Zhejiang Provincial Museum was founded in 1929, is the largest comprehensive humanities museum in Zhejiang Province, is also a national first-class museum, the museum has a total of two museums, namely the Gushan Museum and the Wulin Museum, the former is the old museum, the latter is the new museum area.
The Wulin Museum is located in the West Lake Cultural Square, with a special location, located in the shopping mall, together with the cinema and restaurant. With the theme of Zhejiang history and Zhejiang revolutionary history, the museum has three floors above ground, the first floor is the exhibition hall of "Long Song of the Land", the second floor is the exhibition hall of "Qianjiang Tide", and the exhibition hall on the third floor has four themes: "Craftsmanship", "Extraordinary Heart", "Ten Miles of Red Makeup" and "Between Mountains and Waters".
The exhibition hall on the first floor is divided into five parts, with a total of more than 1,300 cultural relics on display. In order to enhance the interaction with visitors, the exhibition hall combines a variety of modern means such as scene restoration, model reproduction, and picture creation. The jade cong and the sword of the king of Yue are the two major attractions of the exhibition hall.
Jade Cong is one of the treasures of the museum, this jade Cong is the largest and most exquisite piece of Liangzhu culture jade cong found at present, weighing 6.5 kilograms, known as "Cong Wang". The four sides of the cong body are carved with a complete face pattern of gods, men and beasts, the top is a god, the bottom is a beast, and the two sides of the beast face are bas-relief bird patterns, the layers are clear, and the pattern is fine. The sword of the king of Yue is the bronze of the Warring States Period, the sword body is broad, it is golden yellow luster, the blade is sharp, the sword grid is cast on both sides of the double hook bird and insect book inscription, the front is "戉 (Yue) Wang (Yue) 戉王", the reverse side is "the purpose of the sword is in the eye", although this sword has gone through more than 2,000 years of wind and rain, but the scabbard is complete, the entanglement is complete, it is the most well-preserved one of the unearthed bronze swords.
The exhibition hall of "Qianjiang Tide" on the second floor takes the glorious course of Zhejiang's liberation as the theme, in addition to historical pictures and collections, it also displays many revolutionary theme creative works, including oil paintings, sculptures and other forms, which are very vivid. The exhibition hall displays the longitudinal chronological order, showing the process of Zhejiang's liberation. Horizontally, with the major revolutionary struggle activities in Zhejiang as the central point, the restored landscape is made according to historical materials, coupled with sound, photoelectric and other effects, combined with audio-visual, which not only makes the exhibition content more vivid and concrete, but also makes visitors feel immersive.
There are four themes in the exhibition hall on the third floor, and the display area of each theme is not large, but it is rich in content. "Craftsmanship Shines" is an exhibition presented in the style of intangible culture, mainly displaying Zhejiang folk artworks. The exhibition hall gives a detailed introduction to the history of handicrafts, and explains the process flow and production methods in the form of pictures and texts, so that visitors can have a more comprehensive understanding of the exhibits.
"Extraordinary Voices" mainly introduces the Chinese guqin, and the exhibition hall makes a detailed statement on the origin and historical development of the guqin through ink animation and other means, which is vivid and vivid. The second-level collection in the exhibition hall, "Caifeng Mingqi", was made in the Middle Tang Dynasty, which is the treasure of the guqin in the collection of Zhejiang Bo, and can be compared with the famous Tang qin "Jiuxiao Huanpei" in the Forbidden City.
In "Ten Miles of Red Makeup", which introduces the folk wedding customs of the Ningshao area, the exhibition hall displays the scene through a combination of displays, focusing on the display of wedding supplies such as cabinets, washstands, and makeup boxes, reflecting the entire process of wedding customs and enhancing the visibility. The exhibition hall of the Republic of China Zhu Jin wood carving Ningbo sedan chair is also one of the treasures of the top ten town halls of Zhejiang Bo, the sedan chair also has another name: "ten thousand sedan chairs", this is because it takes nearly 10,000 man-hours to make it, the whole sedan body is carved with two hundred and fifty Zhu gold lacquer wood carving figures, eight sedan chair men need to lift, it can be seen that its luxury and luxury.
"Between Mountains and Waters" mainly displays landscape paintings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, but the most eye-catching is none other than the "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map, Remnant Mountain Picture". "Fuchun Mountain Dwelling" is the pinnacle of ancient Chinese ink landscape painting, which was burned in the middle and divided into two sections, the first part of the "Leftover Mountain" is collected by the Zhejiang Museum, and the "Leftover Mountain" displayed in the exhibition hall is a copy.
In addition, temporary exhibitions will be held in the martial arts museum area from time to time, and visitors can pay attention to the museum's dynamics and visit it at that time. Gushan Museum is another branch of Zhejiang Museum, located in the West Lake Scenic Area, although the surrounding environment is beautiful, but there are many tourists, a little noisy. In addition, most of the previous collections in the Gushan Pavilion have been transferred to the Wulin Pavilion area, which is more worth visiting in comparison.
Recommended duration: 1 to 3 hours
Reference fare: Free
