'Home' for Chinese Characters Fully Completed in Anyang

Source: dahe.cn | 2022-11-18 21:34

After the completion of phase II construction, National Museum of Chinese Writing in Anyang city of Central China's Henan province opened to the public on November 16 with a brand-new look. The city is known for being the home of oracle bone inscriptions.

National Museum of Chinese Writing with a brand-new look. [Photo provided to dahe.cn]

With a total area of 389.4 mu (1 mu equals about 666 square meters), the phase II construction involves 2 venues and 1 Chinese Writing Park. The newly-built venues, covering an area 3 times that of the main one opened in 2009, are located to the east and west of the main venue respectively. A bird's eye view of the 3 venues looks like a Chinese character "合" (harmony in English), embodying the Chinese nation's traditional concept of "harmony between man and nature". Besides, the 2 venues have 4 exhibition halls, displaying over 600 pieces or sets of cultural relics and artworks, including bronze wares, rubbings, epigraphs, porcelain and calligraphy works.

The newly-built Chinese Writing Park. [Photo provided to dahe.cn]

The Chinese Writing Park, covering an area of 214 mu, integrates the elements of Chinese characters into the landscape design. Through featured water systems, plants of different heights and buildings of various styles, the ecology, nature and culture are harmoniously integrated together.

Main venue of National Museum of Chinese Writing. [Photo provided to dahe.cn]

Constructed in two phases, National Museum of Chinese Writing is a national first-class museum with the functions of preservation, display and study of cultural relics. The main venue, covering an area of 22.7 thousand square meters and opened in November 2009, is a main project during the phase I construction. Over the past 13 years, it has received nearly 15 million visitors. (Text: Zhao Hanqing Yang Jiaxin Video: He Menghe Proofreader: Chen Xingjie)