living museum

I. The opening of the first urban living museum subject in China

The opening of the new era of new "urban living museum" seminar has laid a good foundation for the innovation and development of the museum.

According to sichuan television, sichuan news network, chengdu television and other media reports, October 15-17, 2024, China's new era for the first time the new "urban living museum seminar" in sichuan province, chengdu city, yiyuan garden garden art museum was successfully held, zhang baiyi act on behalf of the ancient construction from beijing and all over the country, Garden, history, literature, literature, culture and conservation experts gathered together with Sichuan local experts, relevant cultural and museum associations and related cultural and museum departments and units, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the former director of the first policy and regulations initiated the first new era of the new "urban living museum," a series of topics, to launch a warm high-level seminars. On the urban living museum, the ancient Shu Jinniu Road and Jinniu Dam, Luo Zhewen Xinhua style "traditional new garden" topics were discussed, discussed the definition of urban living museums and determination criteria, back to the ancient Shu Jinniu Road of the cultural lineage, and came up with fruitful research results. Participating experts believe that:

First, "Yi Garden Museum brings together six thematic venues, namely, Sichuan Garden, Ancient Shu Jinniu Dam, Sichuan Bonsai, Tianfu School of Painting Art Museum, Sichuan Opera Art Museum, and Hanbok Wedding Experience Museum, and is a comprehensive "living museum of the city" integrating tangible cultural heritage, intangible cultural heritage, and natural heritage, and it is a spiritual home where everything has a spirit and returns to the nature.

Secondly, Yi Garden inherits Luo Zhewen's "traditional new garden" architectural concept of Xinhua style, which is a masterpiece of traditional new garden of Xinhua style, and can be promoted as a demonstration project of traditional new garden of Xinhua style, and set up Luo Zhewen's Chinese Ancient Architecture and Landscape Architecture Research Institute as a living museum of the city and a research institution of Luo Zhewen's "traditional new garden" heritage for academic research and development. As a research institution of urban living museum and Luo Zhewen's "traditional new garden" heritage, it can conduct academic research and carry forward the development.

Thirdly, the famous Ba Shu cultural scholars Tan Jiho, Qi Hehui and other experts traced the historical lineage of the ancient Shu Road, the ancient Shiyi Road, the ancient Jinniu Road, interpreted the history of the Jinniu Dam and the ancient Shu Jinniu Road, and believed that: YiYuan Jinniu Dam is a representative cultural symbol of the historical lineage of the ancient Shu Road, is the indispensable and irreplaceable historical and cultural heritage of the ancient Shu Jinniu Road, and is the "Ancestral Source of the Memory of the Ancient Shu Jinniu Road, Cultural Landmarks".

Fourthly, Director Zhang Bai said: the opening of the new era of new "urban living museum" subject, will be conducive to promote the innovation and development of traditional museums, Yi Park is a new urban living museum example. Today in Sichuan officially launched China's "urban living museum" of the subject of the seminar, has a practical significance, and the formation of an important subject results for the future of the new "urban living museum" development to provide academic theoretical support.

Fifthly, it summarizes the difference between urban living museums and village living museums, and the basic conditions of urban living museums: firstly, urban living museums must be urbanized; secondly, cultural scenarios must be comprehensive; thirdly, the space must be open; fourthly, it must be dynamic; fifthly, it must be residents' participation and socialization; and sixthly, it must be the integration of new scenarios and new industries of culture and tourism.

II. Definition of the new Living Museum of the City

The new urban living museum is a forward-looking and innovative approach to cultural heritage preservation, a comprehensive approach to exhibition and preservation that combines the concepts of traditional and modern museums. It emphasizes treating the entire park scene and its population groups as a whole, providing a new direction and mode of development for traditional museums. The living museum emphasizes the integration of cultural heritage with modern life, and allows visitors to better understand and feel the charm of culture through display, experience and interaction.

Relevant experts on the limitations that exist in traditional static museums:

1. Single mode of exhibition, lack of interactivity

Traditional museums usually have a one-dimensional approach to exhibitions, relying mainly on static displays and explanatory panels to convey information. This approach lacks interactivity and immersion, and cannot fully mobilize the senses and cognition of the audience.

2.Insufficient audience experience and lack of in-depth participation

Traditional museums often do not pay enough attention to the design of the exhibition space and environment, and are unable to provide the audience with opportunities for in-depth participation. The audience's experience in the museum is more passive and lacks a sense of immersion.

3.Underutilization of resources and lack of innovative mechanisms

Traditional museums have deficiencies in resource utilization and lack effective innovation mechanisms. Many museums fail to make full use of modern information technology, such as the Internet of Things and big data, to enhance display effects and management efficiency.

4.Environmental and facility issues that detract from the visiting experience.

III. Basic Definition of Yi Garden's "Living Museum of the City

Yi Garden "Urban Living Museum" is a comprehensive living museum based on the garden art museum of "Xinhua Style Traditional New Garden" by Luo Zhewen, a master of Chinese ancient architecture and garden, which has advanced with the times. Its basic definition is:

1. Revitalization of exhibits

Museum exhibition is constantly developing and changing, it breaks through the static display space limitations of traditional museums, and closely connects the indoor static space with the outdoor dynamic space and travelers' experience.

2.The human culture of heritage

A living experience program that transforms tangible, intangible and natural cultural heritage into a humanistic spirit that can be participated in and enjoyed.

3.Courtyardization of the exhibition hall

The entire park scene and its populace groups are considered as a compound whole, and each group and each labor and activity in the park is seen as an integral element.

4.Experientialization of the scene

The concept of courtyard type pavilion in the park is to emphasize the experiential scene concept, so that the exhibits return to life, so that people can get close to the exhibits and return to nature.

 

‌‌Basic Characteristics of YiYuan's "Living Museum of the City"

1.Diversity of content in the exhibition park

Yi Garden Museum is a comprehensive cultural and tourism expo park that brings together six thematic venues, namely, Sichuan Garden Art Expo, Ancient Shu Jinniu Dam Historical Heritage, Sichuan Bonsai Expo, Tianfu School of Painting Art Museum, Sichuan Opera Art Museum, and Han Clothes Wedding Museum, and combines tangible, intangible and natural cultural heritage in one comprehensive cultural and tourism expo park.

2.Breaking through the limitations of exhibition space

Yi Garden Museum consists of a garden art scene space with an area of about 200 acres and 150,000 square meters, which is an exhibition and experiential living scene pavilion closely linked by indoor static space and outdoor dynamic space. Its three-dimensional landscape painting space can provide unlimited space for the museum's exhibition and experience expansion.

3.Exhibit Living Life Variability

Chinese garden art is a comprehensive work of art composed of garden architecture, natural landscape, flowers, trees and strange stones, rich in poetry and picturesque. It has the basic characteristics of natural originality and living vitality. It has the characteristics of changing scenery, changing seasons in spring, summer, fall and winter, changing weather conditions, and changing life style with the overlapping of years.

4.Compatibility between tradition and the times

Yi Garden is a "new traditional garden of Xinhua style" created under the guidance of Luo Zhewen, a master of Chinese classical garden, with the goal of "inheriting Chinese culture and creating classics of the times", which is a new type of classical garden with "inheritance and innovation". It is a new type of classical garden with "inheritance and innovation". It takes the garden culture as the spiritual carrier to show the contemporary humanities and art, and combines the traditional way of living with the requirements of the modern living environment, constituting the contemporary Chinese-style living environment.

5.Exemplary conservation and utilization of cultural heritage

Under the principle of the basic concept of "Protection and Utilization", Yiyuan Museum is closely integrated with the concept of "Use of Culture and Commerce", and the building with heritage value is moved and the components of the heritage are formed to create a commercial body with the function of integration of culture and tourism and experience, and the cultural elements are integrated into the commercial space, so as to realize the dual value of heritage protection and commercial utilization.

6.Convergence of new scenarios and businesses in cultural tourism

The dozens of venues and attractions composed of six cultural theme venues and garden art space of YiYuan Museum have been organically integrated with urban tourism to become a national 4A tourist attraction. It is both a new era of new "urban living museum" academic seminar projects, but also a new era of urban cultural tourism project topics.

7. Liveability

The new scene and new business mode of Yi Garden courtyard-type integrated multi-dimensional art space and cultural tourism fusion makes up for the problem of display space limitation of traditional museums, and provides the audience with the opportunity to participate in the experience in depth, so that tourists have a sense of immersive experience.

8.Sustainability of scenic and practical, literary and commercial links

The living experience space of Yi Garden Museum, firstly, helps the inheritance and innovation, protection and utilization of cultural heritage. Secondly, the business scenario of YiYuan Museum is "scenic and practical, cultural and commercial association", which can "promote business with culture and raise culture with business", realizing the basic goal of "raising the park with the park and raising the museum with the museum". It can promote the sustainable development of economy and culture.