Xiaoling Museum of Ming Dynasty

Ming Xiaoling museum is a special exhibition hall about Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, world cultural heritage Ming Xiaoling and Nanjing Ming culture. The appearance of the new museum adopts the architectural style of Jiangnan region in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The use of typical elements such as white walls, gray tiles, carved wooden doors, sloping roof, horse head walls and lattice windows makes the whole building closely connected with the cultural heritages of Ming Xiaoling, such as dajinmen and Sifang city The site is in harmony with the lush natural environment, which also coincides with the construction concept of "harmony between man and nature" of Ming Xiaoling more than 600 years ago.

Xiaoling of Ming Dynasty is the joint Tomb of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and empress Ma Shi of Ming Dynasty. It is named Xiaoling because of the empress's posthumous title of "Xiaoci". It is the largest imperial mausoleum in Nanjing and one of the largest Imperial Mausoleums in ancient China. As the first Ming mausoleum in China, the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is magnificent, which represents the highest achievement of architecture and stone carving art in the early Ming Dynasty, and directly affects the shape of the mausoleum of the Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 500 years. According to the historical process, the mausoleums of the Ming and Qing Dynasties distributed in Beijing, Hubei, Liaoning, Hebei and other places were built according to the regulations and models of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing, which has a special position in the development history of Chinese mausoleums Therefore, it has the reputation of "the first royal mausoleum of Ming and Qing Dynasties".

Xiaoling Museum of Ming Dynasty

Located in Zhongshan scenic area, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Ming Xiaoling museum is a special exhibition hall about Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, world cultural heritage Ming Xiaoling and Nanjing Ming culture. The appearance of the new museum adopts the architectural style of Jiangnan region in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The use of typical elements such as white walls, gray tiles, carved wooden doors, sloping roof, horse head walls and lattice windows makes the whole building close to the surrounding area The dajinmen, sifangcheng and other cultural sites of Ming Xiaoling are in harmony with the lush natural environment, which also coincides with the construction concept of "harmony between man and nature" of Ming Xiaoling more than 600 years ago.

Xiaoling of Ming Dynasty is the joint Tomb of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and empress Ma Shi of Ming Dynasty. It is named Xiaoling because of the empress's posthumous title of "Xiaoci". It is the largest imperial mausoleum in Nanjing and one of the largest Imperial Mausoleums in ancient China. As the first Ming mausoleum in China, the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is magnificent, which represents the highest achievement of architecture and stone carving art in the early Ming Dynasty, and directly affects the shape of the mausoleum of the Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 500 years. According to the historical process, the mausoleums of the Ming and Qing Dynasties distributed in Beijing, Hubei, Liaoning, Hebei and other places were built according to the regulations and models of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing, which has a special position in the development history of Chinese mausoleums Therefore, it has the reputation of "the first royal mausoleum of Ming and Qing Dynasties".

Development history

Ming Xiaoling museum is a special exhibition hall about Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, world cultural heritage Ming Xiaoling and Nanjing Ming culture. The appearance of the new museum adopts the architectural style of Jiangnan region in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The use of typical elements such as white walls, gray tiles, carved wooden doors, sloping roof, horse head walls and lattice windows makes the whole building closely connected with the cultural heritages of Ming Xiaoling, such as dajinmen and Sifang city The site is in harmony with the lush natural environment, which also coincides with the construction concept of "harmony between man and nature" of Ming Xiaoling more than 600 years ago.

The name of the museum was inscribed by Mr. Shen Peng, honorary president of the national Calligrapher Association, and the plaque at the door was inscribed by mayor Jiang Hongkun. Ming Xiaoling Museum mainly interprets the theme of Ming Xiaoling and Ming culture through historical scene reproduction, cultural relics display and digital multimedia display. The new museum was officially opened to the public free of charge in February 2009. It is composed of the theme exhibition hall of Xiaoling, 360 ° ring screen cinema, guanpuming style furniture art museum, Daming life Museum and temporary exhibition hall, covering an area of about 5000 square meters.

Theme exhibition hall

The theme exhibition hall of Daming Xiaoling is composed of six parts: the majestic appearance of Xiaoling, legendary emperors, site selection, innovative regulation, historical status and vicissitudes of Xiaoling.

It is mainly divided into three sections: preface hall and the first chapter, "the majestic appearance of Xiaoling" is the "Ming" section, which pursues atmosphere and large scale in style. Highlight the simple style of Ming Dynasty. In the foreground, Zhu Yuanzhang is the leader, forming a three-dimensional group sculpture to show his heroic spirit; in the background, his magnificent life is integrated with the panoramic view of Zhongshan to comprehensively narrate his legendary life. "The majestic appearance of Xiaoling" takes the large-scale lacquer painting as the main body, showing the overall panorama of Xiaoling in Ming Dynasty, and the Ming palace walls as the decorative space language on both sides, which is the traditional Chinese expression of "borrowing scenery".

The second section focuses on people, about the legendary emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the highlight is the treatment of space. In the chapter of "wipe out the heroes, Zhaoji Daming", Zhu Yuanzhang designed and created a step-by-step ladder to imitate the momentum of the royal court. Through arduous struggle, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was oppressed from the bottom, finally ascended the throne of the emperor, completing the evolution from the civilian to the emperor. Here, taking the scene of ascending the throne as the end point, we design a base platform with a height of 95 cm, implying the idea of "95% respect". The third section describes the location, construction, regulation and status of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, and comprehensively expounds the historical and artistic value of the mausoleum. Xiamafang and Daming Shengde tablet are used as structural elements to create large-scale space. After that, it formed a rhythmic jump with the front climbing block, used the space height, reversed sinking, and designed to transit to the underground palace in the form of tomb passage. From the open space to the tense corridor, the audience psychology is guided to explore step by step

A journey of discovery. The underground palace model refers to the underground palace pattern of Ming Dingling mausoleum. The wall is built with imitation tomb brick, and the front and back are equipped with diamond wall and central tomb door. The projection is projected to form a virtual reality. From the corridor to the historical position of Xiaoling in Ming Dynasty. This part has returned to the original ground level of the building. The space should be large and high, which is the largest space of the whole exhibition hall. The key display project is the architectural model of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. The wooden buildings on the ground of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum were almost destroyed in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom war in the late Qing Dynasty, and only the masonry buildings survived. This model is now a complete reproduction of the glory of the Ming Xiaoling palace area more than 600 years ago.

Guanpuming style furniture art museum

Ming Culture in more than 200 years of history, bred a wonderful cultural phenomenon, of which Ming style furniture is still active in modern life of art forms, but also for many of the world's major museums of cultural relics added rich content. In order to show the artistic achievements of Ming style furniture, the museum selected all kinds of typical utensils from the prints of Ming Dynasty, the furniture models unearthed from Ming Dynasty tombs and the authentic objects handed down from Ming and Qing Dynasties to copy them carefully. While reflecting the different styles of Ming and Qing Dynasties Furniture, it also provided the audience with many real images to comment and appreciate Ming style furniture from different angles.

Xiaoling of the Ming Dynasty 360 ° ring screen cinema

The 360 ° ring screen cinema adopts the most advanced digital ring screen technology in the world, and the inside of the cinema is round. Standing and watching without seats, the whole audience was shown on nine screens. Surrounded by the whole theater, the nine screens are operated by nine projectors under the control of computers, and the audience can rely on the railings to see the panoramic picture of the corresponding perspective within 360 degrees, blending with the picture. With the omni-directional stereo transmission, the reality of the cinema is far more than that of any other form of film and television. The audience can enjoy the prosperous scene of Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and the winding scenery of the world heritage site Ming Xiaoling in the 360 degree ring screen film. And produce a strong sense of the scene, so that the audience feel a special artistic enjoyment. This is the charm of ring screen movies.

Cultural leisure book bar

The book bar is a place for displaying cultural books. There are a large number of Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum and books about Ming culture. There are both research works and popular books. People can buy or read them and roam in the ocean of Ming culture at will.

Cultural products supermarket

Cultural products supermarket mainly deals in traditional Ming Dynasty cultural products, such as Yunjin, high imitation Ming Dynasty calligraphy and painting, porcelain, purple sand, miniature Ming style furniture and other high-end cultural products.

Temporary exhibition hall

Special exhibitions of various contents will be held from time to time to enrich the exhibition contents of Ming Xiaoling Museum, so as to bring people more and better cultural visual enjoyment.

Master Jinwen Yunjin Art Museum

In the Ming Dynasty, silk fabrics were a combination of ancient weaving techniques, with rich categories and excellent quality. The technological level of Yunjin, Kesi and other fabrics reached the highest level of the weaving industry at that time. Master Jinwen Yunjin Art Museum reproduces the brilliance of that time. Ice lets us remember the great technological achievements and splendid culture left by our ancestors.

Hongwu Daming gongcha Teahouse

On September 16, 1391, the 24th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, issued an imperial edict: "the emperor of Ming Dynasty is the emperor of Ming Dynasty The only way to make a dragon troupe is to pick tea buds. There are four kinds of dragon troupes: Tanchun, Xianchun, Sichun and Zizhu Since then, no tea has been made in the world. As a result, the Chinese entered the era of tea making. A purple clay pot unearthed from the tomb of Wu Jing, a eunuch of Ming Dynasty, at Youfang bridge in Nanjing made Nanjing the birthplace of the first purple clay pot in China. Based on this, Hongwu Daming tribute tea teahouse leads people into the time tunnel of Daming tribute tea and Daming tea ceremony.

Venue introduction

A red abstract pattern derived from the Chinese character "Ming" looks like a dragon, and the combination of horizontal and vertical lines is similar to the Ming City Wall in Nanjing. Yesterday, the new emblem of the Ming Xiaoling museum was officially announced. The facade decoration of the new museum has been completed and is expected to be completed and opened by the end of this year. It is a small square city, a simulated underground palace and a 360 ° ring screen cinema

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