China Literature Museum： Continuing the Historical Context and Telling the Story of China Well

　　From the original depiction symbols unearthed from Jiahu site to Oracle Bone Inscriptions, inscriptions on bronze, bamboo and silk characters, seal script, official script and regular script … … The cultural development history of the Chinese nation for more than 5,000 years is a history of the development of Chinese characters, and almost all the production and important development stages of Chinese characters occurred in the Central Plains.

　　Approaching Oracle Bone Inscriptions’s hometown, Anyang City, Henan Province, the China Literature Museum, known as the "home of words", came face to face. A group of post-modernist buildings with the charm of Yin Shang court are magnificent, telling visitors about the profoundness of China’s writing art and the long history of Chinese culture.

　　China Chinese Character Museum is a national first-class museum approved by the State Council, which integrates cultural relics protection, exhibition and scientific research. It is a popular science center of Chinese character culture, a national popular science education base and a patriotic education base.

　　From the opening of the first phase of the project on November 16th, 2009, to the official opening of the continued construction project to the public on November 16th, 2022, the two phases of the project and the supporting Chinese character park cover a total area of 470 mu, with a construction area of over 90,000 square meters.

　　The overall construction of China Chinese Character Museum includes Zifang, the theme square of Oracle bone stele forest, the main pavilion "Xuanwen Pavilion", the continuation of the East Pavilion "Huiwen Pavilion", the continuation of the West Pavilion "Bowen Pavilion" and the Chinese character parks on the east and west sides of the museum. The first phase of the project mainly focuses on the basic exhibition of the development history of China characters, while the second phase mainly includes four special exhibitions, namely, the folk custom of Chinese characters, the calligraphy of Qionglin, the Yinghua in the Bookstore and the Gankun in the Word, which mainly meet the needs of the museum’s academic research, cultural exchange, education and training, and together with the basic exhibition of the first phase, a systematic and complete exhibition system of China characters and culture is constructed.

　　When you come to China Literature Museum, the first thing you see is Zifang, which takes the shape of "Zi" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen and is decorated with typical patterns on bronzes in Yin and Shang Dynasties. It is the symbolic symbol of China Literature Museum. Crossing Zifang is the main road leading to the main hall, and there are 28 pieces of Oracle bone tablets on both sides, which contain two most representative elements in the Yin and Shang Dynasties — — Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronzes.

　　The main museum of China Literature Museum is Xuanwen Museum. The concept of "post-modernism" is adopted, and the modeling is based on the image of a high-level palace building in Yin and Shang Dynasties, which is based on the word "Yong" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, that is, a large (Taiyin) room is built on a rammed earth platform with four slopes. The main building adopts the embossed golden dome with gluttonous and flat patterns in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and the carved wall with red and black patterns, which fully embodies the artistic style of China traditional architecture.

　　Entering the "Hometown of Characters", the preface hall, the basic exhibition of the development history of China’s characters, the special exhibition of "A Piece of Oracle bones shocking the sky", the special exhibition of Chinese characters folklore, the special exhibition of Qionglin, the special exhibition of Yinghua in the Bookstore, the special exhibition of Gankun in the Word, the interactive video hall and the special exhibition are organically integrated.

　　From the legend of Cangjie word-making and ancient depicting symbols, to the laser phototypesetting technology and the informationization of Chinese characters and minority languages; From "a stunning Oracle bone" to "dry Kun in the word" … The materials are detailed and the layout is rigorous, showing the beauty of China characters from different angles and in different forms, and presenting a feast of Chinese character culture for the audience.

　　In recent years, China Literature Museum has actively demonstrated the academic nature of cultural relics in a popular way, carried out a variety of activities, and used interactive games, online platforms, IP images, live webcasts, digital blogs and other means to perfectly collide and integrate Chinese characters with modern science and technology and cultural life, helping China’s literary culture to "live" and "fire". Now, standing at a new starting point, the China Literature Museum is striving to become a window to show Chinese culture to the whole world and an international platform for literary and cultural exchanges.

　　Planning:Li zhengying Overall planning:Lei miaoxin Making:Liu Hao write an article：Li Fei Dubbing:Lei miaoxin Poster design:Du Dan and Kong Fanxin