An exhibit on display. (Photo/Deng Xia)
The Hunan Music Relics and Stories Exhibition opened at the Hunan Museum on July 28. The exhibition combines physical musical relics with digital display technologies to create an active text and an audio-visual feast of musical civilization.
The exhibition brings together 170 pieces of music-related collections in Hunan Province, showing the development course of Hunan's music culture. Various digital display technologies are adopted to integrate cultural relics, musical sounds, figures, literature, history, and images that are related to Hunan music.
Visitors watch a digital exhibit featuring music and dance performances of the Western Han Dynasty. (Photo/Deng Xia)
A digital exhibit on display. It reproduces the happy scene of ancestors fishing and hunting on the early morning and using musical instruments to celebrate the harvest. (Photo/Deng Xia)
The exhibition was planned to showcase the achievements of a project included in the 13th Five-Year Plan National Key Research & Development Initiative. The project, titled "Research and Demonstration of Key Technologies of Cultural Relics Exhibition Based on Knowledge Graph", was undertaken by the Hunan Museum, the Tianjin University and the Beijing Baidu Netcom Science And Technology Co., Ltd.
The exhibition will run until October 30. During the period, the Hunan Museum will launch various activities, including an online concert themed Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day, music and dance performances at exhibition halls, online talks with masters, and on-site expert lectures.
Exhibition Tips:
Duration: July 28, 2022 to October 30, 2022
Venue: Special Exhibition Hall 1, First Floor, Hunan Museum
Full-price ticket: 50 yuan/person
Concessionary ticket price: 25 yuan/person for students of, or under, full-time undergraduate programs; the elders between 60 and 65; and, people on subsistence allowances with their valid documents.
Ticket package: full-price at 80 yuan/person; concessionary price at 40 yuan/person (covering this exhibition and an exhibition titled "Infinite Beauty - Literature and Female Images in the Figure Paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties")
Free admission: children under 14; the elders above 65; the disabled, military personnel in active service, and retired officials with valid documents.
How to visit:
Before visiting, visitors are required to make a reservation through the official WeChat account or website of the Hunan Museum, or the museum's Alipay mini-program.
Opening hours:
Every Tuesday to Sunday; 9:00-17:00 (last entry at 16:00)
Closed on Mondays except national statutory holidays.
Consulting hotline:
0731-84415833/84475933
Source: en.changsha.gov.cn
