Shunde Museum

Shunde Museum

synonym

Shunde Museum generally refers to Shunde Museum

Shunde museum is a comprehensive museum, through the collection and display of local cultural relics, ancient buildings, historical materials, works of art and other cultural heritage to preserve and promote the unique local culture of Shunde. It is a collection, display, publicity and education, scientific research and other functions of the cultural platform, established in 1980, under the Publicity Department of Shunde District Party committee (Shunde District Bureau of culture and sports) .

The Museum covers an area of 32500 square meters, with a total construction area of 27000 square meters and a display area of 9084 square meters. The exhibition area is divided into three parts, with "Shunde people" There are two permanent exhibition halls, namely, shundeshi exhibition hall and Shunde ancestral hall historical exhibition hall, six special exhibition halls, namely, overseas hometown exhibition hall, Ming and Qing furniture exhibition hall, collection cultural relics exhibition hall, Bruce Lee exhibition hall, collection calligraphy and painting exhibition hall, and Guangdong opera quyi exhibition hall, as well as temporary exhibition halls that can undertake all kinds of exhibitions.

Development history

In 1541, the Xishan Temple (formerly known as Guandi Temple) was built, which went through reconstruction and extension.

At the end of 1986, the Xishan temple, a key scenic spot funded by the county people's government for restoration, was built as a museum after its completion. Xishan temple was built in the Ming Dynasty. It is built close to the mountain. It is simple, elegant and magnificent. It has been rebuilt and expanded from generation to generation, with a total area of 5072 square meters. Xishan temple and Sanyuan Palace (the former site of Shunde County peasant self defense army cadre school of the Cultural Revolution) all preserved the architectural style of the late Qing Dynasty. It is a cultural relic protection unit in Shunde City.

In 1980, Shunde District Museum was established.

In March 1992, after Shunde county was removed to build a city, it was transformed into Shunde Museum.

In April 2008, the construction of the new museum officially started.

In September 2009, the new building was officially capped.

In December 2013, the new museum was completed and opened.

architectural composition

The new museum of Shunde District covers an area of 32500 square meters, with a total construction area of 27000 square meters and a display area of 9084 square meters. It is composed of the main building and the auxiliary building, including three floors above the ground, four floors in some parts and one floor underground, with a maximum of 26 meters in some parts. The main building is the visiting area, which is composed of basic exhibition hall, special exhibition hall and temporary exhibition hall. The total area of the basic exhibition hall is about 4751 square meters, with two permanent exhibition halls: "Shunde people and Shunde things" and "Shunde ancestral hall history exhibition hall". The exhibition hall covers a total area of 2913 square meters, with six special exhibition halls, namely "overseas hometown exhibition hall", "Ming and Qing furniture exhibition hall", "cultural relics exhibition hall", "Bruce Lee exhibition hall", "calligraphy and painting exhibition hall" and "Cantonese opera art exhibition hall". The temporary exhibition hall covers an area of 1420 square meters and is used to hold various temporary exhibitions. In addition to the exhibition area, there are various service and functional areas in the main building, including academic research room, multi-functional conference room, library, food center, rest area, baby care room, shop, etc., to provide various services for the audience. In addition to the offices of various departments, there are also professional rooms for calligraphy and painting creation, cultural relic restoration, photography, Cultural Relic Appreciation and mounting.

Exhibition Profile

Basic Exhibition

"Shunde people and Shunde affairs" exhibition: focusing on "Shunde people and Shunde affairs", the exhibition comprehensively narrates the historical features of Shunde, starting from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, until the liberation of Shunde on October 28, 1949. The exhibition is divided into six parts: "long time", "hardworking tuwo people", "Zhuang County in Lingnan", "Yuxiu Zhongling", "thick custom and honest wind", "beacon fire in Shuixiang", refining Shunde's brilliant achievements in archaeological discovery, cultivation and cultivation, industrial and commercial management, elite sages, folk customs, liberation of Anti Japanese War, etc. Through the 6-meter-long crocodile bone, the Eastern Han Dynasty dome lamp pottery figurines and other precious cultural relics, as well as new exhibition means such as pictures, sculptures, restoration scenes and multimedia, the three-dimensional display of Shunde people who have been vigorous and vigorous for thousands of years has opened up the wonderful story of fertile land pingchou and Lingnan Zhuang county.

Exhibition of ancestral hall history: Shunde ancestral hall is a collection of ancient temple construction methods and traditional crafts, as well as "Three Sculptures and two sculptures" (brick, wood, stone, pottery, and gray) with distinctive local characteristics. It has a miniature of Luo's ancestral hall, which can represent Shunde ancestral hall architecture, as well as Shunde ancestral hall culture and social folk customs, such as dragon dance.

Special exhibition

Collection of Cultural Relics: Mr. Zhang Haitao carefully selected nearly 80 pieces of ancient ceramics and held the exhibition of Zhang Haitao's collection of ceramics to share the joy of collection with the audience.

Collection and Calligraphy: the exhibition hall exhibits the collection and calligraphy fine paintings since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, presenting the essence and charm of Shunde calligraphy and painting. It also held exhibitions of calligraphy and painting, including the exhibition of Wu Bairu's China paintings, the deep mother love and the Liang Jiehua portrait exhibition.

Furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasties: the exhibition hall is set in the courtyard of Shunde's large families in Qing Dynasty. Five exhibition scenes are constructed, including hall, master's room, study room, lady's room and reception hall. It is equipped with more than 100 pieces of exquisite furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasties. It shows the living culture and customs of Lingnan area and presents the elegant and beautiful art space of Shunde's families in the past.

Cantonese Opera: the exhibition hall focuses on the achievements of Shunde Cantonese opera culture, including the development of Shunde Cantonese opera, costumes, headgear, musical instruments and other related objects.

Overseas Hometown: the exhibition hall displays pictures and materials of overseas friends.

Bruce Lee Exhibition: this exhibition hall displays many photos of Bruce Lee and his related articles. With his family history, life, martial arts and performing arts as clues, it describes in detail his origin and life with Shunde. At the same time, a series of videos of Bruce Lee will be shown in the exhibition hall to show the achievements and influence of this famous martial arts artist and movie star in a three-dimensional way with modern means, so that people can have a deeper understanding of Bruce Lee and truly feel the style of this outstanding Shunde villager.

Collection

Venue features

Shunde Museum has a large dynamic LED screen in the public space area to introduce the contents of the exhibition hall and the exhibition situation, so as to provide reference for visitors. The permanent exhibition hall is equipped with wireless voice guide system and self-service explanation service. In addition, the museum is fully covered by WiFi wireless network, so that the audience can check the relevant information on the Internet while visiting, and share the fun of visiting with friends. The server of the application computer information center of the museum also has a collection of cultural relics system, library management system, file management system and material management system.

Honors

In May 2009, it was named "national third level museum" by the State Administration of cultural relics.

In May 2016, he won the "2015 Best Tourism Promotion Award of Guangdong Province".

Visit information

Opening Hours:

It is open to the public free of charge (except special exhibitions). Admission will be suspended from 9:00 to 17:00 every Tuesday to Sunday (16:30). It will be closed every Monday (except legal holidays and special circumstances).

Transportation Guide:

Bus: take 300, 301, 308, 312, 316, 318, 319, 902, 904, 905, 918, 920, 923, 928 and other bus lines, get off at "Jiaxin City Garden" or "Shunde District government" station, and walk to the new Shunde Museum.

Self driving: park the vehicle in the underground parking lot of the cultural center.

Address: cultural center of new urban area, Daliang street, Shunde, Foshan

Longitude: 113.29662

Latitude: 22.800919

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 every Tuesday to Sunday (stop admission at 16:30), closed on Monday (except legal holidays).