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the mid-autumn festival and national day are approaching, and museums in beijing have launched more than 130 exhibitions and cultural activities, inviting citizens to visit museums to admire the autumn moon and enjoy the "double festivals."

with the "double holidays" approaching, major museums have launched new exhibitions. at the national museum, an exhibition called "rebirth from the ashes - notre dame de paris augmented reality immersive exhibition" takes visitors on a journey through more than 800 years, tracing back to the distant years when notre dame de paris was first built in 1163, browsing through the stories of hundreds of years of changes, witnessing the exquisite craftsmanship behind the restoration, and "face to face" with the craftsmen engaged in protection and restoration work, jointly guarding civilization. four original notre dame sculptures, including the gargoyles, are exhibited in china for the first time.

the prince gong mansion museum recently opened two new exhibitions. among them, the "commemoration of the 130th anniversary of mei lanfang's birth: jiuwan huazi - mei lanfang opera performance hand gesture exhibition" was unveiled in the ledao hall exhibition hall. 47 pieces (sets) and nearly 200 historical photos created a unique "stage", inviting the audience to immerse themselves in the play and appreciate the unique gesture language created by mei lanfang in his peking opera performance. the "chinese paradigm - life, art, and times" exhibition exhibited in jiale hall presents more than 40 pieces (sets) of various types of art and design works through three groups of life scenes: "meeting friends in famous halls", "mutual learning from ancient and modern times", and "taste of images to prove the way", showing the long-lasting and elegant charm of chinese culture.

during the mid-autumn festival, each museum will launch cultural experience activities based on the characteristics of its collections. on september 15, the confucius temple and the imperial college museum will invite families to participate in the "taixue traces" mid-autumn festival themed social education activity and experience painting the imperial college glazed archway model. on the 16th, the beijing art museum will launch the "longevity and correctness·moonlight and colorful clothes" mid-autumn festival theme event, inviting audiences to enjoy the traditional costume parade and performance, listen to the traditional costume culture explanation, and attend a mid-autumn festival poetry meeting. on the 17th, the dazhong temple ancient bell museum will hold a series of activities called "invite the mingyue dazhong temple to share this moment in the museum", combining the "treasure of the museum" yongle bell and the ancient building complex of juesheng temple to build scenes, combined with the cultural elements of the traditional mid-autumn festival, to display art performances such as chime bells and chime stones, dance, folk music, and tea art, and carry out immersive experience activities of mid-autumn culture.

to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china, some museums are preparing new exhibitions. the capital museum is about to launch the "flowing poetry history - grand canal theme painting and calligraphy exhibition", which will bring together more than 80 grand canal-related painting and calligraphy collections from more than 10 cultural and museum institutions, showcasing the important function of the grand canal as the "lifeline of shipping" in history, and invite visitors to appreciate the cultural landscape of cities along the grand canal. the former residence of soong ching ling will launch the special exhibition "song ching ling and new china", reviewing the history of soong ching ling's struggle for new china.