2018年CRI "8 Plus" museums welcome International Museum Day

 

Cultural activities are in full swing across China to mark the International Museum Day, which falls on this Friday.

CRI's Su Yi brings us the story of one of the activities happening in Beijing.

The worldwide community of museums is celebrating International Museum Day, which falls on May 18.

As part of the celebrations, eight museums representing the former residences of some of China's cultural icons¹ have teamed up as part of an initiative they've been running for almost 20 years.

This year's theme is call "Hyper-connected Museums: New approaches, new publics".

Zhao Xiaojie, the curator of the Guo Moruo Memorial Museum, says the alliance of museums now includes participants from outside Beijing, in a move encouraged by the government to better integrate Beijing with its neighboring areas.

"First, the '8 Plus' alliance is a cross-regional collaboration². Originally, the members were 8 museums in Beijing. Later, it expanded to the Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei area. Now it is across the country. The regional collaboration integrates the resources of the museums, so as to enhance the soft power of our country. Second, it is a cross-industry collaboration. There are writers, revolutionaries, scientists, and artists among the participants. "

Wang Hongying, the curator of the Lao She Memorial Museum, explains the operating model of the "8 Plus" museums.

"At the beginning we only focused on cultural icons from the 20th Century. Now we have extended the scope to include contemporary icons. Many relics³, manuscripts, masterpieces, lectures, performances, along with big data are incorporated into our exhibitions. We also introduce works written by our own staff, fans, and experts. "

Li Xueying, director of the museum for the Former Residence of Soong Ching Ling, talks about how they are working to attract young people to the museum.

"An exhibition of cheongsam owned by the Soong sisters was held months ago. It takes a lot of effort to bring these rare relics together. The elder and younger sisters had never seen each other since the latter left the Chinese mainland. 70 years later, the exhibition brings them together here in Beijing. It displays the history hidden of this stylish⁴ Chinese dress to young people. We don't instill tedious stories into them. What they like is what we offer."

1 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

2 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

3 relics   

[pl.］n.遗物，遗迹，遗产；遗体，尸骸

参考例句：

• The area is a treasure house of archaeological relics. 这个地区是古文物遗迹的宝库。
• Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics. 西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。

4 stylish   

adj.流行的，时髦的；漂亮的，气派的

参考例句：

• He's a stylish dresser.他是个穿着很有格调的人。
• What stylish women are wearing in Paris will be worn by women all over the world.巴黎女性时装往往会引导世界时装潮流。