Beijing World Art Museum
The China Millennium Monument (Chinese中华 世纪坛/中华 世纪坛, Pinyin Zhōnghuá Shiji tán, Chinese Millennium Monument ') is a sundial architecture in Beijing, which was opened for the welcome of the new millennium and the new century by the Chinese in 2000. Covering an area of 4.5 hectares and a total floor area of approximately 42,000 square meters, the China Millennium Monument stretches along the north- south axis between the Military Museum and the Chinese TV station, with the Yuyuantan Park in the north and the West Beijing Railway Terminus in the south. The Millennium Monument consists of the sundial structure, the Bronze tunnel, the Torch Square, Centennial Hall, the Art Pavilion and other structures. The structure of the monument combines the spirit of traditional Chinese culture with modern architectural art. It integrates landscaping, sculpture, mural painting, and various other art forms. It represents not only an eternal reminder of the new millennium, but also serves as a center for cultural, artistic and scientific exhibitions at home and abroad.
Monument
At the head of the cloister of the main part of the Millennium Monument, consists of two parts, the " Qian " and " Kun" is called. " Kun" is static, step-like, pyramid-like structure, which is disposed on the outer wall of the architecture in a railway construction, bears the engraved symbolic structure of the 56 nationalities in China. In the center of the static structure, " Qian ", a rotating circular area is of 1,700 square meters, traveled by one revolution at an angle of 19.4 degrees per day. A stage with a diameter of 14 meters in the center of the rotating structure serves as a central arena for art performances, dancing and singing, as well as other large open- air events. At the top of the monument is inserted into the sky towering 45 meters high pointer, whose appearance is reminiscent of the sundial in the Palace Museum. The pointer is a symbol of the space-time extension, which embodies the always forward marching spirit of the Chinese people.
At the southern entrance stands a white marble tablet on which the five Chinese characters Zhong, Hua, Shi Ji Tan and written by the former President of the People 's Republic of China Jiang Zemin, are engraved. Inside the south entrance to the monument is the Plaza of the sacred fire ( sheng huǒ guǎng chǎng ). The Plaza is one meter below the Monument levels and is paved with 960 granite pieces that symbolizes the gentle rise of the centripetal soil, the rise of the Chinese nation. The 960 granite pieces represent the 9.6 million square kilometers of the territory of China Represents the Sacred Fire of China is located in the center of the Plaza. The ever- burning flame is about 45 inches high and has its origin at the site of Peking Man at Zhoukoudian, about 50 kilometers away from Beijing, from where it is fed with natural gas. It is a sign of the incessant creativity of the Chinese civilization.
Along the eastern and western side of the Plaza of the sacred fire are water cascades flowing in a steady stream down the stairs. They symbolize the mother rivers of the Chinese nation: The Yangtze and Yellow River ( Huang He) When you walk along the Plaza in the direction of the monument, one comes to the 270 -meter-long bronze Tunnel ( Qing tong yǒng Dào ). . In the center of the tunnel is a three -meter-wide bronze board that holds from south to north, the events of the science, technology, culture, education and other aspects of 300 million years before the emergence of mankind by the year 2000 AD as a chronogram.
The China Millennium Monument represents the harmonious development between man and nature are the leading colors of the monument are yellow and green. The Chinese represent the cultural spirit by the yellow color and the combination of heaven and man, by the green color, according to a traditional Chinese philosophy dar.
World Art Museum
Within the China Millennium Monument is a museum of art, World Art Museum of Beijing ( Shi jie shu yì guǎn ). It is the first non-profit national institution in China, which is engaged in the collection, exhibition and research of world art. By collaborating with museums, schools and other educational institutions around the world, it aims to make the local population with wider human civilization and serves to promote cultural communication and art education. In this way, it is a window to the world of art and display for communication between cultures.
The World Art Museum includes the exhibit hall, the gallery exhibition, digital art gallery and exhibition spaces. The exhibition area is about 20,000 square meters and is used with the original works of art to show in broad outline the basic contexts of the history of world art. In the Gallery exhibition are of higher level annually, introduced some deepening theme and organized. In the digital art gallery five video screens with a screen size of 381 inches and 16:9 are symmetrically installed in a circular building. They are the daily video presentations in a high-resolution three-dimensional multi-media environment.
In the Centennial Hall, the annular naturalistic colorful murals are applied on a stone. With a circumference of 117 meters and a height of 4.8 meters it is one of the largest annular wall paintings in China. It will be presented in four historical stages of the important events and events that reflect the spirit and the development of the 5,000 -year civilization of the Chinese nation. The first stage is the rational spirit of the times before the Qin Dynasty ( 221 BC to 207 BC) and depicts the original conceptual content of the Chinese nation. The second stage represents the tolerant attitude of the Han dynasty (from 206 BC to 220 AD) to the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 ) and describes the generous spirit of the Chinese nation. The third stage reflects the loyalty to the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), as well as the strength of character of the Chinese nation resist. The fourth stage corresponds to the historical variations of modern enlightenment and salvation, the spirit of independence of the Chinese nation is shown.
The World Art Museum of Beijing is one of the most important institutions for the presentation of art exhibitions and cultural activities in China. It is a great venue for major national and international exhibitions, biennials, large-scale performances and other cultural activities.