May 18 is International Museum Day, and this year's theme is "The Power of Museums". Let us go to the museum and see how this "university school" tells the public historic wisdom and brings us confidence and strength.

The museum is an important palace for protecting and inheriting human civilization, and a bridge connecting the past, present and future.

May 18 is International Museum Day , and this year's theme is "The Power of Museums". Let us go to the museum and see how this "university school" tells the public historic wisdom and brings us confidence and strength.

Civilization inheritance: View thousands of years in a small space

The rich historical and cultural heritage is a "golden business card". Every time I go to a city, many people choose to "check in" the museum.

"If you ask about the rise and fall of ancient and modern times, please only look at Luoyang City ". Luoyang A unique museum, connecting the historical context of this "Capital of Oriental Museums", "A thousand years of reading in the city is seen in one day."

Erlitou Xiadu Ruins Museum shows the appearance of "the earliest China" to the world; the century-old voice museum, old records and old-fashioned film projector, "sound and emotion" tells the changes...

"The museum reflects the cultural heritage of the city, is the best window to quickly understand a city, and a witness to people's better life." Li Chenfei, the tour guide at Luoyang Museum , said that it is also a palace of culture and art, and shoulders the important task of pursuing history and inheriting civilization.

Since 2012, the number of Hubei museums has increased to 234, with an average of 9 new museums being built and opened every year. "Check in" Hubei Provincial Museum , "Zeng Shijia - Zeng Guo " exhibition hall, bronze ware unearthed from Zeng Guo tombs and ruins, telling the story of the more than 700-year history and culture of Zeng Guo that has not been recorded in historical books.

On May 12, visitors watched the painted lacquered wood tiger seat bird drum on display at the Hubei Provincial Museum. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiao Yijiu

In Xinjiang, there are a number of unique museums, such as the Accordion Culture Exhibition Hall, Changji Dinosaur Hall, Burumahan Maoleduo Border Stop Museum, Duku Highway Museum, etc., which are small in scale and have their own characteristics. They have become an important support for the Silk Road Cultural Science and Education Center, showing Xinjiang's historical and cultural relics and colorful national culture.

is located in Linzexu Memorial Hall in Yining City, Xinjiang, and has become an important window and tourist attraction for cultural exchanges in Yili Prefecture. A hundred years ago, Lin Zexu was exiled to Yili, Xinjiang, and moved forward bravely in adversity, showing a great patriotism and inspiring everyone who came to visit.

"Know where you come from and where you go", draw strength from history, and people's understanding of the long history and valuable value of Chinese civilization continues to deepen.

Technological innovation power: the cultural spirit contained is vivid

Technology, trendy, fashion... Today's museums have long been free from the impression of tradition. New technologies, new means and new creativity are used to attract people to re-understand the splendor of Chinese civilization.

Shanghai designer Zhu Shaojun often "travels to the museum". "travels to the Dunhuang" developed by of Dunhuang Research Institute is where he draws inspiration during the bottleneck period of his creation. He said: "The color application and character forms in Dunhuang murals have been passed down for thousands of years. The classical aesthetics in the museum have given me a lot of creative inspiration."

Online museum breaks through various restrictions of traditional physical museums, making cultural relics and history within reach.

Meng Jie, director of the Public Service Department of Beijing Planetarium, said that since the epidemic in 2020, Beijing Planetarium has opened multiple theme columns online to introduce astronomical knowledge through multimedia technology. More than 70 live broadcast activities were carried out, with an average click volume of more than 100,000 people. Among them, the "Golden Ring Solar Eclipse" astronomical live broadcast was the most popular in 2020, with a single live broadcast of more than 160 million people on the entire network.

Modern technology is transforming museums from observation to space for interaction and participation.

In early 2022, Henan Museum launched the first cultural relic "AR barrage" service in the country, making the "Gen Z" call it "satisfactory". While viewing cultural relics in the museum, take out your mobile phone and "scan" to check in and send a "barrage" to share the inspiration brought to you by the cultural relics at this moment.

In recent years, the Panlongcheng Ruins Museum located in Wuhan City has used high-definition digital cameras and panoramic gimbal to use panoramic collection technology to restore the entire view, basic display and temporary exhibitions of the site to maximize the restoration of the real exhibition hall style and provide the audience with a full perspective and immersive tour experience.

Inheritance and innovation, empowering technology, "let cultural relics speak", traditional culture is more vibrant, and the spirit it contains is fresh.

"College School" influence: the functions are constantly enriched

special exhibitions, study lectures, leisure and entertainment... The museum, which was once slightly "cold and niche", has become a "universal school", and its functions are constantly enriched.

"Look at this colored pottery jar, its patterns are very similar to cultural relics unearthed in many provinces outside Xinjiang. Xinjiang has had close contacts with the Central Plains since ancient times..." On the 16th, the "Mobile Museum" entered Kalayemule Town, Emin County, Tacheng District, Xinjiang. While appreciating cultural relics, local people learned about the history behind the cultural relics.

Yu Zhiyong, deputy director of the Cultural and Museum Academy of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said that the "mobile museum" will continue to enter the campus, approach people in remote areas, and open the "history classroom" all over the Xinjiang region.

After the beginning of summer, wheat waves roll in the Central Plains. In Zhengzhou, Henan Province, a "Museum in the Wheat Field", in Zhengzhou, Henan, Jiahu Bone Flute transforms into the "band lead singer", painted pottery sitting postures and musical female figurines form a "women's group", using "online words and language" to tell the story of civilization inheritance.

"Museum in the Wheat Field" was led by the Henan Museum and jointly created with 12 museums in Henan Province. "By joining museums in various places to carry out 'cloud classrooms' and various study activities, children can appreciate the history and culture of many places without leaving the city. The power of this education is subtle and extremely powerful," said Li Chenfei.

students participated in thematic study activities at Luoyang Museum. (Photo provided by the interviewee)

Director of Henan Museum Ma Xiaolin said: "More public, especially teenagers, come to the museum and fall in love with the museum, and personally experience the spiritual power brought by historical confidence, national confidence and cultural confidence."

protects cultural roots, records the development of civilization, and opens a bright future. This is the confidence and strength that the "university" of the museum brings us.

Reporter: Shao Yibo, Zhou Ye, Yuan Yueming, Yu Pei, Luo Xin

Editor: Zhu Shun, Guo Baojiang