Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal Museum, China

The Grand Canal Museum of China is adjacent to the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal in the West and the ancient Gongchen bridge next to it. There is a canal culture square in front of the museum, which is a place for many citizens to play and rest The cultural square around the canal is arranged in the shape of a fan, with the combination of flat and slope. The traditional Chinese architectural symbols are extracted from the facade details. After refining and simplifying, the unique open pattern integrates the indoor and outdoor. The canal, bridges, boats and ports are skillfully borrowed as living exhibits. Through five exhibition halls, the museum introduces the historical changes and culture of the Grand Canal. If you are interested, you may as well come here for a visit.

Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal Museum, China

The Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal Museum of China is located in the south of the canal culture square in Gongshu District of Hangzhou, adjacent to Gongchen bridge, the terminal sign of the southern end of the Grand Canal. With an investment of more than 100 million yuan, the museum has a construction area of more than 10000 square meters and an exhibition area of more than 5000 square meters. It is divided into four exhibition halls: "the excavation and changes of the Grand Canal", "the use of the Grand Canal", "cities beside the Grand Canal", and "canal culture". At present, thousands of cultural relics and historical materials have been collected and displayed, which fully demonstrates the position and role of the Grand Canal in the history of the development of the Chinese nation

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A series of canal landscapes focusing on "one museum, two belts, two fields, three gardens, six ports and fifteen bridges" were officially opened on October 1, 2006. Qiao Shi, former leader of the Communist Party of China, inscribed the name of the Museum

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Historical evolution

On the morning of October 28, 2002, the opening ceremony of Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal Museum was held.

In May 2004, the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal Museum was completed.

On June 21, 2004, Gongshu District established a leading group for the preparation of the Canal Museum, headed by the Deputy Secretary of the district Party committee.

In August 2004, the text of China Grand Canal Museum was officially finalized. Author: Professor Yan Jianqiang, Department of history, Zhejiang University.

On November 4, 2004, Hangzhou Daily published the bidding announcement of the exhibition design of China Grand Canal Museum.

On November 19, 2004, the exhibition design bidding meeting of China Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal Museum was held in Gongshu District government conference room.

On December 2, 2004, a large relief of the exterior wall of the Grand Canal Museum of China, the painting of Emperor Sui Yang's "land boating" was created in the Chinese Academy of fine arts.

On December 21, 2004, Hangzhou Daily published a notice on the collection of cultural relics by China Grand Canal Museum.

On December 31, 2004, the review meeting of the exhibition design scheme of China Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal Museum was held in the conference room of Gongshu District government.

On January 7, 2005, the review meeting of the exhibition design scheme of China Grand Canal Museum was held in the conference room of Gongshu District government.

In March 2005, the construction of China Grand Canal Museum was completed.

On October 1, 2006, the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal Museum officially opened.

On March 18, 2020, the construction project of China Grand Canal Museum in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province has resumed.

architectural composition

The Grand Canal Museum of China is located in gongchenqiao area in the north of Hangzhou, starting from Jinhua Road in the East, Quzhou street in the south, Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal in the West and Gongshu District Government in the north. On the west side of it is the old Gongchen bridge. The total land area is 52910 square meters (including Canal Culture Square), and the building area is 10700 square meters. The overall orientation of the architectural style of the museum is "traditional but not retro". The cultural square around the canal stands in the shape of a fan, with the combination of flat and slope. The traditional Chinese architectural symbols are extracted from the facade details. After refining and simplifying, the unique open pattern integrates the indoor and outdoor landscape, and skillfully borrows the canal, bridge, ship and port as a living exhibition

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Design concept

An ancient and simple water transport boat is placed in the middle, with the simulated water surface paved with glass fiber reinforced plastics at the foot, giving people a feeling of wandering on the canal. A sailing boat is slowly approaching. On both sides are ancient pier models. The ceiling is designed as a starry sky, and you are like a boat on the river

 

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The museum is mainly on the first floor, partly on the second floor, and has some basements. The first floor is mainly the regular exhibition part of the museum, with four halls and one gallery. The second floor is mainly the reference room, audio-visual room, office and half view exhibition hall.

The exhibition area of China Grand Canal Museum is divided into five exhibition halls:

Preface hall: canals on earth, Grand Canal of China;

The first exhibition hall: excavation and changes of the canal;

The second exhibition hall, utilization of the Grand Canal;

The third exhibition hall: comprehensive protection of Hangzhou section of the Grand Canal;

The fourth exhibition hall: canal culture.

Each exhibition hall displays and explains the rich natural and cultural landscape of the Grand Canal through pictures, objects, models and other forms.

China Grand Canal Museum is not a simple and ordinary Museum. On the one hand, it is a large museum that reflects all aspects of the natural characteristics of the canal and the essence of humanities. It is also a research and Exhibition Center for the collection, collection center and canal culture of canal relics, documents and other materials. At the same time, combined with the function of Yun River Cultural Plaza, it is also the hub of the canal tourism and the comprehensive service center for tourists. It can be said that the Canal Museum is a comprehensive canal cultural center with various functions and characteristics.

Exhibition hall display

Lobby

Entering the prelude hall, a simple and colorful water transport boat is placed in the center, with the simulated water surface paved with glass fiber reinforced plastics at the foot, giving people a feeling of wandering on the canal. Facing a sailing boat slowly coming, on both sides is the ancient pier model, the ceiling is designed as a brilliant starry sky, in which, such as boating on the river.

 

Exhibition hall 1: the excavation and changes of the Grand Canal

Entering the exhibition hall, there is a group of monochrome group sculptures, the canal builders. Digging the Grand Canal is a great creation of the working people in ancient China, which embodies the wisdom and hard work of the working people. According to the documents, the history of China's grand canal can be traced back to the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period more than 3000 years ago. At that time, Fu Chai, the king of Wu state, dug the Hangou from Hancheng to Mokou in order to fight for hegemony in the north. It can be clearly seen from the "ancient river map" that in 486 BC, the Han Ditch excavated by Fu Chai, king of Wu, was 150 km long from Mokou to Hancheng (today's Yangzhou to Huai'an). It was the first man-made river recorded in writing.

With figures, statues and historical pictures, it shows the ups and downs of the historical story of the canal connecting China's five provinces, four cities and five major water systems. In the first exhibition hall, there is a bronze dagger unearthed from the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period. It has a history of more than 2400 years. It is the earliest cultural relic in the museum.

 

Exhibition hall 2: utilization of the Grand Canal

The Grand Canal was first built for military purposes. Fu Chai, the king of Wu, wanted to go north to fight for hegemony. In order to transport people, horses, grain and grass, he dug the Han ditch. But after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the function of the Grand Canal was more reflected in the economy. One of the tickets is very interesting. It's a ticket of the late Qing Dynasty. It's printed with the word "Shun Feng Kuai Li". It expresses the hope of the merchants that everything will be smooth and the profits will be made as soon as possible. It also states the list of items to be collected and the tips to remind customers to keep their carry on luggage. Not only understand the consumption, but also have a warm reminder. From Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty to Ming and Qing Dynasty, the central government, whose capital was in the north, needed the grain supply in the south of the Yangtze River. To a certain extent, the Grand Canal carried a huge empire of water transport, which played a key role in the stability of the central government.

The most historical value in the exhibition hall is the Qing Dynasty "Suzhou house" official Dendrobium. This kind of wooden conical vessel was a measuring tool for the government to collect grain from the people at that time. In the past, the canal was used to carry grain by boat. When the grain was delivered, the rice was taken out from the cabin to use the amount of Dendrobium, which was called "lifting rice over Dendrobium". One Dendrobium is equivalent to five Dou, about 35.8 kg. There is also a 700 square meter ring-shaped screen with 18 projectors playing the grand scene of canal water transport in those years.

 

Exhibition hall 3: Grand Canal (Zhejiang section) exhibition hall for World Heritage Application

This exhibition hall displays the river course changes, heritage value, protection planning and other aspects of the canal in Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang section can be called "living cultural heritage". It is a large-scale cross basin water transportation system, involving Taihu Lake, Qiantang River, Cao'e River, Yongjiang River and other natural waters. It has a complex composition and still bears heavy shipping tasks.

On the floor of the exhibition hall is a flowing canal, shining. It turned out that the Grand Canal and nine cities on both sides of the grand canal were made with a miniature model and placed under the glass floor. In the third exhibition hall, there is also a "simulated canal trip cabin". When you sit in it, you can see the real scenery along the Grand Canal.

 

Exhibition hall 4: Canal Culture

The display of the representative articles of Liaocheng dough sculpture in Shandong, Yangzhou paper-cut in Jiangsu and clay figurine in Wuxi shows the rich cross-strait culture bred by the Grand Canal.

 

Visit information

Opening hours of Canal Museum: 9:00-16:30, Tuesday - Sunday (closed Monday)

Preferential measures: free of charge

Bus route: bus No.70, hospital no.k591, Grand Canal

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