Royal gardens are important parts of the ancient capital. There are not only exquisite architectures and charming sceneries, but also profound cultural deposits. In spare time, you can stroll through the royal gardens and encounter exquisite exhibitions in the ancient buildings.
1. The Top of Forbidden City, The View of Imperial Capital - Beijing Royal Garden Poetry, Calligraphy, Painting and Printing Exhibition
On November 1, the The Top of Forbidden City, The View of Imperial Capital - Beijing Royal Garden Poetry, Calligraphy, Painting and Printing Exhibition jointly sponsored by the Chinese Calligraphy Culture Research Institute of Capital Normal University and Jingshan Park Management Office was held in the Guande Hall of Jingshan Park. With the theme of Beijing imperial garden culture, the exhibition displayed 15 traditional Chinese paintings, 21 calligraphy works and 6 seal cutting works.
The exhibition was directed by Professor Zhang Tongyin, doctoral supervisor of the Chinese Calligraphy Culture Research Institute of Capital Normal University. Professor Zhang Tongyin and other nine authors expressed their admiration, deep feelings and sincere love for Beijing Royal Garden through poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing. Among them, 6 seal cutting authors spent one year to manage 111 square meters of seals with the theme of Beijing imperial garden culture, demonstrating high artistic accomplishment and attainments of gold and stone.
The exhibition will last until November 27, 2022.
Exhibition Hall: Guande Hall of Jingshan Park
2. About the Mountain, Waters and the Gardens
Sponsored by the Beijing Park Management Center and organized by the Summer Palace Management Office, the theme exhibition of a series of fine cultural relics, "About the Mountain, Waters and the Gardens" is on display in the Summer Palace Museum.
The exhibition is divided into five parts, namely, the beautiful landscape, the prosperity and decline of famous gardens, the transformation of the sky and the shrinking of the earth, the management of garden houses, and the rebirth of ancient gardens. It explains the landscape environment of the famous historical gardens in the western suburbs of Beijing, the building process over the years, the classical artistic achievements, the multi-functions of garden houses, and the ongoing construction and development process.
The exhibition will last until February 5, 2023.
Exhibition Hall: Summer Palace Museum
3. A Look Back and A Look Ahead
A Look Back and A Look Ahead opens at Purple Bamboo Park. The exhibition integrates the traditional Chinese culture with the connotation of contemporary life and children’s emotions, and focuses on the excellent original paintings in the Jiushenlu Picture Book Gallery, where ancient Chinese illustrations and fashionable ancient charm coexist.
The illustrations presented in this exhibition can be divided into ancient and modern parts. Ancient illustration works are especially worth seeing. In 2018, as one of the guest of honor activities of the 55th Bologna International Children's Book Fair, the "Oriental Calligraphy Charm - Ancient Chinese Illustration Art Exhibition" was grandly displayed in Bologna City Hall, Italy. More than 350 fine pictures and texts, including the Diamond Sutra of the Tang Dynasty, the official revision pharmacopoeia of the Ming Dynasty, and multiple versions of large-scale painting manuals of the Qing Dynasty, were displayed to show the root of Chinese illustration art to the world. This batch of precious ancient Chinese illustrations will be intensively presented in this exhibition as well.
Modern illustration exhibits are mainly selected from the works of Jiushenlu Picture Book Gallery, an original picture book brand under the China Children’s Press and Publication Bureau. As fro creation, the Jushenlu Picture Book Gallery draws heavily on the elements of ancient Chinese illustration art, as well as world-class intangible cultural heritage elements such as paper-cut, seal cutting, and shadow play, thus to lead children to contact and understand the essence of Chinese culture and art. Precious ancient illustration works and exquisite contemporary excellent original Chinese picture book illustration complement each other at the exhibition site, leading the audience to trace back to the past and the present, and understand the long history of the development of Chinese illustration art.
The exhibition will last until February 28, 2023.
Exhibition Hall: Purple Bamboo Park
