museum people wait for the "canal boat" during the holidays
2024-10-02
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open the exhibition hall, check whether sanitation, lighting, and temperature meet the requirements, and check for potential safety hazards... at 8:30 on october 2, there is still 1 hour and 30 minutes before the opening of the beijing grand canal museum. the public service department of the museum shared the hall shi tiankun, director of the open area, and his colleagues arrived at their posts on time and set sail on the "canal boat." he said: “we hope more people will come here and understand the story of beijing!”
"every holiday, the museum is even busier. we must welcome the audience with the fullest enthusiasm and provide them with better services." from the exhibition building to the shared hall, shi tiankun inspected while instructing his colleagues to ensure that all preparations were made works well.
at 9:45, the museum was ready. outside the museum, there was a queue of more than 200 meters waiting to enter the museum. many people came here to "explore the ancient shu civilization - sanxingdui and jinsha". shi tiankun walked among the queues holding a stack of exhibition brochures, handing them out to the audience in advance.
"visitors who want to see the sanxingdui exhibition can go directly to the water street on the first floor after entering the museum through security and go to the exhibition building opposite to queue up for the exhibition hall." when meeting elderly visitors, he will explain a few more words, "the exhibition hall is relatively large. if the elderly need a wheelchair for mobility, their families can get it for free at the storage office, which makes it more convenient to visit the exhibition.”
open at 10 o'clock. shi tiankun guided the audience to enter the restricted area in an orderly manner. "what celebrity cultural relics are in the sanxingdui exhibition?" "how many cultural relics are there in the exhibition hall?" "are all the items on display genuine?"... the anxious audience asked questions one after another.
"golden masks, sun-shaped vessels, bronze figures of twisted and kneeling figures...all the 'top figures' from sanxingdui are here, and there is also a bronze dali figure replicated in equal proportions." shi tiankun responded eloquently and said with a smile, "i don't know anything else. it’s a spoiler, please check it out in detail in the exhibition hall.” the audience smiled and thanked me.
throughout the morning, there was an endless stream of spectators entering the museum, and people came to shi tiankun for help one after another. "guiding the audience is not just about giving directions, but also about human touch." he interrupted and gave the reporter an example. the tour guide should be different for each person. according to the age characteristics and needs of the audience, a suitable tour route should be selected. "parents bring for younger children, we would recommend the immersive experience exhibition on the third floor of the exhibition building, which is more suitable for parent-child interaction and allows them to experience the thousand-year history of the grand canal in the changing light and shadow.”
it takes about an hour to tour every exhibition hall from the 1st to the 3rd underground floor, and everything goes smoothly. every day, shi tiankun makes six or seven trips. "there are often random questions from the audience. this is the time to test the knowledge reserves of museum people." he said modestly, often walking in the exhibition hall and learning a lot of knowledge, with the theme of "beijing tonghui canal yongji - beijing and the history and culture of the grand canal" for example, a number of key cultural relics such as the bronze sitting dragon unearthed from the jinzhongdu site, the celadon-glazed phoenix-tail vase with carved peony patterns from the longquan kiln of the yuan dynasty, and the hexagonal set of vases with pastel exterior and blue and white hollow flower and fruit patterns from the qianlong reign of the qing dynasty are all it is his "window" to tell the story of beijing to the audience. "we also summarized a little tip for finding people: if a spectator is separated from his relatives or friends, you can help him accurately 'locate' him based on the cultural relics around him."
this year is the 16th national day holiday that shi tiankun has spent at his job. what is different from previous years is that this year he came to the "canal boat". "as a museum person, i have the obligation to let more people know beijing and the grand canal, and feel the charm of chinese civilization through these cultural treasures," he said.
source: beijing daily client
reporters: li qiyao, an xudong
