On September 26th, the exhibition “Infinite Mirror-Micro-World in Ancient Bronze Mirror” hosted by Jinhua Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism and jointly undertaken by 8 public museums in the city was held in the temporary exhibition hall of Jinhua Museum.
Cao Hong, Deputy Director of Zhejiang Cultural Relics Bureau, Huo Hongwei, Vice President and Research Librarian of China National Museum Research Institute, Fang Xianwen, Party Secretary and Director of Jinhua Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism Bureau, Wu Xiaoli, Vice Chairman of Zhejiang Museum Society, Cai Qin, Deputy Director and Research Librarian of Zhejiang Museum, Ning Weimao, Party Committee Member and Deputy Director of Jinhua Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism Bureau, and heads of museums in various districts and cities in the province attended the opening ceremony.
Cao Hong said in his speech that this exhibition reflects the exhibition level of museums in the new era, innovates the joint exhibition mechanism of grass-roots museums, and enhances the research ability of grassroots cultural and art cadres. He hoped that Jinhua’s cultural and art undertakings would continue to maintain the development momentum, keep pioneering and enterprising, dare to compete for the first place, take a step ahead on the road of building a demonstration zone of common prosperity, and try first in the historical opportunity period of integrating museums with cultural tourism and realizing the great development of museums, and strive to find a new way for the innovative development of cultural and art undertakings in the province.
This exhibition is the theme exhibition of bronze mirror cultural relics. The bronze mirror, which has the functions of daily necessities and works of art, is one of the most widely used bronzes in ancient China. Ancient people used mirrors to dress up, show their aspirations, hang mirrors to exorcise evil spirits, or just use bronze mirrors to pin some leisure and elegance. We can see the “reflection” of Chinese civilization through countless small bronze mirrors.
Cultural relics can “speak” Jinhua Museum hopes to answer several questions through the bronze mirror exhibition: “What is a bronze mirror”, “What is the connection between bronze mirror and people” and “What is the significance of bronze mirror culture to the present society”?
This exhibition deeply analyzes the cultural attributes contained in bronze mirrors, and shows the value orientation and spiritual world of different times and social groups through bronze mirrors. It is divided into three units: “just a mirror”, “not just a mirror” and “endless mirror”. Following the three levels of material attributes, social attributes and cultural attributes, it systematically interprets the profound cultural connotation of bronze mirrors and explores the micro-world in ancient bronze mirrors.
A total of 152 pieces (sets) of exhibits were exhibited in the exhibition, most of which came from bronze mirrors selected by museums around the Eighth Five-Year Plan. At the same time, the exhibition was also supported by collection units and individuals such as Zhejiang Museum, Fudan University Museum, Huangyan Museum and Anji Museum. The exhibition collected bronze mirrors from 18 units and individuals, spanning more than 3,000 years from Shang and Zhou Dynasties to Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them, Mr. Wang Ganghuai, a collector of bronze mirrors in Shanghai, borrowed 36 bronze mirrors, which greatly enriched the contents of the exhibits.
The planning of the exhibition has started since the beginning of 2020, with the participation of eight public museums in the city. It is based on the principle of “co-planning, co-designing, sharing collections,.After a year and a half of polishing, the idea of sharing results finally formed a report exhibition on the pilot work of improving the quality of county-level public museums.
It is reported that this exhibition will last until January 4, 2022.
Correspondent Wu Mengyang Reporter Shen Chao