Museum shows the history of Jiading's humanistic art development
By Xiao You and Wang Jie |
December 25, 2012, Tuesday
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ZHUYUN Art Museum in Jiading's Anting Town opened to the public in September 2008.
Occupying an area of 600 square meters, the private art museum displays nearly 100 items, most of them related to Jiading, vividly portraying the history and culture of the district.
The owner of Zhuyun Art Museum is Zhou Jia, whose ancestors were a rich family in Jiading. The name of Zhuyun was once the name of their ancestral hall.
When Zhou Jia was a child, he learnt about many legendary stories in Jiading. He developed profound feelings toward the humanistic history of Jiading and decided he would unveil them to the public one day.
In the 1990s, Zhou started a business which provided the money for his collection. After a decade of effort and passion, and with tens of millions of yuan, Zhou built his private museum.
Entering the bright and spacious hall on the first floor, visitors seem to open a book of the development of the humanistic and art development in Jiading. Each collection is not only a feast for the eyes, but also provides the knowledge to enhance the understanding of this ancient town.
Many of the items were purchased overseas. For example, one bamboo carving was purchased by an English collector 28 years ago at a local antique market. Such technique and shape are quite rare inside China and Zhou spent a lot of money to buy it for his museum.
Some items in the museum are not second to those in a state-level museum.
For example, a bamboo carving titled "prosperity" from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) is one of the couple, while the other is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK.
A bamboo brush holder from the Qing Dynasty used shallow carving skills that vividly reflect the layers of the landscape and is an example of top quality bamboo carving.
Zhuyun Art Museum also has nearly 50 calligraphic works and ink-wash paintings created by Jiading celebrities. An ink-wash painting by Wang Jingming hangs on the wall of the museum. Wang was a zhuangyuan in the Qing Dynasty, the person who garnered the top place in the national examination. But his traditional ink-wash painting and calligraphy were quite famous before he got the title. The museum also collects ink-wash paintings and calligraphy by other masters from Jiading.
Address: 1375, Xinyuan Rd, Anting Town
Occupying an area of 600 square meters, the private art museum displays nearly 100 items, most of them related to Jiading, vividly portraying the history and culture of the district.
The owner of Zhuyun Art Museum is Zhou Jia, whose ancestors were a rich family in Jiading. The name of Zhuyun was once the name of their ancestral hall.
When Zhou Jia was a child, he learnt about many legendary stories in Jiading. He developed profound feelings toward the humanistic history of Jiading and decided he would unveil them to the public one day.
In the 1990s, Zhou started a business which provided the money for his collection. After a decade of effort and passion, and with tens of millions of yuan, Zhou built his private museum.
Entering the bright and spacious hall on the first floor, visitors seem to open a book of the development of the humanistic and art development in Jiading. Each collection is not only a feast for the eyes, but also provides the knowledge to enhance the understanding of this ancient town.
Many of the items were purchased overseas. For example, one bamboo carving was purchased by an English collector 28 years ago at a local antique market. Such technique and shape are quite rare inside China and Zhou spent a lot of money to buy it for his museum.
Some items in the museum are not second to those in a state-level museum.
For example, a bamboo carving titled "prosperity" from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) is one of the couple, while the other is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK.
A bamboo brush holder from the Qing Dynasty used shallow carving skills that vividly reflect the layers of the landscape and is an example of top quality bamboo carving.
Zhuyun Art Museum also has nearly 50 calligraphic works and ink-wash paintings created by Jiading celebrities. An ink-wash painting by Wang Jingming hangs on the wall of the museum. Wang was a zhuangyuan in the Qing Dynasty, the person who garnered the top place in the national examination. But his traditional ink-wash painting and calligraphy were quite famous before he got the title. The museum also collects ink-wash paintings and calligraphy by other masters from Jiading.
Address: 1375, Xinyuan Rd, Anting Town
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