One side of the water and soil nourishes the other side, and a museum influences a city.
Yesterday, after nearly six months of collection, Hangzhou Museum added 365 sets of 3,752 pieces to its collection – covering bills, calligraphy and painting, ceramics, folk customs, silk weaving, books, stamps, red revolution cultural relics and other categories. All these collections were donated by Hangzhou citizens free of charge! This time, the people of Hangzhou used “precious stories” to spell together the “memories of Hangzhou” since 1912.
The reporter saw some representative collections. For example, in the 30s of the 20th century, Ye Weiming, one of the founders of the Xiling Seal Society, took a photo of his wife, in 1929 “Hangzhou West Lake Tour Guide”, in 1947 he sold the deed, in 1948 he took a photo of the friendship of Shanghai and Hangzhou Zhiweiguan, from 1957 to 1984 in all provinces of the country cloth stamps and food stamps, and in the 70s of the 20th century Shuguang Primary School personal awards, etc., showing the political, economic, cultural and living conditions of Hangzhou citizens in modern times from multiple angles.
“This Republic of China cowhide box is my grandmother’s dowry, and the shell is wrapped in a layer of pure cowhide, printed with the words ‘Zhejiang Province Huihuitang Liutong Yuzao’.” Ms. Wu Tingting donated a leather suitcase and a Xihu brand sewing machine. In the last century, people mostly bought their own cloth for dressing, and then tailor-made by tailors, and a sewing machine can be described as a “big piece” at home. At that time, the “three turns” (others were watches and bicycles) and “one ring” (radio), including sewing machines, supported the dignity of the girl’s family to marry, and the “West Lake brand” sewing machine made in Hangzhou was all the rage at that time.
On behalf of his grandfather Qiu Rongxing, Mr. Jiang Ling donated 45 pieces of cheongsams and handmade belts of the Republic of China. He said that three of the tapes were made by Qiu Rongxing’s mother for marriage before 1932, and in the old days, ropes were rarely produced in large quantities, so they were woven by the bride herself as a dowry. “At that time, there was a custom of weaving ribbons to marry in Hangzhou, and my grandfather visited several exhibitions, but the only thing related to marriage was the lack of finished handmade ribbons.”
Before her retirement, Zha Yongling was a research librarian and director of the Collection Department of Zhejiang Provincial Museum, and has been engaged in research and utilization of collections for many years. This batch of Chairman Mao’s head commemorative medals are collected and preserved in the 60s of the 20th century, and are witnesses of the trend of the times in the last century; The three Constitutions of the Communist Party of China, dated 1987, 1997 and 2002, are all in good condition. ”
The construction of the “City of Museums” needs to mobilize the participation of all sectors of society. In 2021, the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hangzhou Museum, Hangbo launched the “Million Collection” program, hoping to collect 1 million pieces of physical evidence from the citizens of Hangzhou since 1912 that show the life traces of the people of Hangzhou since 1912, have a strong cultural imprint of Hangzhou, and reflect the development and construction process of Hangzhou.and documentary evidence collections to create a “people’s museum” that leaves, records and displays the history and memory of Hangzhou.
Yesterday, the Hangzhou Museum issued a donation certificate to the representatives of the first phase of donation; On the same day, the second phase of the “Million Collection” plan was launched, which will continue to collect physical evidence from the society that reflects the changes in urban construction and lifestyle changes in modern Hangzhou, and especially launch the collection of non-physical images, images and sounds – it can be a private collection of Hangzhou food maps, or it can be the buildings and corners that have disappeared from the past photos, and even the dialects of Hangzhou, the sound of selling, the sound of bus and subway stations, etc., please pay attention to the “Million Collection @ Hangbo” applet for details.