Museum of Quanzhou

Quanzhou museum was founded in 1985. It is located in Quanzhou Confucian temple in the center of Quanzhou City. There are "cultural relics exhibition of Quanzhou Confucian Temple", "Quanzhou historical celebrity Memorial Hall", "Quanzhou ancient education hall" and so on. It also manages the ancient buildings of Quanzhou Confucian temple with a long history and famous at home and abroad. The Confucian Temple of Quanzhou Prefecture was declared as a national cultural relic protection unit by the State Council in 2001. Quanzhou museum is not only the historical reappearance of Quanzhou ancient port civilization and "maritime Silk Road", but also an ideal place for academic research, cultural exchange, tourism and leisure, as well as a base for patriotism education and a place for national lifelong education.

Museum of Quanzhou

Quanzhou museum is located in the north of the West Lake Park at the foot of Qingyuan mountain. It is a comprehensive museum with the architectural style of Southern Fujian. It is also the site of the "world multicultural Exhibition Center" established by UNESCO. It covers an area of more than 80 mu and has a construction area of more than 16000 square meters. The exhibition includes "Quanzhou history and culture", "Quanzhou Nanyin, opera art" and other basic exhibitions, as well as "Quanzhou ancient calligraphy", "Quanzhou folk collection" and other exhibitions. Quanzhou museum is the base of patriotism education and the place of national lifelong education.

Development history

Quanzhou museum was founded in January 1985. It is located in Dacheng Hall of Quanzhou Confucian temple in the center of the city. The Confucian Temple of Quanzhou Prefecture was declared as a national cultural relic protection unit by the State Council in 2001.

In 2001, the municipal Party committee and the municipal government decided to build a new Quanzhou Museum, which was started in September 2002 and opened in New Year's Day 2005.

Venue composition

Quanzhou Museum covers an area of 82 mu, with a construction area of more than 16000 square meters. The overall building includes Quanzhou Museum and the multicultural Exhibition Center established by UNESCO. It is also the largest comprehensive museum in Quanzhou.

Quanzhou History Exhibition

Quanzhou history exhibition is located on the second floor of the museum, covering an area of 1500 square meters. It is divided into four parts: "early development", "the rise of Erythrina", "the largest port in the East" and "Chunnan Xiongfeng". Taking the history of Quanzhou as the main line, starting from the ancient forest sites in Shenhu in ancient times, it covers the traces of Fujian and Vietnam ancestors living and reproducing on this land; the prosperity of the maritime Silk Road; the prosperity of the East China Sea In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Quanzhou wrote a blue historical chapter. As soon as you enter the gate of the exhibition hall on the second floor, the preface entitled "on the side of water" vividly shows Quanzhou's coastal city with mountains and sea. The sand table in the first exhibition hall shows the changes in the topography of the Taiwan Strait, as well as the trace and shadow left by the migration of Paleolithic ancient humans from the mainland to Baodao. We can see the Quaternary mammal fossils unearthed in Shishi sea area, including ancient rhombodonta, Tetrastigma, etc. Among them are the pottery of Han Dynasty, the tomb bricks of Jin Dynasty and the pottery models of Five Dynasties.

Folk collection exhibition and folk painting and calligraphy exhibition

Folk collection exhibition and folk painting and calligraphy exhibition are located on the third floor, providing a space for collectors to display their collections. Collectors can apply to the museum to display their collections, and can determine the time and type of display according to their own situation. This is also an innovation of Quanzhou Museum in the display of collections. Now there are more than 200 collections. The temporary exhibition hall on the fourth floor will accept various types of exhibits such as calligraphy and painting, photography and ceramics from time to time, and can hold various forms of exhibitions.

In addition to displaying the unearthed cultural relics, there are also special scenes in the exhibition hall. For example, in the tomb of the fourth year of Chengsheng (555 AD) of the Liang Dynasty in Fengze District, the half wall of the tomb chamber and the burial objects can be clearly seen. Visitors can see the original shape of the tomb and have a more intuitive understanding of the tomb culture at that time. Many lights are inductive. As soon as someone walks by, the lights in the display cabinet will light up slowly. In the "grand style of QUANNAN", the theme of "waves in the Taiwan Strait and integration of the two sides" is highlighted, and cultural relics related to Zheng Chenggong, the national hero, and Shi Lang, the commander of Fujian Navy in the Qing Dynasty are displayed. In addition, there are exhibitions of Quanzhou Overseas Chinese, historical celebrities and many other contents.

Quanzhou history and culture is the exhibition of Quanzhou general history. The exhibition is divided into four parts: "early development", "the rise of Erythrina", "the largest port in the East", and "Chunnan Xiongfeng".

Quanzhou Nanyin opera art is a special exhibition of Quanzhou local opera. It is divided into five parts: preface hall, music history tracing, world heritage, music treasure and art inheritance. Quanzhou is known as "xiwozi". Local operas mainly include Nanyin opera, Liyuan opera, puppet opera, Gaojia opera, Dacheng opera, puppet opera and other art treasures. In 2007, "Quanzhou Nanyin" was named the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

Collection

Bronze chime bells

Handed down in the sixth year of Tongzhi reign of Qing Dynasty

It is 21 cm high and 16 cm in diameter. The chime is made of bronze, with bridge shaped buttons. The two ends of the chime are curved inward, with a drum belly. On the face of the chime, there are four groups of drum Ding patterns. The space between the patterns is engraved with two groups of words: "May of the sixth year of Tongzhi" and "made by Yan Jinqing of Tanshui Tongzhi, North Taiwan Road".

Special activities

Puppet show the audience can watch the live performance of the string puppet.

"Golden memory - the record of the 6th farmers' games of the people's Republic of China", with an exhibition area of 1260 square meters. The Sixth National Farmers' games is the first national comprehensive Games held in Quanzhou since the founding of new China. The exhibition consists of pictures, cultural relics and scenes, with nearly 500 pictures, 445 cultural relics and 10 scenes.

Function value

Quanzhou museum is a window to show the multi-cultural treasure house of Quanzhou. Quanzhou museum is not only the historical reappearance of Quanzhou ancient port civilization and "maritime Silk Road", but also an ideal place for academic research, cultural exchange, tourism and leisure, as well as a base for patriotism education and a place for national lifelong education.

Organization setup

Quanzhou museum is divided into six departments

1、 Office

Responsible for the daily administrative affairs, foreign affairs, personnel, logistics and financial work of the library.

2、 Business department

To be responsible for the research, design, production and layout of the exhibition; the management of the cultural relics storehouse; the collection of cultural relics; the archaeological investigation and excavation; and the academic research and exchange activities.

3、 Propaganda and Education Department

Responsible for the exhibition explanation and reception; responsible for the publicity outside the museum, liaison agencies, schools and other groups to visit; responsible for the summer camp activities and other social education activities of various primary and secondary schools, kindergartens and other groups.

4、 Safekeeping Department

To be responsible for the preservation, verification, measurement and registration of cultural relics.

5、 Security Department

To be responsible for the security and prevention of cultural relics and property in the museum.

Visit information

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday

8:30-17:00 in off season 8:30-17:30 in peak season

Ticket price: Free

Address: North of Xihu Park, Fengze District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province

Transportation route: take bus No.202, 203, 37 directly; take bus No.26, 17, 21, 2, 27, 33, 6, 39 to the west gate bus stop of West Lake Park, and then walk to the museum.

Address: Xihu street, Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province

Longitude: 118.58578238758

Latitude: 24.93518733011

Tel: 0595-22757518

Transportation information: transportation route: take bus No.202, 203, 37 directly; take bus No.26, 17, 21, 2, 27, 33, 6, 39 to Xihu station

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: 8:30-17:00 in off season, 8:30-17:30 in peak season