The Palace Museum announced that the exhibition "New Year's Eve in the Forbidden City-"will be held from June 5 to1October 6, 2008 in the exhibition hall of Wumen-Yanchilou.
Time: 65438+20081October 6, lasting for three months from the first day of the twelfth lunar month to the third day of March.
Venue: Main Hall of Wumen and Exhibition Hall of East and West Swallow Wing Building
Theme: New Year's Eve of the Forbidden City.
Exhibition form: divided into two parts: cultural relics exhibition and live experience. This exhibition is divided into two parts: cultural relics exhibition and live experience.
The exhibition is located in the main hall of the Wumen Gate and the exhibition hall of the East-West Goose Wing Building, with 885 pieces (sets) of cultural relics on display.
The experience part includes the whole open area of the Forbidden City, which becomes the exhibition area of the Spring Festival culture. Auspicious Spring Festival couplets and door gods are hung at the entrance of the palace gate, and gorgeous palace lanterns are hung on the veranda. Tall sky lanterns and longevity lanterns stand above and below the Gan Qing Palace and the Forbidden City, using more than 65,438+0,000 imitations.
This time, the Forbidden City is full of sincerity and has carefully created many highlights, which will never let you down.
1. disappeared for nearly 200 years.
The "sky lamp" and "long life lamp" were restored for the first time.
In the newly decorated Forbidden City, ordinary palace lanterns are replaced by "sky lanterns" and "longevity lanterns" which have disappeared for nearly 200 years. This book is one of the biggest New Year activities in the early and middle Qing Dynasty. It was used more than 8,000 times from beginning to end. This is a scene of prosperity.
Restoration diagram of longevity lamp (partial)
Through the long-term efforts of researchers, we have not only made clear the usage, historical evolution and even detailed dimensions of sky lanterns and longevity lanterns in the literature; In addition, lamp body models, lamp connector samples and original lamp poles were found in various warehouses. During the exhibition, the palace lantern was hung in the Forbidden City again. These duplicate palaces are like twinkling stars all over the Forbidden City.
2.6 885 themed exhibits
The custom of paying New Year greetings to the Qing court spread in all directions.
In the Qing Dynasty, the Spring Festival was not only very important for ordinary people, but also the most important festival of the year for the Nine Emperors. "Blessing for good luck, honoring ancestors, respecting the old and caring for the young, managing the family diligently, and being happy" The Forbidden City used these six themes to describe a palace full of annual flavor for us.
Emperor Xiang Ying gave a "red envelope".
Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang, which do you choose best?
On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, "writing a pen to pray for blessings" began with Emperor Kangxi and gradually became a rule during the Qianlong period. The word "fu" of these emperors in the Qing Dynasty is equivalent to the "red envelope" for festivals now.
The module of "Blessing and Greeting Auspiciousness" shows the indispensable holiday supplies for China New Year. Blessing characters, Spring Festival couplets, spring strips, door gods, etc. It should be used by the court and the people. New Year pictures, lanterns, longevity lanterns, palace lanterns and other items are full of court characteristics.
Dunmuzu luxury reunion dinner
Qing long ti hong long Fei banquet box
New Year's Eve is the most important thing for ordinary people, and the imperial court is no exception. Friends who often watch Qing Palace dramas know that the royal banquet is extremely luxurious.
Restore the family banquet scene
The exhibition of this theme, in the form of restoration and display, presents the scene of the emperor feasting with his clansmen and empresses on the first day of the first lunar month. Banquet tables are arranged according to the records of food stalls in the forty-eight years of Qianlong, and more than 100 pieces of cultural relics are used, which is worthy of the name of "royal ostentation and extravagance".
Diligence and virtue-even the emperor has to work overtime.
During the Spring Festival, the emperor of a country is busy with official business besides offering sacrifices.
Chinese New Year must be lively. For example, in the folk, the most common way is to set off firecrackers, beat drums and perform magic tricks. ...................
Ice shoots the celestial sphere.
It depicts the scene of the Eight Banners athletes having fun in Batang at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month. The Forbidden City has been completely animated.
Spell all kinds of satin, embroidered branches, and Hua Die golden double happiness Eight Immortals clothing.
Exquisite costumes displayed together with the stage, musical instruments, scripts, dramas and paintings are rare and precious materials of traditional opera costumes in China. The small stage built in the exhibition hall is not difficult to imagine the lively and festive scene of the theater.
3. The strongest "palace temple fair" in history
Let you keep buying in buybuy.
In the garden of Cining Palace and the square outside Cining Gate, you will see the strongest vendor in history. It is the first time in history to set up a stall in the emperor's house! 145 Chinese time-honored enterprises from Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces and cities gathered in the Forbidden City.
During the period from 65438+1October 28th (Lunar New Year) to February 12 (the eighth day of the first lunar month), they will display special foods, silk garments, daily necessities, stationery, jewels and jade, cultural and creative products, and non-legacy handicrafts here.
Of course, the Forbidden City is not idle. Nearly 100 kinds of cultural and creative products related to "New Year's Eve" have been developed in one breath, including Fu Lushou series, Door God series, Sui Dynasty series, Baby Play series, Ice Play series, Plum Blossom Spring Festival series, Fu Lianlie series and Jin 'ou series. , as well as New Year gift boxes, paper bookmarks, hats and scarves, tea sets and water vessels, cushions and incense wax.
4. Digital immersion experience
Go back to emperor addiction
The digital immersive experience booth of "Spring Festival in Palace" is located in Gan Qing Palace East Hall. It inherits the rich New Year culture around the Forbidden City and adopts innovative forms such as digital technology, virtual images and motion capture. It is divided into six parts: ice fun garden, door gods praying, flowers opening, curtain painting pavilion, watching lights and fire, and Fu Na Xiang Ying. Why don't you experience it yourself and go back to be emperor ~
Finally, attach a thoughtful play guide and collect it quickly!
Recommended route
The main places involved in this exhibition are as follows:
Recommended route: See the exhibition at Wumen Gate and Yanchi Building, see the different door gods of each temple along the three main halls, see the restored lanterns of Gan Qing Palace, visit the temple fair, buy them at Cining Palace, buy buy, buy buy and buy buy, and then go to Liudong Palace to see the online celebrity palace.
Opening hours of the Forbidden City
2. The museum will be closed all day on New Year's Eve (February 4th).
3. The normal opening hours are from the first day of the first month (February 5th) to the sixth day of the first month (February 10). The opening time is 08:30 and the closing time is 15:40 and 16:30.
ticket price
08:30- 16:30 ticket 40 yuan/person.
Closed all day every Monday (except national holidays)
Tickets for Treasure Hall (i.e. entrance to Ningshou Palace, including theater and Shigu Hall) 10 yuan.
Tickets for visiting the museum (i.e. entering Fengxian Temple Scenic Area) 10 yuan.
Children under the height of 1.2m can visit for free accompanied by guardians.
Ticket purchasing strategy
1. Tickets are sold in advance 10 days until they are sold out. This website can book tickets. (Special reminder: there are many tourists during the holiday, please buy tickets in advance ~)
2. Tickets for the Forbidden City are purchased in real-name registration system, and all tourists need to enter their ID cards or passport information before booking tickets.
3. Each certificate (ID card/passport) can get a ticket on each admission day.
When placing an order, the audience who filled in the second-generation ID number can be admitted to the hospital directly at any ticket gate with the original ID card or household registration book on the day of admission, and there is no need to exchange paper tickets.
Traffic guide
Stopped vehicles: 1, 2, 10, 82, 120, 37, 52, 59, 126, 90, 99, 203, 205, 265438+
Bus stop near Wumen Gate: Tiananmen West. Parking vehicles: 1, No.5, 10, No.22, No.52, No.205, No.90, No.99, No.728, 1, No.2 bus, subway 1 line.
Shenmen (the north gate of the Palace Museum, only as
East Gate (East Gate of the Palace Museum, now the tourist exit): 800 meters west from Wangfujing Commercial Street to Donganmen Street. Bus stops around Donghuamen: Donghuamen bus stops: No.2, No.82, No.2 1 0,10, No.2. ..
Xihuamen (West Gate of the Palace Museum, usually only for staff): 600 meters northbound along Nanchang Street from Chang 'an Street, or 600 meters southbound along Nanchang Street from Beihai Park. Bus stops around Xihuamen: Vehicles stopping at Xihuamen: No.5 bus, 1 bus and No.2 bus.
Please note: There is no special parking lot in the Palace Museum. The nearest public parking lot is outside Donghuamen, Jingshan Back Street and Beihai South Gate, with limited parking spaces. It is recommended to visit the Palace Museum by public transport.
The online celebrity palace mentioned in the route is Yan Xi Palace! Yan Palace is one of the six palaces in the East of the Forbidden City, located on the east side of East Erlong Street. Yan Palace is different from other palaces because in the first year of AD (1909), Queen Yulong wanted to build a crystal palace in the palace, so she ordered the construction of a west crystal palace. Halfway through the construction, the Revolution of 1911 broke out and became an unfinished building.
Of course, you can also walk around as you like without being bound by the route and see what's different about the cafes in the palace. If you can meet a royal cat while wandering, it will be really lucky. After all, these little guys are really hard to find.