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- Curators plead for more money after free admission causes crisis in China museums. Xinhua News
- Ming Xiao Tomb Museum in E China's Nanjing opens free - Xinhua
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- Farmer to open ceramics themed museum - A farmer plans to open the largest ceramics themed museum in Chinese central province of Henan. Chen Jingshun has collected more than 10,000 pieces of pottery and porcelain ware in his two-storey, 200 sq m museum in Yingyang city. Most of Chen's collections are rare and cost him about 1 million yuan (146,410 U.S. dolalrs). The museum will also explain the long history of China's ceramics industry and processing technologies. (China Daily March 27, 2009)
Hongkong Post Monday announced that two special stamp issues would be released during "Hong Kong 2009 -- 23rd Asian International Stamp Exhibition" to be held in the city from May 14 to 17.
To mark the opening of the stamp exhibition, a stamp sheetlet will be issued on May 14. The sheetlet takes the tangram, a puzzle game comprising seven pieces, as its subject. A special printing effect is applied to the stamp and the enclosed screener can be placed on the stamp, and when moved slightly, the hidden pattern and words will come out.
On May 16, Hongkong Post will issue a set of Hong Kong Museums Collection special stamps. This set of stamps, presenting six selected exhibits from the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Art Museum of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, and the University Museum and Art Gallery of The University of Hong Kong, allows people to have a glimpse of the Chinese calligraphy and paintings of celebrated Chinese artists.(Xinhua News Agency April 27, 2009)
Chinese man runs private museum on Sino-U.S. relations in E China
In his hometown Hangzhou by the side of the breath-taking West Lake, Pan, 75, did not hide his pride in his project he has been launching with his wife since he retired 15 years ago. The Sino-U.S. Friendship Museum, a is now putting on a brand new exhibition for marking the 30th anniversary of Sino-U.S diplomatic relations.
At the front entrance of the Museum, there stands a bronze statue of Dr. Henry Kissinger, the man who pioneered for the thawing of the U.S.-Chinese relations in early 1970s. The formal inauguration of the museum was on the same day of the 80th birthday of the former U.S. Secretary of State. There is also a signed photo of Kissinger and a letter of congratulations from the world-known diplomat on display.
Pan used to be a researcher at Zhejiang Provincial Museum. He became interested in studying Sino-U.S. relations in the 1980s, when a team of American and Chinese-American writers paid a visit to Hangzhou. In 1985, Pan set up a foundation for studying Sino-U.S. relations with his own savings. Since then, he was invited to visit the U.S. by some Chinese-Americans, and made friends with many people, including Madame Chenault, a prominent Chinese-American woman.
Pan said he was also greatly inspired by Qian Xuesen (Chien Hsuch-Sen), a world renowned U.S.-educated Chinese scientist, who encouraged him to open a museum after retirement. After he retired, Pan collected and spent 43,000 U.S dollars in this project by organized nine exhibitions and published several books, all of them on Sino-U.S. relations. One of the exhibition was on the history of early Chinese-Americans who emigrated to America during the Qing Dynasty.
Soundbite: Pan Jie "Qian told me the best way to carry out scientific studies and researches is to keep pursuing it to the deep. He suggested me to establish a museum after retirement to study museum science and put my own ideas through the project."
The items on display are mainly documents, old newspapers, photos, pictures and paintings. Pan once produced a hanging scroll made of silk depicting the first American cargo vessel to China, "The Chinese Empress". He presented it as a gift to President George W. Bush upon his election as president in 2001. (Jan 13, 09 Source: XHTV)
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Chairman Mao Memorial Hall to Close for Maintenance
Xinhua News, March 1, 2007 - Chairman Mao Memorial Hall is to close from March 3 to September 20 for maintenance, according to the hall's administration. Located in Tian'anmen Square in downtown Beijing, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall was built after Mao Zedong died on September 9, 1976 and completed in May 1977. Since the hall opened on September 9 the same year, it has received 158 million visitors, who came to pay respects to the late Chinese leader. Mao Zedong (1893-1976), a native of Hunan Province in central China, was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of China. He served as chairman of the CPC Central Committee from 1945 to 1976, and he was also the first head of state of the People's Republic of China.
New Beijing Museum Puts on Maiden Show
Xinhua News, Dec. 17, 2005 - The new Beijing Museum, built with investment of 1.23-billion-yuan (US$152 million) reopened on a trial basis Friday, displaying various antiques as well as the old folk culture of Beijing. The museum, which focuses on life in Beijing in bygone days, covers an area of 63,390 square meters, with a 2,000-square-meter central hall. The reconstruction project lasted four years. "The new Beijing museum has 13 themed exhibition rooms displaying 5,622 items. The collection is the largest in China," said Han Yong, the curator of the museum. According to Han, 80 percent of the rarities are being showcased for the first time in China. To make it more convenient for visitors, 1,000 computerized-navigators have been installed to give visitors introductions on the exhibited items. Information is also given in English and Japanese. Other languages will be added in the future. The venue is expected to receive 2,000 visitors daily and tickets will be 20 yuan (US$2.5) each for the trial operational period.
New Beijing Museum Puts on Maiden Show
Xinhua News, Dec. 17, 2005 - The new Beijing Museum, built with investment of 1.23-billion-yuan (US$152 million) reopened on a trial basis Friday, displaying various antiques as well as the old folk culture of Beijing. The museum, which focuses on life in Beijing in bygone days, covers an area of 63,390 square meters, with a 2,000-square-meter central hall. The reconstruction project lasted four years. "The new Beijing museum has 13 themed exhibition rooms displaying 5,622 items. The collection is the largest in China," said Han Yong, the curator of the museum. According to Han, 80 percent of the rarities are being showcased for the first time in China. To make it more convenient for visitors, 1,000 computerized-navigators have been installed to give visitors introductions on the exhibited items. Information is also given in English and Japanese. Other languages will be added in the future. The venue is expected to receive 2,000 visitors daily and tickets will be 20 yuan (US$2.5) each for the trial operational period.
Heyuan Museum Listed in Guinness World Records
Xinhua News, Feb. 13, 2005 - A museum in south China's Guangdong Province has earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records with its 10,008 dinosaur egg fossils, the largest collection in the world. An official in charge of cultural affairs confirmed that the city museum of Heyuan, in the northern part of Guangdong, has entered the world-famous record book. (full coverage)
New Museum Showcases Shanxi Culture
Xinhua News Agency Jan. 10, 2005 - A local resident views an ancient wine container dating back to ancient China's Shang Dynasty (1,600 BC-1,100 BC) in the newly-built Shanxi Museum in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 8, 2005. 316 million RMB yuan (US$38.26 million) has been invested to build the museum. More than 4,000 pieces of cultural relics are displayed in the 10,000-square-meter museum to showcase the province's rich culture.
Peking Man Skull on Display
Xinhua News Agency Oct. 1, 2004) - The 500,000 year-old Peking Man skull went on display Thursday at the Zhoukoudian Peking Man Museum, southwest of Beijing. The skull is one of the only three in China, according to the Beijing News. Sources with the museum said they would transfer the bone from the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Thursday, where it has been preserved. The exhibition from September 30 to October 14 was to let Beijing citizens have a better understanding of Peking Man, said Yang Haifeng, curator of the museum. Chinese archaeologists unearthed the skull in 1929 at Zhoukoudian, about 50 km southwest of downtown Beijing. At the time, the discovery stunned the world. China has since discovered five other complete Peking Man skulls. Three were lost during World War II and the other two discovered in 1996. According to scientists' research, the 1966 skulls together with the 1930s skull, belong to the same Peking Man, who was middle-aged and has physiological characteristics of modern people. To ensure its safety, the museum has insured 4.5 million RMB yuan (US$540,000) on the bone, said Yang. "The bone is very precious and we will ask police to transport it while two routes have been prepared to prevent potential troubles." said Yang. The museum had exhibited the other of the two existent skull-- a frontal bone-- in 2003 under strict protection.
Museum Shows Vintage Locomotives
China Daily, Aug. 30, 2004 - The long-awaited Shanghai Railway Museum, with locomotives rarely seen worldwide, opened over the weekend to attract train lovers, especially kids who are interested in train technology...
Exhibition Shows Beijing's Architectural History
Xinhua News Agency September 10, 2004 - An exhibition featuring old Beijing architecture is expected to help reinforce residents' desire to protect cultural relics in the capital city. The weeklong exhibition, which opened on Tuesday in Beijing, includes three major parts: "rebuilding the imperial capital," "recovering the metropolis built in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)" and "repairing the disappeared city gates and walls."
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