Host of events mark International Museum Day
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Jing鈥檃n鈥檚 museums, memorials and art galleries hosted a wide range of activities from May 18-20 in the Fengshengli commercial complex to mark International Museum Day that fell on May 18.
Shanghai Hanweiyang Traditional Cultural Promotion Center, founded in 2005 to promote traditional Chinese dress, organized a parade of people wearing Han clothes and held talks about the culture of Han clothes.
Companion Art House, a memorial to the century-old 鈥淭he Young Companion鈥 magazine, displayed old magazines and sold 100 newly printed copyrights of the first issue of the magazine.
Masters of the famous Lu鈥檃n inkpad technique made seals and showed how the old art is done. The Lu鈥檃n inkpad was invented by pharmacist Zhang Lu鈥檃n at the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The pad is made of oil, cinnabar and processed mugwort grass.
鈥淚t鈥檚 interesting, and it鈥檚 full of cultural significance,鈥 said Ashely Lambert from New Zealand. 鈥淚t made me stop and look. I think it鈥檚 good to see Chinese culture in an open venue.
Jing鈥檃n has more than 60 museums, including Communist Party of China memorials, heritage galleries and privately run museums covering a range of collections.
The district鈥檚 cultural officials have designed a bike trek linking 29 museums, including the Shanghai Mylnikov Art Museum, former residence of educator Cai Yuanpei, and the privately owned Zhu Zhenyu Folding Fan Gallery.
According to officials, Jing鈥檃n wants to turn the whole district into a huge living museum. That鈥檚 a departure from traditional museums built to showcase specific collections.
Indeed, the people, buildings and activities of Jing鈥檃n all have stories to tell, creating a museum without borders, officials explained.
So far, 20 sites in Jing鈥檃n, including the historical Paramount ballroom, the iconic Starbuck鈥檚 Roastery and the weekend destination Daning Park, have QR codes printed on their entrances, allowing visitors to use their smartphones to read and hear stories behind the venues.
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