tower, the exquisite circular pillars, the corridor, the semicircular dome and the little angel sculpture create a unique solemn and sacred. The second courtyard is in the form of national architecture. There is a gate in front and a hall inside. The three gates of the mountain stand side by side, and the middle gate is grand. There is a couplet on the door that reads "communicate with the five religions, ride the compassionate voyage together, cross the monarch and land together". Shanmen hall has been turned into a painting and calligraphy exhibition room. There are many precious cultural relics on display in the courtyard, of which two stone tablets are on both sides. The first is a semicircular stele with the pattern of a dragon. On the top of the stele, there are four vigorous dragon statues, which are very vivid. The other is a rectangular semicircular head "Longquan Temple record" stone tablet, because of age, the inscription has been unable to identify. Behind the gate is the jiuying hall, which is located on the platform. It is the largest reinforced concrete building in Qingdao, which imitates the Dacheng Hall of Qufu Confucius Temple. The red walls and green tiles on both sides of the auxiliary hall, together with the main hall, are turned into exhibition halls. In the courtyard, the pines and cypresses are green, and the octagonal Peony Pavilion is built in the center. Inside the pavilion were placed the Antarctic stones presented to the people of Qingdao by all officers and men of the Chinese people's Liberation Army during their Antarctic expedition. This stone was taken from Nelson Island, Antarctica on February 20, 1985 and carved on the equator of the Pacific Ocean. The third courtyard building, the towering tower with obvious Arabic architectural style. After liberation, the building complex was set up as Qingdao Museum. At present, there are more than 50000 cultural relics in the collection, most of which are paintings and calligraphy of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Ancient ceramics, jade, seals, ancient coins and rare books are also abundant. Since its establishment, the museum has held hundreds of large and small exhibitions and received 2.1 million visitors.

Historical evolution

On April 13, 1959, the people's Committee of Qingdao City, Shandong Province approved the establishment of the "Qingdao Local Records Museum".

On October 8, 1959, with the consent of Qingdao Municipal People's Committee of Shandong Province, the name of "Qingdao Museum of Local Records" was changed to "Qingdao Museum", which was called "Preparatory Office of Qingdao Museum" before its formal establishment.

It was officially built in 1965. The original site of the museum is located at 7 University Road, the former site of the Red Cross society built in the 1930s, covering an area of 14000 square meters and a building area of 7500 square meters. It is a comprehensive geological museum integrating history and art.

With the eastward shift of Qingdao's political and economic center, in 1996, Qingdao municipal Party committee and government decided to invest in the construction of Qingdao Museum in the rapidly rising eastern new urban area. The new Museum covers an area of 105 mu, with a construction area of 20000 square meters. The whole building is dignified and elegant. The smooth circular corridor structure, the blue roof design and the corresponding spacious square, water fountain and green lawn constitute a grand architectural symphony of modern city.

On June 24, 2001, the new Qingdao Municipal Museum was fully opened. Seven cultural relics will be displayed at the same time, including the exhibition of calligraphy and painting in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the exhibition of rubbings on ancient steles, the exhibition of modern calligraphy and painting, the exhibition of currency in the past dynasties, the exhibition of ancient porcelain art, the exhibition of ancient handicrafts and the exhibition of gifts for international exchanges.

In 2007, in order to welcome the 29th Olympic sailing competition, the municipal Party committee and government decided to invest in the transformation and improvement of the internal supporting facilities of Qingdao Museum. After the transformation, the exhibition of Qingdao museum will fully reflect its collection advantages and local characteristics. With its perfect supporting service facilities and functions, it will become an important public place to inherit the human civilization in Qingdao, show the cultural heritage of Qingdao City, and provide elegant cultural services.

Collection overview

Qingdao Museum has a collection of 160000 cultural relics, including 150 first-class collections of calligraphy, painting, ceramics, bronzes, jades, coins, oracle bones, etc., and more than 4000 well-known calligraphy and painting handed down from yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The most important collections are the paper-based white drawing Bodhisattva scroll of Cijing in Ming Dynasty and the colored sea horse tin in Ming Dynasty.

Basically, there is a history of Qingdao in the past 100 years. The exhibitions include "ancient calligraphy and painting", "modern calligraphy and painting", "ancient crafts", "ancient porcelain", "cultural relics" and so on.

Exhibitions and collections

In the main entrance hall of Qingdao Museum, there are two stone Buddha statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty (500-550 A.D.), which have a history of more than 1500 years. The statue of Buddha is one Zhang eight feet tall and weighs about 30 tons, commonly known as "Zhang eight Buddha". His head is carved in a bun, his face is thin and elegant, his eyes are deep and his nose is high, and there is a white hair between his eyebrows. He looks peaceful and detached. It has a long neck, with a monk's branch inside, a monk's branch belt on the chest, and a broad ribbon style robe on the outside. The pattern of the robe is carved into a "V" shaped section. Hands to give fearless and willing seal. Standing on the lotus seat with bare feet, a square xumizuo is carved under the lotus seat.

The stone Buddha statues are beautiful in shape, skillful in carving techniques, delicate and soft in clothing patterns, and lifelike in expression. It fully shows the implementation of Emperor Xiaowen's Sinicization policy in the Northern Wei Dynasty and reflects the style characteristics of Buddhist sculpture art.

Two stone Buddha statues were first placed in Longquan Temple in Linzi County, Shandong Province. In July 1928, the Japanese, who had long coveted the Buddha statue, wanted to rob it. However, when the May 3rd massacre occurred in Jinan, the Chinese people's struggle against Japan was on the rise. Forced by the situation, the Japanese aggressors failed to succeed, so these precious cultural relics were saved from disaster.

In 1930, Luan Baode, former director of Sifang factory of Jiaoji railway, sent a special car to transport the Buddha to Qingdao and put it in the garden of the factory. In July 1979, it was moved to Qingdao Museum for public exhibition. In July 1998, it was moved to the new site of the Museum (No. 27, Meiling Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao). So far, it has received tens of thousands of Chinese and foreign tourists.

Rare porcelain

Blue and white dragon wearing pattern high foot bowl

Time: Ming Dynasty

Specification: height 11.4 caliber 17.7 bottom diameter 4.7cm introduction: extravagant mouth, deep abdomen, high ring foot. The shape of the utensil is trumpet shaped, and the inside and outside walls of the bowl depict five powerful and vigorous Dragons: one dragon is coiled around the center of the bowl, and there are two dragons inside and outside the wall, which seem to dance in the sea of flowers. The space is lined with a tangled lotus. The composition is rigorous, the charm is vivid, and the blue and white elements are elegant and fast. It is a regular script of Zhengde year system.

Jingdezhen kiln underglaze red twig and chrysanthemum pattern calyx holder

Time: Yuan Dynasty

Specification: height 2.9 caliber 19.3 bottom diameter 11.9 cm introduction: 16 petals of water chestnut shaped mouth, decorated with four groups of patterns. In the center of zhantuo, there is a broken peach flower, surrounded by six blooming chrysanthemums. On the inner wall, there are various flowers, and the mouth is decorated with cirrus. There is no glaze in the foot.

Green glazed caltrop shaped jar of Longquan kiln

Time: Yuan Dynasty

Specification: Tonggao 31 caliber 23.6 bottom diameter 19 cm brief introduction: this can has a caltrop shaped cover, a top plastic unglazed animal shaped button, a straight mouth, no neck, a bulging belly, and a ring foot. The shape is round and simple, and the glaze is as green as jade. The abdomen and cover are decorated with folded peony, chrysanthemum, pomegranate, flat peach and other printing patterns. The layout is appropriate and the lines are smooth, giving people the beauty of elegance.

Dehua kiln cup

Time: Ming Dynasty

Specification: height 9.2, length 14.5, width 11.3cm

Brief introduction: This Dehua kiln cup is oval in shape, open in flower shape, with a handle shape under the abdomen, flat bottom, concave inside and folded edge. The upper part of the abdomen is decorated with cloud dragon, pine crane and plum; the lower part of the abdomen is decorated with mountain stone, sika deer and dog. The body of the fetus is fine and firm, the glaze color is as lustrous as jade, and the milk white is as creamy.

Cizhou kiln white ground black flower pot

Time: Yuan Dynasty

Dimensions: height 22.9 cm, abdominal diameter 21 cm

Introduction: straight mouth, full shoulder, round abdomen, flat bottom. The shoulder is decorated with black color twig and chrysanthemum pattern, and the abdomen is decorated with two groups of symmetrical black twig flowers, waves and vortex patterns.

Yellow glazed Dragon Boat

Age: Republic of China size: height 19 cm, length 31 cm

Introduction: longzhoutong

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