There are many vivid images of rabbits in traditional Chinese culture, and there are numerous cultural relics that contain the element of “rabbit”. This event will feature a selection of cultural relics with “rabbit” elements from the Capital Museum, telling the story of the rabbit in traditional Chinese culture.
", "baoming": "How to sign up
Please scan the applet code below to make a reservation, or click on the menu below the Capital Museum’s WeChat Official Account “Love to Participate”--“Join An Activity” to make a reservation (No on-site or telephone registration).
Bronze ware has a long history in China, with the bronze ornaments of the Shang and Zhou periods are especially exquisite and mysterious, presenting unparalleled skills and charm. Taking the ‘ Exhibition of Bronze Ware from Yan and Zhao States’ in the Capital Museum as a platform, this event will take you into the world of animals made of bronze to sense their vividness and charm. Visitors will also have the chance to creatively make a vivid image of a bronze beast, to appreciate the unique artistic charm of ancient bronze ornaments and feel the profound wisdom of the ancient Chinese.
", "baoming": "How to sign up
Please scan the applet code below to make a reservation, or click on the menu below the Capital Museum’s WeChat Official Account “Love to Participate”--“Join An Activity” to make a reservation (No on-site or telephone registration).
“Canopy fish, tank, pomegranate tree, a literati, a dog and a plumpy girl”, the life of a family in the Beijing courtyard of the old times is vividly presented before your eyes. The courtyard, the city wall, and the city gate are all characteristic buildings of old Beijing. Can you imagine how the ancient people completed the planning of the city and laid out these buildings in a reasonable way?
In this activity, you will become a little architect, experience the collage of Beijing city and try to draw the capital city in your own mind! Come an join us with your parents!
", "baoming": "How to sign up
Please scan the applet code below to make a reservation, or click on the menu below the Capital Museum’s WeChat Official Account “Love to Participate”--“Join An Activity” to make a reservation (No on-site or telephone registration).
How to sign up
Please scan the applet code below to make a reservation, or click on the menu below the Capital Museum’s WeChat Official Account “Love to Participate”--“Join An Activity” to make a reservation (No on-site or telephone registration).
", "txt": "Velvet flower ring DIY
The velvet flower (pronounced as ‘Rong Hua’ in Chinese) implies “prosperity” (also pronounced as ‘Rong Hua’ in Chinese ), which means good luck and wealth and enjoys a long history. According to historical records, the craftsmanship of making velvet flowers was very exquisite during the Tang Dynasty, and various kinds of them were presented as tributes to the imperial family, so they were called the “flowers of the imperil palace”. In the Qing Dynasty, people wore velvet flowers at the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and wedding celebrations, so they were also called “flowers of happiness”. Nowadays, they are not only used as head ornaments, but also made into corsages, rings and decorations. In order to provide a better experience of the cultural charm of intangible cultural heritage for you, we plan to hold a “velvet flower” DIY activity, so bring your family and join us!
", "tip": "", "tipTime": "", "date": "2023-02-11" } }, { "id": 94, "h3": "Colorful Porcelain", "p": "As the treasure of Chinese culture and one of the calling cards of China, porcelain is famous around the global with its exquisite and colorful ornaments. In this event, we will appreciate the beauty of porcelain by selecting floral motifs from porcelain ornaments, and there will be a wonderful interactive session where the audience can draw the “blue and white flat pot with phoenix head” with their own hands to learn the exquisite skills and experience the wisdom of the Chinese ancestors.", "h4": "Paper Art Space on the first floor of the Capital Museum", "info": { "title": "Colorful Porcelain", "time": "February 19, 2023, 10:00am-11:30am、2023, 14:00-15:30 pm", "loc": "Paper Art Space on the first floor of the Capital Museum", "ren": "Limited to 15 groups (30 people in total), first come, first served", "baoming": "How to sign up
Please scan the applet code below to make a reservation, or click on the menu below the Capital Museum’s WeChat Official Account “Love to Participate”--“Join An Activity” to make a reservation (No on-site or telephone registration).
", "txt": "Floral motifs in the porcelain
As the treasure of Chinese culture and one of the calling cards of China, porcelain is famous around the global with its exquisite and colorful ornaments. In this event, we will appreciate the beauty of porcelain by selecting floral motifs from porcelain ornaments, and there will be a wonderful interactive session where the audience can draw the “blue and white flat pot with phoenix head” with their own hands to learn the exquisite skills and experience the wisdom of the Chinese ancestors.
", "tip": "", "tipTime": "", "date": "2023-02-19" } }, { "id": 73, "h3": "Consulting History When Observing Reality – Wisdom as the Mirror", "p": "While learning about the history and culture of bronze mirrors in ancient China and the process of making them, you will also be given the chance to make a\"bronze mirror\" with your own hands at the Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience Area.", "h4": "Venue: Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience AreaConsulting History When Observing Reality – Wisdom as the Mirror
\"Consulting History When Observing Reality – Wisdom as the Mirror\" is a parent-child activity designed in conjunction with the exhibition\"Pursuing Eternity: Conservation of Museum Collections in China.\" While learning about the history and culture of bronze mirrors in ancient China and the process of making them, you will also be given the chance to make a\"bronze mirror\" with your own hands at the Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience Area (formerly the Pottery Workshop).
", "tip": "", "tipTime": "Registration Date: June 12, 2021", "date": "2021-06-12" } }, { "id": 74, "h3": "Love Beijing Set Your Dream Free", "p": "Children's Day is coming! The Capital Museum has meticulously prepared a big gift for you, so come and get it!", "h4": "Venue: Ceremony HallChildren's Day is coming! The Capital Museum has meticulously prepared a big gift for you, so come and get it!
Special event on Children's Day at Capital Museum
Love Beijing Set Your Dream Free
Introduction to the Event
In order to celebrate the 70th anniversary of our great country, understand the course of its struggle, and encourage children and adolescents to develop a sense of national pride and cohesion, the Museum will carry out a high-spirited and energetic reading activity called \"Reading City\" on June 6. Our little professional actors will present to you classic poems such as The Great Together, To Wang Lun, and Quiet Night Thought. In addition, some audience members with an appointment will be invited to sing My Motherland and Let Us Paddle a Boat and recite I am Proud of Being a Chinese and On the Young China.
", "tip": "1. If you are unable to attend on that day, please cancel your appointment in WeChat. Absence without notification in advance will be recorded and may influence your future application for our activities.
2. Due to the nature of this event, please enter the museum before 17:50, after which entry will not be possible on that day.
Meng Jianhua
A Beijinger born and raised in Beijing
A Beijinger who grew up in the New China
A Beijinger who loves sharing the old stories of Beijing
A Beijinger who loves Beijing as much as you do
Two years ago, Meng applied for a position in the sixth batch of volunteers for the Capital Museum.
One year ago, Meng became a guide at the Beijing General History Hall of the Museum.
In his advanced age though he is, Meng is a new volunteer dubbed the \"Excellent Volunteer at Capital Museum of 2017\" thanks to his vivid, funny and patient guidance as well as his affable personality.
This Saturday, he will wait for you at the Beijing General History Hall of the Museum and talk about the grand Beijing, the capital of five ancient dynasties.
Theme:
Grand Beijing: The Capital of Five Ancient Dynasties
Dear kids, do you know you can make your own gifts with a simple instrument?
The Capital Museum has prepared not only some secret stories of mortar and pestle but also the craftsmanship of a perfume satchel. Don't hesitate to sign up!
You will learn about the culture of mortar and pestle and make fine gifts with your parents. We are looking forward to your participation!
Date and Time:
The first activity: 10:00-12:00 July 1, 2018
The second activity: 14:00-16:00 July 1, 2018
(The two activities are the same.)
Activity for:
Children aged 7-9; each activity can accommodate 20 children
(The activity is for families, and each child shall be accompanied by a parent.)
Duration:
Two hours
", "tip": "(1) Registered participants who cannot attend shall cancel their reservation via WeChat (Capital Museum Activities - Recent Activities - Activities) 24 hours before the activity.
(2) Those who are 15 minutes late shall be disqualified.
(3) If you are absent on that day without informing in advance, it will affect the registration of future activities. Thanks for your cooperation!
(4) The right of final interpretation is owned by the Publicity and Education Department of the Capital Museum.
Do you remember the exquisite old wooden exhibits showed on the exhibition \"Reading the City — Discovering the Charm of Beijing Quadrangles\"? Are you curious about Chinese traditional woodworking skills? Do you want to know more about Chinese wood culture and art?
Targeting China's 2018 \"Culture and Natural Heritage Day,\" various wonderful activities planned by the Capital Museum will kick off soon. A special outdoor activity, \"Woodworking and Craftsmanship -- A Talk between Exhibition \"Reading the City\" and Cultural Heritages,\" will show you the glamor of Chinese traditional wooden crafts, the charm of intangible cultural heritage and the craftsmanship of woodworking. You will read the cities via the activity!
The activities include:
1. Abundant knowledge about wood culture:
Participants will visit exhibitions which showcase fantastic exhibits, including buildings, irrigation tools and daily necessities. The fine old wooden exhibits will present you the admirable wisdom of the ancients.
2. Surprise guests:
We specially invite surprise guests to illustrate the knowledge of the intangible cultural heritage and the woodworking. You will learn a lot!
3. Woodworking DIY and the experience of being a craftsman:
You will the use primitive tools to make your own wooden work which will store your unique memory.
4. Parent-children interaction:
Parents and children make a wooden craft together, which develops hands-on ability as well as enhances family bonds!
That's enough for the introduction. If you want to find out more, come and join us!
On June 9, join us to understand craftsmanship and have a taste of the charming Chinese culture. Be there or be square!
Meeting Place:
Participants please come to Wenwangge Museum of Wooden Crafts, sign in at the front gate and enter with your screenshot showing successful reservation.
Transportation:
Address: Wenwangge Museum of Wooden Crafts, No. 147, South Development Zone, Dongxiaying Village, Taihu Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing
Public transport:
Take Bus 18, get off at Xixiayingcun East Station and walk for 1.3km. There is no through bus to the museum.
Driving:
The museum is located 150m to the east of the intersection of Tangdazhuang Road and Zhangtai Road. You can search \"Beijing Wooden Craft and Art Museum\" on Baidu Map and follow the navigation.
", "tip": "1. Registered participants who cannot attend shall cancel reservation via WeChat (Capital Museum Activities - Recent Activities - Activities) 24 hours before the activity.
2. Those who are 15 minutes late shall be disqualified.
3. If you are absent on that day without informing in advance, it will affect your registration for future activities. Thanks for your cooperation.
4. The right of final interpretation is owned by the Publicity and Education Department of the Capital Museum.
In the life of the courtyard, there are so many things to say that almost everyone who has lived in it can share a series of unforgettable memories. In particular, we invited an old Beijinger, Grandpa Wang Wuyu, former deputy president of the Capital Museum, to bring you the story of his long life in the courtyard.
Let's come and listen to Mr. Wang's stories!
There is an interesting \"Tangpozi (a heating instrument)\" hidden in the Bookshop which has a special connection with Mr. Wang's stories.
Lecturer:
Wang Wuyu
Former Deputy President of the Capital Museum (Researcher)
Duration:
90 minutes
Meeting place:
Please gather at the Colorful Room 10 minutes before the activity. Participants shall enter the Museum with the screenshot showing successful reservation via the group entrance at the east door of the ground floor.
1. Registered participants who cannot take part shall cancel reservation via WeChat (Capital Museum Activities - Recent Activities - Activities) 24 hours before the activity.
2. Those who arrive 15 minutes late will forfeit their admission.
3. If you are absent on that day without informing in advance, it will affect your registration for future activities. Thanks for your cooperation.
4. The right of final interpretation is owned by the Publicity and Education Department of Capital Museum.
A common saying is: \"may you always get fish (yu)\", whereby \"yu\" is a homophone for \"may you always get a surplus (yu)\" in Chinese, which is one of the most typical blessings in Chinese traditional fortune-culture. It wishes for people to have a well-off life, with superfluous wealth and food. Besides, velvet flowers (rong hua) are a homophone for a \"lustrous complexion\" (rong hua), which stands for riches and honor, and is an auspicious blessing. Thus, Chinese would decorate their house with velvet flowers during the Dagon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festivals. Combining the two elements of \"fish\" and \"flowers\" in the Capital Museum we will provide a strong festival atmosphere.
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
Here comes a warm and happy festival during the cold winter. Drop your busy work and come in a good mood. Come here and celebrate New Year's Day with your family. Let Capital Museum start your new year with wishes and dreams for you. Take paper cuttings to bring you good fortune back home and enjoy the upcoming happiness.
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
Little guys, it is Christmas Day again. Do you want to have a special Christmas Day? Do you want to learn about the origin and customs of Christmas? Do you want to decorate Christmas trees with other partners? Sign up now! We are waiting for you in the Capital Museum!
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
Chinese have held an ardent love for rooster since the ancient times. Not only did they endow the rooster as a resolute, courageous, right-mined and noble character, they also brought it into the Chinese Zodiac. This year is the 34th Year of the Rooster. Let us glue a macho and big rooster!
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
\"Reading the City - Discovering the Charm of Beijing Quadrangles\" - Series of Special Educational Activities in the National Day & Mid-Autumn Festival
", "title": "Roosters in Quadrangle Courtyards", "time": "October 8, 2017", "loc": "Colorful Room, B1", "ren": "20 groups of parent-child families (aged 6-10)", "txt": "At the mention of courtyards, the first thing people think of is flying pigeons in the sky. However, there is another kind of poultry that is also kept in courtyards - roosters. They herald the break of the day every morning, showing their punctuality; hens show their kindness by taking care of chicks. These qualities are also valued by Beijingers. Since ancient times, chickens are animals that represent positive energy and good luck. Today let's use a tempera painting palette to make a fancy big rooster!
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
\"Reading the City - Discovering the Charm of Beijing Quadrangles\" - Series of Special Educational Activities in the National Day & Mid-Autumn Festival
", "title": "Antique 'Drum' and 'Box'", "time": "October 5, 2017", "loc": "Colorful Room, B1", "ren": "20 groups of parent-child families (aged 8-12)", "txt": "\"Little boy, sitting on the pier, crying and crying for a wife...\" This is a nursery rhyme widely sung, but do you know what is pier? What kind of cultural connotation does it have? Let's get to know pier in the \"Reading the City\" Hall in the Capital Museum, and make a pier by ourselves.
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
\"Reading the City - Discovering the Charm of Beijing Quadrangles\" - Series of Special Educational Activities in the National Day & Mid-Autumn Festival
", "title": "Gorgeous Bunny", "time": "October 4, 2017", "loc": "Colorful Room, B1", "ren": "25 people", "txt": "There are many small animals in the courtyards, including fluffy bunnies – a children's favorite. What do you think will happen when traditional New Year pictures of rabbits are combined with colored pencils?
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
\"Reading the City - Discovering the Charm of Beijing Quadrangles\" - Series of Special Educational Activities in the National Day & Mid-Autumn Festival
", "title": "Auspicious Moon Rabbit", "time": "October 4, 2017", "loc": "Colorful Room, B1", "ren": "20 groups of parent-child families (aged 8-12)", "txt": "\"There was no rouge on the face, but only a thin red line drawn on the mouth, oiled; two slender white ears were lightly painted with light red; thus, the bunny's face takes on a handsome look...\" A few words from Lao She are enough to depict the image of the rabbit. Legends such as Chang E flying to the moon, Wu Gang chopping down the cassia tree, Jade Rabbit grinding medicine are long standing; while customs in the Mid-Autumn Festival such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the glorious moon, worshiping the moon, having moon cakes, admiring osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine have been inherited from our ancestors. The full moon symbolizes the reunion of families, and is used by people to express their homesickness and longing for meeting with their families. How do children in the courtyards spend the Mid-Autumn Festival? Let's feel it!
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
\"Reading the City - Discovering the Charm of Beijing Quadrangles\" - Series of Special Educational Activities in the National Day & Mid-Autumn Festival
", "title": "Unveil the Gatehouse", "time": "October 3, 2017", "loc": "Colorful Room, B1", "ren": "20 groups of parent-child families (aged 6-10)", "txt": "Beijing's gatehouse, with a diverse appearance and a long history, shows the identity of its owner just as today's business card. You don't even have to go inside the courtyard. Instead, you can know the social status of its owner judging from the gatehouse.
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
\"Reading the City - Discovering the Charm of Beijing Quadrangles\" - Series of Special Educational Activities in the National Day & Mid-Autumn Festival
", "title": "Stories of Time", "time": "October 2, 2017", "loc": "Colorful Room, B1", "ren": "20 groups of parent-child families (aged 7-12)", "txt": "Blue sky, gray tiles, deep hutongs, hovering pigeons, neighborhood greetings... are all the deepest childhood memories of children growing up in the courtyards of Beijing. Those children, who are now parents, will want to tell their children what life was like back then in the courtyards, the games they used to play, the rules and etiquette they learned, and the philosophy of life they realized. Let's review those stories, rules and games together!
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
\"Reading the City - Discovering the Charm of Beijing Quadrangles\" - Series of Special Educational Activities in the National Day & Mid-Autumn Festival
", "title": "Flowers in Quadrangle Courtyards", "time": "October 1, 2017", "loc": "Colorful Room, B1", "ren": "20 pairs of parent-child families (aged 10-15)", "txt": "Throughout the four seasons, the view in a quadrangle courtyard is always fascinating, decorated with different flowers in season. Let's enjoy together!
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
Emblazonry is one of the ways people express their opinions. Patterns on colored pottery, bronze, jade, porcelain and other artifacts are actually articles without words. Some emblazonry, due to auspicious connotations, are still used nowadays, while some of them still withhold the mystery of their meaning. Let’s appreciate the beauty of historical civilization through emblazonry at the Hall of Wonderful China.
Age and Turnout: AM: 6-8 years old children and their parents, 10 groups; PM: 9-12 years old children and their parents, 10 groups.
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
Have you lived in a quadrangle courtyard? Do you still remember how the courtyard looks? Maybe your children haven't seen a quadrangle
courtyard before, because it is hard to feel how it would be to live in one. Take them to our activity and hear those stories of quadrangle courtyards.
The themes of the series of activities are \"Children in the Courtyard\" and \"Secrets of the Courtyard\".
Please gather at the Colorful Room on the ground floor of the Capital Museum 10 minutes before the activity starts. Parent should apply for the ticket in advance with ID card, and take children to enter through the north gate.
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend for personal reasons, please cancel your application on Wechat, so as not take up the limited places unnecessarily.
2. If more than 15 minutes late, entry will not be possible on that day.
3. Absence without advance notification will affect any future applications, thanks for your cooperation!
Hutong courtyards, for natives of Beijing, hold dear their memory of life. Generations of Beijingers have formed a kind of culture featuring a loving father, filial children, friendly elder brothers and polite younger brothers, when they made the courtyards their home. During the Dragon Boat Festival and the Children's Day this year, the Capital Museum has prepared a different experience for you. Amiable presenters, professional folk-custom teachers, skillful inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, abundant interactive experiences are all right here waiting for you!
【Activity Time and Audience】
May 30, 2017, 9:30 am (parent-child family, child being 12-15 years old)
June 1, 2017, 9:30 am (parent-child family, child being 6-15 years old)
Venue: Ceremony Hall, Capital Museum
50 parent-boy families and 50 parent-girl families for each event (only one parent)
【Meeting Point】
Please enter from the north gate of the museum with your appointment interface on WeChat and sign in at the activity registration counter at the Ceremony Hall on the 1st floor 20 minutes before the event starts.
Feedback: You are welcome to give us comments and feedback on the event, which will be used to improve the quality of our future activities. Thanks for your support!
E-mail: bjshyzm@163.com
Other activities with the theme \"Reading city - Discover the beauty of Beijing courtyard” are coming soon.
", "tip": "1. If unable to attend due to personal reasons, please cancel your application on WeChat, as places are limited.
2. We offer all the materials needed for the event.
3. If you arrive 30 minutes late, entry will be forfeited.
4. Absence without notification in advance will affect future applications for our activities, thanks for your cooperation!