Beijing is the cultural and artistic center of China. It is said that there are more than 300 various large and small museums (academies) and art galleries in Beijing.
We have visited more than 30 museums and art galleries. There are government-run museums with large individual volumes, such as the Palace Museum, the National Museum, the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, the National Art Museum of China, the Beijing Museum of Natural History, the Beijing Planetarium, the Capital Museum, the China Film Museum, the Chinese Museum of Paleozoology, and the Chinese Garden Museum, Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum, Beijing Folklore Museum, China Century Art Museum, National Classics Museum, etc. These museums need to arrange special time to visit.
There are smaller museums mixed with scenic spots, such as Prince Kung’s Mansion Museum, Confucian Temple and Guozijian Museum, Zhengyang Gate, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, Xiangshan Shuangqing Villa, Old Summer Palace Exhibition Hall, Lama Temple Tibetan Buddhist Art Museum . When visiting the scenic spots of these museums, I visited them by the way.
There are excellent private museums, such as Guanfu Museum, Poly Art Museum, Red Brick Art Museum, Luo Hong Photography Art Museum, Vivigno Fragrance Art Museum, Parkview Contemporary Art Museum, etc.
There is a grading system for museums in China, and the levels from high to low are first, second and third. At present, all museums in Beijing need to make an appointment one day in advance. Visitors who have not made an appointment cannot enter the site.
Friendly reminder: use WeChat to download the "Beijing Local Treasure APP", which contains introductions to museums and parks in the capital, entrance reservations for ticket purchases, travel guides, audio explanations, etc., which is very convenient.
According to our favorite level, introduce the 10 most worth seeing museums and art galleries in Beijing: Palace Museum, National Museum, Military Museum, National Art Museum of China, Beijing Museum of Natural History, Beijing Planetarium, Capital Museum, China Film Museum, Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum, Guanfu Museum. Among them, the first six are recommended to be visited.
Palace Museum (first-class museum)
The Palace Museum is the largest domestic museum, and is also known as the first of the five largest palaces in the world (the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, the White House in the United States, and the Kremlin in Russia), and is a world cultural heritage.
The Forbidden City was built in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420) in the Ming Dynasty. It has a history of 600 years. It used to be the royal palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties. It used to be called the Forbidden City, and 24 emperors lived there.
Scenery at the noon gate.
Overlook video of the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City.
The Forbidden City is the essence of ancient Chinese palace architecture, and it is also one of the largest and best-preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
Tourists enter the Forbidden City to visit, one is to see the palace buildings; the other is to see the former dynasty of the emperor and ministers (outer court); the third is to see the queen's and concubine's living quarters (inner court); the fourth is to see the collection and exhibition of cultural relics in the Forbidden City. The fifth is to buy some cultural and creative works exclusive to the Forbidden City.
The former dynasty mainly looked at the three halls of Taihe, Zhonghe, and Baohe.
On the two wings of the three halls, there are two halls of Wenhua and Wuying to see.
The well-known "Military Aircraft Office" located next to the Qianqing Gate is pitifully small, just a row of small bungalows, and the relationship between the emperor and his officials is like this.
The back bedroom mainly looks at the three palaces of Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, and Kunning Palace. The folk saying "three palaces and six courtyards" refers to these three palaces.
The three palaces of the back bedroom are the places where the emperor handles daily government affairs and lives with the empress. The "Kunning Palace" where the queen lives has a huge hall and great power.
The two wings of the three major palaces are the living palaces for the concubines, including the East Sixth Palace and the West Sixth Palace. These palaces are much smaller, and compared with the Kunning Palace, there is a world of difference. For example, the "Chengqian Palace" next to Kunning Palace is a small four harmony courtyard. No wonder the battle between the queen and the concubines was fierce, and everyone wanted to move into a big house.
With the popularity of Gongdou drama, some palaces in the East Sixth Palace and West Sixth Palace have also become Internet celebrity palaces, such as "Yanxi Palace" has become a popular check-in place.
The Forbidden City has permanent cultural relics exhibition halls, such as Treasure Hall, Drama Hall, Stone Drum Hall, Clock Hall, Calligraphy and Painting Hall, Ceramics Hall, Sculpture Hall, Ancient Building Hall, Bronze Ware Hall, Armament Hall, Furniture Hall, etc.
The Meridian Gate, Zhai Palace, Yongshou Palace, Shenwu Gate, Jingren Palace and other exhibition halls of the Forbidden City will hold temporary exhibitions from time to time, such as "Dan Chen Yonggu - Six Centennial Exhibition of the Forbidden City", and will also cooperate with foreign museums from time to time. Exhibition.
Video of the Six Centennial Exhibition of the Forbidden City.
The Forbidden City is very large. It is said that there are 9999 and a half rooms in the palace, which is called "the sea of palaces". The time to visit the Forbidden City can be long or short. Half a day is not enough for a rough look, and one day is not enough for a close look.
The broadcast of Gongdou Opera has made many Internet celebrity check-in places appear in the Forbidden City. With the check-in map, many tourists check-in according to the map.
One of the Internet celebrity check-in places, Persimmon Red Wall.
From time to time in the Forbidden City, there will be beauties in costumes or Manchu costumes, shuttling among tourists, taking pictures and live broadcasting.
In recent years, it has become a fashion to go to the Forbidden City to wear checkered clothes for photography.
Even the grandma came to check in.
The Forbidden City is not only a museum, but also a national 5A-level tourist attraction, so you need to buy tickets to enter the Forbidden City, 60 yuan/person in peak season (April-October), 40 yuan/person in off-season (November-March), over 60 years old Seniors are free. In addition, there is an additional charge for entering the Treasure Hall and the Clock Hall, 10 yuan per person for each hall.
With the marketing of the Forbidden City and the development of the Internet, more and more Internet celebrities live live in the Forbidden City. In November 2020, when it first snowed in Beijing, outside the gate of the Forbidden City, there was a long line of princesses, as if there were no normal tourists.
National Museum of China (first-class museum)
The National Museum is located on the west side of Tiananmen Square, opposite the Great Hall of the People, and admission is free.
The National Museum of China has been rated as the most popular museum in the world, and the number of visitors ranks first. It has become the most popular and popular museum in the world.
The National Museum is very sturdy, including the basement floor, a total of five floors of exhibition halls, it is the largest museum we have been to
National Museum Hall video.
In December 2020, it took us two consecutive days to visit all 21 exhibition halls that have been opened.
The National Museum is centered on the exhibition area of the central hall, and is divided into two exhibition areas, the south and the north.
There are dozens of exhibition halls in the south and north exhibition areas.
The exhibitions in the exhibition area of the National Museum are divided into: basic display exhibitions, special exhibitions, temporary exhibitions, international exchange exhibitions, and national museum tours.
There are two basic exhibition halls, "Ancient China Exhibition" and "Road to Revival Exhibition". The two exhibition halls occupy a large area, and the viewing time is very long (the other exhibition halls are not very large). Among them, the ancient Chinese exhibition hall is the largest, accounting for most of the B1 floor, and it is also the most worth seeing.
The ancient Chinese exhibition hall takes the change of dynasties as the main line, and is divided into eight parts: the ancient period, the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou periods, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the Qin and Han periods, the Three Kingdoms, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, the Liao, Song, Xia, Jin, and Yuan periods, and the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The road to revival exhibition hall has exhibitions from the beginning of the Opium War in 1840, to the construction of a new China, and to the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
The giant sculpture of the road to revival.
There are N special exhibition halls: such as "Ancient Chinese Jade Art Exhibition", "Ancient Chinese Coins Exhibition", "Ancient Chinese Buddha Statues", "Ancient Chinese Porcelain Art Exhibition", "Ancient Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition" and so on.
Temporary exhibitions are divided into several types: themed exhibitions, boutique exhibitions, historical and cultural exhibitions, archaeological discovery exhibitions, regional cultural exhibitions, and classic art exhibitions. Thematic exhibitions include "Exhibition of Classic Art Works from the Collection", "Exhibition Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Taiwan's Restoration" and so on.
The exhibition of classic art works in the collection includes the first five-star red flag raised by Chairman Mao at the founding ceremony, the microphones and salutes used, the red lanterns hung on the Tiananmen Gate tower; Great Ceremony", "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain" and other classic art works of New China.
High-quality exhibitions, such as "Shandong Boxing Buddha Statue Exhibition", "National Museum Museum Portrait Exhibition of Ming and Qing Dynasties", etc.;
Historical and cultural exhibitions, such as "Ancient Chinese Bronze Mirror Culture", "Grand Canal Culture Exhibition", "Ancient Chinese Ceramics Maritime Trade Exhibition", "Ancient Chinese Musical Instrument Exhibition", etc.;
Archaeological discovery exhibitions, such as "Shanxi Jiuwutou Archaeological Achievements Exhibition", "Hongshan Cultural Archaeological Achievements Exhibition", etc.;
The dragon unearthed in Hongshan is known as the "No. 1 Dragon in Ancient China", and it has become the symbol of Huaxia Bank.
Regional cultural exhibitions, such as "Shandong Folk Arts Exhibition", "Fujian Traditional Crafts Exhibition", etc.;
Classic art exhibitions, such as "Chinese Sketch Exhibition", "Gansu Painted Pottery Art Exhibition", etc.
In the public space on each floor of the National Museum, there are also "Sculpture Collection Exhibition", "Longquan, Blue and White Porcelain Exhibition", "Stone Carved Buddhist Statue Exhibition", "Song Dynasty Stone Carving Art Exhibition", etc.
There are countless collections in the National Museum. Even the aisle of the restaurant is full of collections, dazzling. (The restaurant only provides food such as instant noodles, remember to bring your own dry food).
The National Museum often undertakes major national exhibitions, such as the "Great Changes - Large-scale Exhibition Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening Up" held in 2018.
Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution (first-class museum)
The Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution is located at No. 9 Fuxing Road, Haidian District. Its main building is one of the top ten buildings in the capital dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the National Day. It is free to visit.
The military museum is a paradise for military fans. It displays various types of aircraft tanks, missile satellites, guns and cannons, etc. There are thousands of them, and the number is unclear.
The military museum has opened three floors of exhibition halls, with two categories of theme exhibitions and basic exhibitions, and 11 exhibition halls. In 2020, we entered the museum for two days before finishing all the exhibitions.
The theme exhibition for 2020 is: Remembering the Great Victory and Defending Peace and Justice——The theme exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers going abroad to fight against US aggression and aid Korea.
The Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea exhibition is sorted according to the time of the historical events of the year, and is divided into preface hall, "justice, decision-making and dispatching troops", "movement to wipe out the enemy and stabilize the front", "fighting to promote talks, the Vietnam War is getting stronger", "realizing the truce and returning to the country after victory" , "The great significance and historical contribution of the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" and other 7 parts.
Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea Exhibition.
Video of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
The basic exhibitions include: the exhibition halls of the revolutionary war led by the Communist Party of China, the weapons exhibition, the military exhibitions of the past dynasties of China, and the exhibition halls of military science and technology.
The exhibition of the revolutionary war led by the Communist Party of China mainly displays the great achievements before the founding of the People's Republic of China from 1921 to 1949.
The weapon display is divided into three exhibition areas. The first exhibition area is the aircraft, missiles and ships displayed in the central hall on the first floor. There are various types of aircraft on the ground and in the air.
The most eye-catching thing in the central hall is the huge Chinese-made H-6 six-heavy bomber in the center, which is far larger than ordinary civil aviation aircraft.
Central Hall Aircraft Show Video.
The second exhibition area of weapons display is the pistols, rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, ammunition, knives, etc. displayed on the three corridors on the second floor.
Thousands of various weapons and equipment used, seized and developed by our army are dazzling.
The third exhibition area of weapons display is the tanks and armored vehicles, various types of artillery, U2 aircraft wreckage, Hongqi No. 2 missiles, etc. displayed in the central hall on the first floor.
It was only when I arrived at the scene that I realized how terrible the tanks and armored vehicles were, and it was impossible to blow them up with a grenade. Some anti-Japanese dramas were really bragging.
Tank armored vehicle exhibition video.
The military exhibition of China's past dynasties mainly displays the military development of the Chinese nation for thousands of years from the pre-Qin period to the founding of the Republic of China.
Military science and technology display, respectively set up: Army Heavy Weapons Technology and Equipment Hall, Army Light Weapons Technology and Equipment Hall, Army Aviation Weapons Technology and Equipment Hall, Navy Weapons Technology and Equipment Hall, Air Force Weapons Technology and Equipment Hall, Missile Weapons Technology and Equipment Hall, Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Technology Peaceful use and other exhibition areas.
Equipped by the Army Light Weapons Technical Equipment Office.
The air force weapon equipment technology exhibition area has China's more advanced aircraft: J-10 fighter.
The Chinese-made "99A main battle tank" in the army's heavy weapon equipment technology exhibition area is eye-catching.
In the exhibition area for the peaceful use of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology, there are models of China's first atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb.
Outside the military museum, there are also many sculpture groups expressing military themes.
National Art Museum of China
The National Art Museum of China is located at No. 1, Wusi Street, Dongcheng District. The building is one of the top ten buildings for the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is free to visit.
The National Art Museum of China is a national museum of plastic arts focusing on displaying the works of modern Chinese artists. It has six floors and 21 exhibition halls.
The National Art Museum of China basically has no permanent exhibitions, and the exhibitions may be different every month. Interested tourists can enter and visit multiple times.
In September 2020, when we went, there were "Exhibition of Japanese Ukiyo-e Collections", "Exhibition of Fine Woodblock Prints of the Qing Dynasty", "Exhibition of Art Works for Poverty Alleviation with Beauty", "Exhibition of Fine Art Collections", " Tibet Qinghai Thangka Exhibition" and other five exhibitions.
The National Art Museum of China is the top art museum in China, and there are often various national-level exhibitions.
Japanese Ukiyo-e Exhibition.
The National Art Museum of China often organizes joint exhibitions with foreign art museums, and you can see the best works of art in the world without going abroad.
Japanese ukiyo-e works
The National Art Museum of China has more than 100,000 pieces of various art works in its collection, but most of the works are still invisible to tourists.
The collected art works are mainly works from the period before and after the founding of New China, as well as masterpieces by artists from the late Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.
The collections are mainly modern fine arts, representative works of famous contemporary Chinese artists, award-winning works of major art exhibitions, and folk art works.
Qing Dynasty woodcut New Year paintings.
The collection includes works by Wu Changshuo, Huang Binhong, Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Li Keran, Wu Zuoren, Wu Guanzhong and other artists.
Qi Baishi's artwork when he was 93 years old.
Helping Wisdom with Beauty--Exhibition of Poverty Alleviation Art Works.
The Poverty Alleviation Art Works Exhibition showcases 70-year-old themes of poverty alleviation, production and labor.
Works of art for poverty alleviation.
Works of art for poverty alleviation.
Thangka Exhibition in Qinghai, Tibet.
Thangka in Qinghai, Tibet.
Around the National Art Museum of China, there is also a sculpture garden, where there are many various art sculptures.
Beijing Museum of Natural History (first-class museum)
The Beijing Museum of Natural History is located at No. 126 Tianqiao South Street, Dongcheng District. It is free to visit.
The Natural History Museum is a natural history museum that mainly displays specimens in the fields of paleontology, fauna, flora, and anthropology.
The exhibition halls of the museum are relatively fixed, including: Plant World Hall, Ancient Mammal Hall, Ancient Reptile Hall, Origin of Man, Walking into the Human Body, Prosperity of Invertebrates, Animals - Friends of Humans, Aquatic Biology Hall, Dinosaurs There are 10 exhibition halls including parks and magical Africa.
The Plant World Hall mainly understands the plant world, and its knowledge covers three major themes: terrestrial plant evolution, plant function and modern plant landscape.
The Plant World Hall shows the charm of plants in all directions and from multiple angles.
Plant World Hall.
The Hall of Paleo-mammals displays most of the representative animals of the evolutionary branches of paleo-mammals, including proboscises, odd-toed ungulates, artiodactyls, carnivores, primates and other animals.
The Hall of Paleo-mammals is exhibited in different ages. The important specimens include Jurassicus, Cynodont, Megalodon, Saber-toothed Cat, Giant Hyena, Three-toed Horse, Yellow River Elephant, Mammoth, Giant Rhinoceros, Hezheng Sheep, etc.
The Hall of Paleo-Reptiles displays the landscape of the biological world more than 200 million years ago, and represents the complex process of vertebrate development from water to land, represented by the general fin fish, ichthyosaur, caecilian and dimetrodon.
In the center of the hall are dinosaur skeleton groups, such as Xushi Lufengsaurus, Jingyan Mamenchisaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex, Deinonychus, Tuojiangsaurus, Yongchuansaurus, and Ichthyosaurus.
The exhibition of the Hall of Origin of Man mainly focuses on the two questions that the audience cares about: "Who are we? Where do we come from?"
The Hall of the Origin of Man displays the ancient human fossils and stone tools that have gone through from the ancient ape, the earth ape to the modern man.
Walking into the Human Body Hall is a popular science exhibition, which systematically displays the scientific content of human body structure.
The Prosperity Hall of Invertebrates tells the formation of fossils, the origin of life, the Cambrian explosion, the prosperity of invertebrates and other major historical events.
The prosperity hall of invertebrates includes protozoa, sponges, coelenterates, brachiopods, molluscs, arthropods, echinoderms and other categories.
Animals—friends of human beings display precious animal specimens in the collection, which is a colorful "animal kingdom".
The animal specimens on display include not only the national first and second-class protected animals, but also many precious specimens provided by foreign countries.
The aquatic life museum is like a small marine life museum, displaying various fish.
The goldfish in the Aquatic Biology Pavilion are particularly beautiful, including the most popular bubble-eyed goldfish.
The Dinosaur Park displays dozens of lifelike dinosaurs and pterosaurs, reflecting the appearance of the dinosaur world in different periods.
What attracts children the most is that the restored dinosaurs in the Dinosaur Park are very realistic. They can shake their heads and tails, open their teeth and dance their claws, roar, blink, pant, etc., making the dinosaurs look more real.
Amazing Africa showcases some of the continent's most iconic wildlife.
Beijing Planetarium (first-class museum)
Beijing Planetarium is located in Xizhimenwai Street, Beijing. It is the largest astronomical museum in China and the first large-scale planetarium in the Asian continent.
The planetarium not only promotes and popularizes astronomical knowledge, but is also a national 4A-level tourist attraction, so you need to buy a ticket to enter the museum. Tickets are divided into two types: exhibition hall tickets, 10 yuan per person (free for seniors over 60 years old). Theater tickets, 45-30 yuan/person (elderly over 60 years old are not free of charge, but there are discounts).
The planetarium includes two halls, A and B, with a total of 4 popular science theaters. Hall A is an old building, and Hall B is a modern building, which is the key area of the exhibition hall.
The highlight of the planetarium is watching astronomy movies. The largest astronomical hall screens "Wonderful Starry Sky", "UFO and Aliens"; the universe theater screens "Blurred Interstellar" and "Palace in the Sky"; 4D theater screens "Crash and Life" and "Crossing the Cambrian"; The 3D theater shows astronomical films such as "Run to the Moon".
Movies are played at fixed times. The screening time of each movie is not long, ranging from about 35-17 minutes. Due to the small size of the movie venue and the large number of visitors, sometimes theater tickets cannot be bought on the spot or the location is not good. It is recommended to plan in advance and purchase theater tickets online first (if you buy theater tickets, you do not need to purchase additional exhibition hall tickets).
Building B has four floors. The first floor is the "Universe Tour" exhibition, which includes: Sun Family, Moon Walk, Meteorite Tribe, Constellation Appearance, Cosmic Mystery, Colorful Universe, Giant Eye View, Star Companion, Cosmic Lighthouse, Solar Science Hall, etc.
sun family.
Moon and meteorite exhibition area.
Chinese lunar rover.
Constellation manifests.
The B1 floor of Hall B is the exhibition of "Cosmic Shuttle", which includes: cosmic evolution, cosmic scale, exoplanets, gravitational lenses, escape from black holes, celestial body systems, space-time travel, etc.
The second floor of Hall B is the "Cosmic Storm" exhibition, showing some deep space objects, including galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, etc.
Constellation.
There are three popular science theaters in Hall B, including the Cosmic Theater, 4D Theater and 3D Theater. Among them, the Cosmic Theater with a diameter of 18 meters has a standard hemispheric all-sky screen, which can present a magnificent three-dimensional sky effect for 200 audiences at the same time. This is unique in mainland China.
We only bought a very front seat in the Cosmos Theater (the back row the better), and watched a movie "Blurred Interstellar" with a hemispherical full-sky screen, and we almost needed to lie on a chair to watch it.
The Astronomical Hall of Hall A is the largest horizontal astronomical hall in mainland China, with the world's highest resolution all-sky digital projection system.
The Planetarium Theater in Hall A is the largest theater in the planetarium, and its theater tickets are the most sought-after. The movie can realistically restore more than 9,000 stars visible to the naked eye on the earth for 400 audiences in the venue (we missed the time and couldn't watch it).
Hall A has temporary exhibitions: "Searching for Another Earth - From Exoplanets to Extraterrestrial Civilizations", "Antique Telescope Exhibition", etc.
Antique Telescope Exhibition.
There is also a Beijing Ancient Observatory in the Planetarium, which is located outside Jianguomen, not in the same place. The ancient observatory is the royal observatory of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and tickets need to be purchased separately for visiting.
Capital Museum (first-class museum)
The Capital Museum is located at No. 16, Fuxingmenwai Street, Xicheng District. It is free to visit.
The Shoubo Museum is a provincial and municipal comprehensive museum in China, which mainly exhibits the history, cultural relics and Beijing characteristics of the Beijing area.
The first museum is a very modern building with five floors above ground and two floors underground. There are several major categories of exhibitions, including temporary exhibitions, basic exhibitions, high-quality goods exhibitions, and special exhibitions.
When we went, there were temporary exhibitions such as "Exhibition of Collections of the Polish National Museum" and "Cultural Exhibition of the Zodiac in the Year of the Pig".
The basic exhibition halls of the first museum include: "The Ancient Capital of Beijing·History and Culture Chapter·Urban Construction Chapter", "Old Things in Beijing—Old Beijing Folklore Exhibition" and other exhibition halls.
The boutique exhibitions in the first museum include: "Ancient Jade Art Exhibition", "Yandi Bronze Art Exhibition", "Ancient Calligraphy Art Exhibition", "Ancient Painting Art Exhibition", "Ancient Porcelain Art Exhibition", " Ancient Buddhist Art Exhibition", "Study Treasures Exhibition" and other exhibition halls.
Thematic exhibitions in the first museum include: "Beijing Ancient Pagoda Cultural Relics Exhibition" and other exhibition halls.
"Ancient Capital Beijing·History and Culture Chapter·Urban Construction Chapter" is the core of the exhibits at the Expo, showing the historical process of Beijing from the formation of primitive settlements to the capital of new China.
Urban model.
"Old Things in the Capital—Old Beijing Folklore Exhibition" shows the folk customs of Beijing over the past 800 years, such as marriage, childbirth, birthday celebration, New Year greeting, Hutong life, commercial customs, Peking Opera, etc.
Sound the gong to clear the way.
Birthday Hall.
Exhibition of Peking Opera Cultural Relics in the Collection.
Beijing opera costumes.
Hutong life.
The Museum of the First Expo has many collections of treasures, such as bronzes, ceramics, Buddha statues, jades, gold and silverware, coins, calligraphy, paintings, weaving and embroidery, Wenwan and so on.
Buddha Statue Exhibition.
painting exhibition.
Jade Exhibition.
Ceramics Exhibition.
China Film Museum (first-class museum)
The China Film Museum is located at No. 9 Nanying Road, Chaoyang District. It is currently the largest national film professional museum in the world. It is free to visit.
The main body of the film museum is very special. The building uses black as the basic color, and the metal plate with hollow pattern is used as the outer decoration, which is huge.
The film museum has four floors of exhibition halls, which are divided into two categories: exhibition area and theater area. There are 21 exhibition halls in the exhibition area, and 6 movie halls in the theater area, including a giant screen hall.
The "central rotunda" in the middle of the film museum has a huge ring screen, which provides a place for gatherings and celebrations.
The first floor is the themed exhibition "A New Era of Struggle for Light and Shadow", which showcases the glorious history and achievements of Chinese films in the 70 years since the founding of New China.
The second to fourth floors are permanent exhibition halls: the exhibition "A Century of Glory in a Century" shows the century-old history of Chinese films from 1905 to 2005.
The prologue hall is the "first" exhibition board of Chinese films. It shows that the Chinese filmed the first film in 1905; the first people's film was born in Yan'an in 1938; the seven firsts of new Chinese films after the founding of the People's Republic of China record the "100-year history" and "century history" of Chinese films. brilliant".
The film art exhibition hall consists of "The Invention of Film", "The Birth and Early Development of Chinese Film", "Chinese Film During the Revolutionary War", "The Creation and Development of New Chinese Film", "Chinese Film in the New Era of Reform and Opening", It consists of 11 exhibition halls, including "Art Films", "Children's Films", "Science Educational Films, Dubbed Films, News Documentary Films", "Films from Hong Kong and Macao Regions" and "Films from Taiwan Region".
Hall 1 "The Invention of Cinema". On December 28, 1895, the French film inventors, the Lumiere brothers, invented the movie camera. In 1895, the Lumiere brothers showed the world's first publicly sold movie in Paris.
Hall 3 "Chinese Films During the Revolutionary War", street scene in Shanghai.
Hall 4, "The Creation and Development of New Chinese Films", created a new image of Chinese workers, peasants and soldiers on the screen for the first time.
The film technology exhibition area consists of "film shooting", "film art", "special film photography", "traditional film special effects", "film digital special effects", "film recording", "film editing", "film printing", "film It is composed of 10 exhibition halls including "Animation" and "All kinds of movies".
The Film Museum has announced the check-in locations of Internet celebrities in many exhibition halls, allowing tourists to check in.
For example, in the "Rural Courtyard" of the "Film Shooting" in the 11th Hall, lights can be used to simulate various weather changes such as morning and dusk, lightning, rain and snow.
For example, in the 12th hall "Film Art", there is the main scene "Small Town Commercial Street" built for the movie "The Lin Family Shop".
Video of Linjiapuzi Town Commercial Street.
Lin's shop and Boss Lin.
In Hall 14 "Traditional Movie Special Effects", there is a picture screen that rotates backwards outside the stationary carriage, so that people sitting in the carriage have the illusion of the train moving forward (video).
In the 6 cinemas in the theater area, except for the movies in the 6th cinema, which can be watched for free, the other cinemas need to buy tickets to watch the movies, and the ticket prices vary.
The giant screen (IMAX), also known as the giant screen, is currently the most advanced imaging system in the world. The screen is 27 meters wide and 21 meters high, and the realistic sound effects far surpass the movie-watching experience of ordinary movie theaters. It is called "the ultimate movie experience". We watched an American movie "Creed" in the giant screen hall, and it felt super good, especially the sound effect, which we had never experienced before.
The Film Museum conducts cultural exchanges with foreign institutions from time to time, and jointly organizes "international film tours", such as Italian Film Week, Russian Film Exhibition, Spanish Film Exhibition, etc. These foreign films are basically not screened in cinemas.
The Film Museum will also hold "domestic themed film exhibitions" from time to time, such as the themed exhibition "Never Forget Your Original Heart - Red Films Celebrating the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China", exhibitions of Xie Tieli's films, film exhibitions commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of performing artist Zhao Dan, etc.
Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum (Third Level Museum)
The Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum is located at Wuta Temple, No. 24, Wutasi Village, Haidian District. Tickets for adults are 20 yuan per person, and senior citizens in Beijing are free.
The museum was built on the ruins of an ancient temple called "Zhenjue Temple" in the Ming Dynasty. Zhenjue Temple now has only five pagodas, the Vajra Throne Pagoda, so it is also called "Five Pagoda Temple".
The Vajra Throne Pagoda is composed of a pagoda, a pavilion and five pagodas with four corners and dense eaves. The inner brick and the outer stone structure are pagodas in the form of the Gaya Abode of the Indian Buddha.
Around the King Kong throne, between the small pagoda base and the eaves of the pagoda, there are exquisite Buddhist sculptures, which are rare large-scale ancient works of art.
A pair of male and female ginkgo trees in front of the Vajra Throne Pagoda are more than 600 years old, with the female on the east and the male on the west. Therefore, it is best to arrange to visit the Wuta Temple in November when the leaves of the ginkgo trees are yellow.
Due to the needs of Beijing's urban construction, many old buildings, old streets, mausoleums, etc. have been demolished successively. Many historical stone carvings and cultural relics that were demolished were gathered in Wuta Temple and opened as the "Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum".
Centered on the Vajra Pagoda, the museum is divided into two categories of stone carvings, open-air display and indoor display, and exhibits more than 500 kinds of stone carving cultural relics from past dynasties.
The stone carvings exhibited in the museum include the earliest surviving stone carvings of the Han Dynasty in Beijing, statues of the Northern Dynasties, epitaphs of the Tang and Ming dynasties, stone carvings of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, postcards of the Qing Dynasty, and stone carvings of famous calligraphy.
Open-air display: There are six stone inscription display areas on the east and west sides of the Vajra Pagoda: stone inscriptions in the mausoleum, temple inscriptions, ancestral tomb inscriptions, Jesuit inscriptions, comprehensive inscriptions, etc.
The stone carving area in the mausoleum.
Monastery inscription area.
The tombstone carving area of the ancestral hall.
Jesuit Monument area.
Comprehensive inscription area.
The area of stone carvings displayed in the open air is not large, and there are a lot of them from a distance, which can be read in an hour. If you savor it carefully, it will take a lot of time.
On both sides of the museum are the Western Monument Gallery, Jinshi Corridor, Jinshi Academy, and Eastern Monument Gallery.
Goldstone Academy.
Eastern Stele Gallery.
Indoor display: There is a back building behind the Vajra Pagoda, and there is a Beijing cultural exhibition of Beijing stone carvings in the building.
The indoor display includes the oldest remaining stone Buddha statues in Beijing, epitaphs from the Tang Dynasty onwards, and gold and Yuan stone carvings with high artistic level.
Excellent stone carvings.
Guanfu Museum
Guanfu Museum is the largest private museum in Beijing, located at No. 18, Jinnan Road, Zhangwanfen, Dashanzi, Chaoyang District. Tickets for Guanfu Pavilion are 100 yuan/person, half-price discount for the elderly, 50 yuan/person.
The Guanfu Museum is founded and currently curated by Mr. Ma Weidu, a famous cultural relic collector and appraiser. The gate of Guanfu Pavilion looks very ordinary, a small bungalow.
Guanfu cat is the creation of Mr. Ma Weidu. There are Guanfu cats inside and outside the museum. The cat has become "the most cultured cat in history" in this museum.
As soon as you enter the Guanfu Pavilion, there is a "Guanfu Cat Pavilion" that collects various live cats.
There are also Guanfu cat cartoons, Guanfu cat handicrafts, Guanfu cat painting exhibitions, Guanfu cat books, Guanfu cat stamp albums and so on.
The Guanfu Hall consists of: Porcelain Hall, Furniture Hall, Oil Painting Hall, Craft Hall, Video Hall, Door and Window Hall and Multi-functional Hall.
The layout of Guanfu Pavilion is antique, focusing on open forms, emphasizing the communication between people and history, and highlighting the affinity of traditional culture.
The porcelain exhibited in the ceramic hall is the most representative utensils in Tang, Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
The five famous kiln porcelains in Chinese history (Ru Kiln, Jun Kiln, Guan Kiln, Ge Kiln, Ding Kiln), as well as Cizhou Kiln Porcelain and Jingdezhen Porcelain can be viewed here at once.
Cizhou Kiln Porcelain.
The furniture hall has mahogany furniture exhibition halls, red sandalwood furniture exhibition halls, huanghuali furniture exhibition halls, chicken wing wood furniture exhibition halls, and an ancient study room.
The furniture in the furniture hall is mainly precious furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is the leading special display of ancient furniture and cultural relics in China.
Qing Dynasty red sandalwood furniture.
Huanghuali furniture.
The handicraft hall exhibits ancient handicrafts, including cloisonne, stationery utensils, bronze ware, lacquer ware, copper tire painting enamel ware, etc.
Bronze painted enamelware.
The Door and Window Pavilion exhibits ancient doors, windows, partitions, fences and other architectural components of the Yangtze River and Yellow River valley dwellings in Ming and Qing dynasties in China.
The ancient Chinese doors and windows collected by the Doors and Windows Museum are among the few exhibits with unique themes in China.
This type of doors and windows is hard to see in the market.
The large screen door is very stylish.
The Oil Painting Gallery displays the works of well-known contemporary Chinese painters, such as Chen Yifei, Yang Feiyun, Chen Yanning, Liu Wenjin, Luo Zhongli, etc., as well as modern sculptures.
The Oil Painting Museum exhibits important works of Chinese contemporary oil painters and sculptors all year round, and adjusts the theme of the exhibition from time to time.
After the introduction of the 10 most worth-seeing museums and art galleries in Beijing, we will briefly introduce some distinctive museums.
Chinese Garden Museum (Class II Museum)
The Garden Museum is the first national garden-themed museum in China, free to visit.
The Garden Museum mainly collects garden historical relics and displays the charm of garden art.
The Garden Museum consists of three parts: indoor exhibition, outdoor exhibition garden and indoor courtyard. The three intersect and infiltrate each other to form a whole of exhibition and display.
The Garden Museum displays various garden types such as royal gardens, private gardens, Jiangnan gardens, northern gardens, and Lingnan gardens.
Outside the museum, there is also a larger "Beijing Garden Expo Garden", which can be visited together.
The Garden Expo Park was once the venue for the 9th China International Garden Expo in 2013. There are a lot of garden buildings at home and abroad, which are more valuable for sightseeing than garden museums.
Beijing Folklore Museum (Third Level Museum)
The Beijing Folklore Museum is built in the Dongyue Temple. It is the only state-run folklore museum in Beijing, and it is free to visit.
Dongyue Temple was originally the largest jungle of Taoism in North China, mainly dedicated to Dongyue, the god of Mount Tai.
There are a lot of temples in Dongyue Temple to see, old and newly built, one after another, there are a lot of them.
The back building of Dongyue Temple houses the showroom of the Beijing Folk Custom Museum, where folk custom exhibitions are held all year round.
Poly Art Museum
The Poly Art Museum belongs to the category of private museums, and the fee for visiting is 20 yuan per person. The museum is small and takes an hour or two to visit.
The Poly Art Museum takes a simple and elegant route, focusing on bronze wares, and only has two exhibition halls: "Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bronze Art" and "Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Stone Carved Buddhist Statue Art".
Exquisite stone carved Buddhist statues.
The Poly Art Museum has many rare art treasures in the world, such as the heads of cattle, monkeys, tigers and pigs in the bronze statues of animal heads in the Yuanmingyuan.
Chinese Museum of Paleozoology
The China Museum of Paleozoology is China's first national-level special museum with paleontological fossils as its carrier, and it is also the largest paleozoology museum in Asia. Admission is free.
Paleozoological Hall systematically introduces the origin and phylogeny of vertebrates
According to the biological evolution sequence, the Paleozoology Hall is divided into two halls (Paleontebrate Hall and Shuhua Paleoanthropology Hall), four exhibition halls (ancient fish-like animals and ancient amphibians exhibition hall, ancient reptiles and ancient birds exhibition hall, ancient Mammal Hall, Paleoman and Paleolithic Hall).
The Museum of Paleozoology exhibits a collection of nearly a thousand pieces with a complete range of exhibits, ranking first in Asia and largest in China.
China Century Art Museum (Third Level Museum)
The China Century Art Museum is located in the China Millennium Monument. It is an art museum mainly displaying world art.
There is no charge to visit the basic exhibitions of the Century Art Museum, but some famous special exhibitions require additional tickets.
The China Century Art Museum often cooperates with foreign institutions to set up high-level art exhibitions such as Italian Renaissance Art, National Geographic Classic Video Feast, and Winter Olympics Ice and Snow Art from time to time.
Winter Olympics Ice and Snow Art Exhibition.
National Museum of Classics
The National Museum of Classics, located in the National Library, belongs to the cultural exhibition of books and is free to visit.
The Museum of Classics takes "paper and characters" as the basic elements, displaying ancient books of national characters, manuscripts of famous masters, and rare Western books from the oracle bone inscriptions more than 3,000 years ago to the present.
National precious ancient books.
Red Brick Art Museum
Red Brick Art Museum is a private art museum, the biggest feature is "red brick". Fee to visit, 130 yuan / person.
The Red Brick Art Museum uses red bricks as the basic elements, supplemented by some blue bricks to create a contemporary landscape courtyard art museum.
The works of the art gallery are all made of bricks, which is unique in China.
The artworks exhibited in the art gallery are unique and offer a new aesthetic experience.
Luo Hong Photography Art Museum
Luo Hong Photography Art Museum is a private art museum, and there is a fee to visit, 100 yuan per person, half price for the elderly.
The owner of the art gallery is Luo Hong, the president of Hollyland, a domestic cake giant. Because of rich money and good photography, a tall photography art gallery was built.
Nearly a thousand works in the Photography Art Museum are all produced by Luo Hong, whose exhibition production level has reached the top level in China.
Luo Hong's photographic works on display are mostly from uninhabited areas such as the Antarctic, the Arctic, Africa, Xinjiang, Tibet, etc., with top-level photographic equipment, off-road vehicles, and helicopters to follow the shots.
Vivigno Fragrance Museum
Vivigno Fragrance Art Museum is located in Beijing Fang, Qianmen. It is a private art museum, free to visit.
Unlike other art galleries that use their eyes to see, this art gallery smells with their noses.
The art museum is full of various fragrances, and perfume has become a kind of fragrance culture.
Parkview Contemporary Art Museum
The Parkview Museum of Contemporary Art is located in the Parkview Green Building. This is an innovative building in Beijing that combines contemporary art exhibitions, fashion shopping, and boutique hotels. It is free to visit.
The art museum is a venue for diversified art exchanges. The building integrates art, shopping, and gourmet food in one package, which can be regarded as a fashionable life in Beijing.
works of contemporary art.
So far, the introduction of some of the Beijing museums and art galleries we have visited has been completed.
Beijing also has many professional museums, such as China Railway Museum, China Geological Museum, China Agricultural Museum, China Chemical Industry Museum, China Aviation Museum, Civil Aviation Museum, China Science and Technology Museum, Beijing Luxun Museum, China Printing Museum, China Coin Museum , China Telecom Museum, China Post Stamp Museum, Beijing Opera Museum, Tank Museum, Beijing Police Museum, China Court Museum, China Fire Museum, etc. We have not been there yet, and we will only visit again when we have the opportunity in the future. thanks for reading!
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January 17, 2021
