Beijing Capital Museum

Beijing Capital Museum is located in Xicheng district, with its magnificent architecture, abundant exhibitions, advanced technology, perfect function, with Beijing as a "historical and cultural city", "cultural center" and "international metropolis" status commensurate with large modern museum, and among the "domestic first-class, international advanced" museum ranks.
Capital Museum in 1953 started making preparations for the official opening in 1981, the former premises of the Embassy at the national key cultural relics protection units - Beijing Confucius Temple, the Museum new building construction projects as Beijing, "15" key cultural construction projects during the period in 1999, to be approved by the Government in 2001 by the National Development and Reform Commission approved the implementation of the State Council, in December 2001 formally laid the foundation stone to build. The new museum in December 2005 began trial operation, May 18, 2006 officially opened.
Address: West Chang'an Avenue extension Baiyun Lu Structure: The five-story building above ground, underground two-story Total floor area: 63.39 thousand square meters Land area: 24.8 thousand square meters Construction investment: 780 million yuan Start time: December 2001 Completion time: December 2005 Official Opening Time: 2006 May 18 Admission: 30 yuan
Structural Capital Museum The museum's architectural design philosophy is "people-oriented, heritage-based, for social services" and stressed that "the past and future, history and modernity, art and nature, harmony and unity." Capital Museum design, after two rounds of international bidding, from 16 Chinese and foreign well-known architectural design agencies on the 22 designs selected. Museum building is completed, has been unanimously praised all walks of life at home and abroad. The new museum building land 24.8 thousand square meters, with a total construction area of 63.39 thousand square meters, building height of 40 meters, on the ground five-story, underground two. Building itself is a melting classical beauty and modern America in one of the architectural work of art, both with strong ethnic characteristics, but also showed distinct modern. Such as: the appearance of bronze body Poqiang outside the tilt out of a large roof overhang inherited the traditional Chinese out of nets, fuzzy blue gray brick walls of the ancient city walls and modern boundaries. Broad plaza and lobby are also drawn from the royal palace of the high-profile architectural practices. In the museum axial line, the hall outside the ground-mounted in the Qing Dynasty Danbi, Ming archway inside the hall reflects the characteristics of traditional Chinese central axis. The materials in the construction, bronze, wood and masonry of the extensive use of even more apparent a long history; steel Ceiling, glass curtain wall has demonstrated a strong pace with the times Beijing, the tall space and permeability of the visual effects more responsive to of contemporary architecture of international fashion trends.
New Capital Museum to fully absorb and use of the museum building of today's world of advanced technology, in the exhibition installation of intelligent control temperature and humidity of the air-conditioning system to ensure that activities in space for the audience inside the hall is a comfortable temperature and humidity, while the cabinets to maintain favorable protection of cultural relics of the temperature and humidity; in heritage warehouse are the relics in the reservoir area according to different materials to provide different temperature and humidity.
New Capital Museum inside the buildings is divided into three separate buildings, namely: rectangular exhibition hall, oval-shaped feature pavilion, bar-floor office research. The space between the three was the central hall and an indoor bamboo garden. The use of natural light, ancient Chinese-style archway, sink-style bamboo garden, gurgling of the flowing water, both for the audience to create a human, the natural ambience of the environment. The museum's exhibition displays over the years with the Capital Museum collection and the artifacts in Beijing as the basic material, to absorb the history of Beijing, cultural relics, archeology and related disciplines in the latest research results, learn from the successful experience of the museum at home and abroad to form the unique characteristics of modern Beijing Chin Chen.
New Museum exhibition hall New Capital Museum exhibition, organized by the basic display, constitutes a fine display and temporary exhibitions, a total collection of cultural relics on display 5622. Basic displays the "ancient capital of Beijing history and culture articles", "the ancient capital of Beijing Urban Construction Chapter", "with old Beijing - Old Beijing Folk Show," "the ancient capital of Beijing history and culture articles", "the ancient capital of Beijing Urban Construction Chapter" is the Beijing Capital Museum Chin-Chen's core, showing the magnificent magnificent Beijing Culture and continuous incremental capital and move towards a glorious history of the development has become the brand to create the domestic first-class museum display. Fine display of "fine art exhibition of ancient porcelain," "Yan to bronze work of art Exhibition", "fine exhibition of ancient art of calligraphy," "fine art exhibition of ancient art," "fine art exhibition of ancient jade," "fine art exhibition of ancient Buddhist , "" study fine curios Exhibition ", and" the capital of incidents - Old Beijing Folk Show "is a cultural show in Beijing complement and deepen. The temporary exhibition is continually updated research and watch the rest of Beijing culture and the culture, Chinese culture and cultural exchange between the world stage.

1, Buddha Hall Hall of Buddha statues on display 262, is divided into Han Chuan Buddha statues and Tibetan Buddhist art. Seen in this hall, a wide range of art forms so that the audience learned that Buddhist art in the Chinese Han, Tibetan areas of development, evolution. Hall in a "major achievement in those gold-plated copper adjoin Vajpayee" is the Ming Dynasty palace statues, pass the high 18.5 centimeters, so a large Buddha statues are rare. Buddha statues are very vivid, eyes round drums, cheeky happy expression. Right leg sideways, left leg support, the left hand on the move, the index finger extended to allow for the finger-like. This form is to adjoin the performance of Vajpayee and liquor while the long term resident female bet when the sun position.

2, Jade Hall Jade artifacts on display in the hall a total of 181 components, the basic sequence of development of the jade displayed to visitors. Exhibits a large number of royal and aristocratic tombs unearthed, as well as with the emperor model year, engraved with the imperial jade poetry. Small pieces of jade ornaments as part of pre-equipped with a magnifying glass to give the audience a better feel of China's ancient jade carving superb technique. Hall has been the concern that the party Qianlong Emperor Xi. It is understood that this shen xi Capital Museum in 2004 to more than 250 million Hong Kong dollars from Hong Kong, Christie's spring auction purchased. This party "New Zealand square-Xi Bai Lou carves the dragon" is the Qianlong emperor to abdicate the throne itself as the overlord Jiaqing Di carved long ago by the Indian Xi, from the "Eight Zheng Mao-Nian's treasure" can see the printed text is Qianlong's 80th birthday ( 1791) the governance of India, one of Xi, is a private Indian Qianlong. Emperor Qianlong had used it on many well-known painting, and therefore can be used as a basis for identifying the authenticity of one of the paintings.

3, porcelain exhibition Porcelain exhibition on display in Beijing as the capital of historical periods and handed down the porcelain unearthed from 170 components, blue and white glaze red dragons Celestial bottles of water clouds in the year 2000 had been worth 10 million yuan. Also during the Song, Liao, Jin Ding Boy chanting white glaze pot unearthed in blue and white phoenix Dadu bian first pot, Qianlong Fan turquoise green pigments such as lotus pattern domou precious porcelain pots are rare rare boutique. Hall also contains the Big Dipper Choi Ming Chenghua cup grape pattern, this pattern cup grape-cylinder cup chicken works for the same period, are representative of the Ming Dynasty kiln, while the chicken is only one cylinder cup, grape pattern is a pair of cup This cup is the minister of state in the early Qing Sony's 7-year-old granddaughter's grave excavated.

4, study hall Study hall a total of 149 artifacts on display components, including models Qianlong imperial ink, imperial carved Chunhua Xuan paper, the four Ming Yan, Zhang Ming Huang bamboo pavilion pen landscape models such as cultural treasures. Brick mill on the seam of the moon gate, exquisite flower windows, painting cases, bookcases, embroidery Tun ... ... into this gallery, just as the literati's study into the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Exhibited here, mostly because of pens, ink, paper and ink stone and so easy to dry more precious cultural relics, Showcase and exhibition specifically the addition of more than one humidifier to ensure the safety of cultural relics.

Greatest treasures - Monument Qianlong Emperor Qianlong Emperor monument is divided into Beishen monument cap, Beizuo three parts, cap and two blocks each, a total of five. All monument total 6.7 m high and weighs over 40 tons, white marble stone, remarkably well-preserved monument of the Emperor Qianlong who are all rare handwritten block letters, "Royal Chapter", "Royal Park articles", by the Manchu in both languages two poem vivid concrete expression of the Qianlong Emperor "in Germany is not dangerous" and "vigilant" in the country thought. These two articles is that the heritage value of the largest giant monument is to study and display of Beijing's important kind of historical and cultural documents. Beizuo the waist Xu Mizuo, engraved Juancao pattern, exquisite exception.
The new museum features Capital Museum will be among the ranks of the international advanced modern museum, its unique styling, innovative and generous, full-featured, advanced facilities, which consists of more than 30,000 square meters more than 10 different characteristics of foreign and 1 million square meters of exhibition hall dedicated heritage the Treasury, and with thousands of square meters of protection of cultural relics restoration center, thousands of square meters of the cultural information and foreign cultural centers, and can accommodate 300 parking spaces underground car park.
1, a sound function  New Capital Museum is not only an important cultural facilities, but also protection of cultural relics in Beijing, heritage studies, public-oriented and the majority of young people spread the spirit of patriotism, history and scientific knowledge base, or the Beijing organizing ceremonies and celebrations an important place, but also the people an ideal place for tourism and leisure. The central hall of an area of 2,000 square meters, up to 34 meters, is organizing a major ceremonial events and an ideal place for large-scale cultural events. More than 3,000 square meters of temporary exhibition hall for the domestic and international cultural and artistic exchanges provide first-class display platform. Nearly 10,000 square meters of collection of libraries that will accommodate the 250,000 artifacts, a large 10-ton heavy-duty hydraulic lift will enable the car directly into the Treasury underground cultural relics. The new museum is also equipped with perfect reception, multi-media tour, audience interactive projects, cultural activities, restaurants, souvenir shops and other service system, reflects the diversity of today's museum functions, services, user-friendly trends. Multi-function conference room with multi-language simultaneous interpretation, digital movie playback, conference voting system, conference hall dedicated web site, etc. the most advanced facilities; digital theater that can play high-definition digital video.
2, abundant exhibitions  Capital Museum The museum's exhibition displays over the years with the Capital Museum collection and the Beijing area artifacts as the basic material, to absorb the history of Beijing, cultural relics, archeology and related disciplines in the latest research results, learn from the successful experience of the museum at home and abroad to form the unique characteristics of Beijing modern exhibition Chen. The new museum exhibition Chen from the basic display, exhibitions and fine collections of temporary exhibitions three major components, a total of 11 exhibitions, on more than 5,000 pieces of cultural relics. Basic exhibition - "the ancient capital of Beijing" (including "history and culture articles" and "urban construction Chapter") to reflect the historical development of Beijing's context; "capital of the old things - old Beijing folk show" demonstrating the end of the Qing old Beijing style, folk. Fine exhibition includes "Yan to bronze work of art exhibition," "fine art exhibition of ancient porcelain," "fine art exhibition of ancient jade," "fine exhibition of ancient art of calligraphy," "fine art exhibition of ancient art," "art of the ancient Buddhist statues Exhibition "and" study curios "Exhibition seven thematic displays, comprehensive and systematic display of cultural relics in Beijing representative treasures. 
In addition, the exhibition of art form, with the first new museum that seeks to use Bo new design concept, creating a display of different types of atmosphere, with formal affinity, fun, interactive, be widely appealing. Among them, "the ancient capital of Beijing's historical text of articles of large scenes of" "core," "inner circle" Beijing Cultural Relics Exhibition of "trunk", "outer circle" foreign history and culture of "subsidiarity" in the form of national initiative, consistent with the development trend of international exhibition, the museum has won praise from industry experts. 
3, advanced technology  Collection, display, research is the museum three main tasks, Capital Museum to fully absorb and use of the museum building of today's world of advanced technology, in these three areas to achieve the domestic first-class level. In the collection protection, new building with constant temperature and humidity of intelligent air conditioning system. In the exhibition Chen, the extensive use of information technology and other new multimedia exhibition Chen concepts and tools, breaking the previous exhibition Chen textbook boring and monotonous. For example: from three-dimensional multi-media techniques to build a virtual display system that allows the exhibition site in time to broaden the audience in the way a computer using a virtual free information, visit the museum before the exhibition organized various types of displays. In the research, the introduction of heritage preservation and restoration of complete sets of advanced equipment, the use of high-tech means to comprehensively improve the level of heritage conservation and restoration, so that Capital Museum of China north of the preservation and restoration center. 
Green, intelligent and digital is also the first new building technologies Hakata three major characteristics, and in the National Museum of the leading position. Bo's first new museum which used solar panels, is the first solar powered house museums and cultural venues. Hall Green realized the automatic micro-irrigation control, but also effective in saving water resources. Bo's first new museum is also the lead in establishing the National Museum of the professional sub-systems based on the basis of the whole museum service departments and the audience a comprehensive information platform. 
4, high-quality service  New Capital Museum is equipped with complete service facilities. First, in each gate, lobby visits to the navigation system installed. Ticket check-in system can automatically accept a variety of coins, banknotes, the audience on the same day to allow multiple entry visits to museums. The exhibition features narrators and free to explain, and let the memory in 8 languages audio tour equipment, and another 8 kinds of languages available for free promotional materials for the audience. Chin-Chen District, leaving the audience plenty of space to rest and comprehensive presentation the contents of the museum exhibition Chen audience audio-visual room, studio, audio-visual education room, audience participation room, culture and education and leisure services to inner space. As the museum sector, a new attempt, the first new building plan to implement the museum Bo membership for its members to provide a special appreciation of heritage, research in the field of high-quality services. The museum also offers automated storage items, boxes, ATM automated teller machines, and comprehensive service facilities for persons with disabilities, nuances prepared remarkable humanistic care.
As the first Bo is "trilateral project" (learning by design, while construction, side exhibit), the first new building of these features Bo, who is not abstract thinking, and many aspects of the design at the beginning, and there is no complete concept. The existing results obtained, all the parties involved in the construction personnel, continue to explore and perfect results, can be said that the crystallization of collective wisdom.
New Capital Museum is not only an important cultural facilities, but also protection of cultural relics in Beijing, heritage studies, public-oriented and the majority of young people spread the spirit of patriotism, history and scientific knowledge base, or the Beijing organizing ceremonies and celebrations an important place, but also the people an ideal place for tourism and leisure.