Jiangsu Art Museum

Located in the cultural building complex on Changjiang Road in Nanjing, the Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum was originally the National Art Gallery, which was completed in August 1936. It is the first national-level art museum in modern China and marks the beginning of the development of China's art museum industry. In 1956, the Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, as one of the earliest provincial-level art museums established in New China, opened to the public, and was officially named in 1960.

||The quality of this free new exhibition at the art museum is so high!! Flowers symbolizing the blossoming of life, and withered lotuses symbolizing life's final stages; water rippling with waves, as if marking the passage of time; the artist uses traditional woodblock prints and ink on paper to express contemplation and thoughts on life. The recent exhibition at the Jiangsu Provincial Museum, Chen Qi's 'To My Return' exhibition, can be described as a visual feast!! 'To My Return' is named after the phrase 'Heart's sorrow, to my return' from the 'Book of Songs·Cao Feng·Mayfly', which not only laments the fleeting nature of time but also reflects Chen Qi's return to his origins after 32 years, rebuilding the geographical connection with his homeland in the south of the Yangtze River and the spiritual communication with his own brushwork and ink technique. Moreover, by using the image of the mayfly, it echoes the cosmic view of his representative work 'Time Stave' with its clothes fish and wormholes, achieving a spiritual reconstruction of 'sending the mayfly to the universe, a mere grain in the vast ocean.' The exhibition feels both traditional and modern, both abstract and concrete, both transcendent and aesthetic, both simple and rich. This free exhibition's quality is just too high! 'Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum'

🖼Even if I don't have an artistic bone in my body, even if I don't understand creation, or even if I'm not interested in calligraphy and painting, how can I resist the Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum? Because... who doesn't yearn for 'beauty'? The key is that during the hot summer, visiting exhibitions inside the museum is the top choice for staying cool! 🏰The old gallery of today's Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum was originally built in 1936 as the National Art Gallery, the first national-level art museum in modern Chinese history. Now, it is divided into the old and new galleries. 📺At the Jiangsu Provincial Art Exhibition Hall 'Oriental Charm,' classic Chinese art pieces are showcased. 'Mommy, mommy'... 'I'm not your mommy, your mommy has four legs'... Do you remember this short story from textbooks, or the animated film on TV—'Little Tadpoles Looking for Their Mother'? Have you watched 'Havoc in Heaven,' 'The Calabash Brothers,' 'Fantastic Tales of Tianshan'...? These familiar yet long-lost names, aren't they classics from your childhood animation memories?! 🔮The three-story exhibition hall features early landscapes, paper-cutting, New Year paintings, shadow plays, and animations depicting idioms. Each segment is vividly remembered, especially 'Little Tadpoles Looking for Their Mother,' China's first ink and wash animation, which is also featured at the opening of the exhibition. 🎥In addition to frequently mentioned and variously remade series like 'The Calabash Brothers,' 'Journey to the West,' 'Nezha,' many may have forgotten 'Mr. Dongguo,' 'The Proud General,' 'Fantastic Tales of Tianshan,' 'Three Monks,' 'The Fox Hunts the Hunter,' and so on, which once brought us laughter and a fair share of childhood shadows, right?! 🦌'National Treasures' mentioned the Mogao Caves, which talked about 'The Nine-Colored Deer.' Because of the Nine-Colored Deer, we learned about the Mogao Caves. In fact, many animated stories convey knowledge, morals, and character to us, such as gratitude, humility, respect for the elderly, and shared responsibility. Traditional Chinese virtues like 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faith,' 'gentleness, kindness, respect, thrift, and modesty,' and so on, are also conveyed to us through these art pieces during our childhood! ❤️Therefore, we don't need to envy how animations are in Japan or America. Chinese art animations have a glorious history and continue to break new ground today. We have our own 'Oriental Charm'! 🛎1. The first and second floors are exhibition halls, and the third floor offers a viewing experience of animations that can no longer be found on TV or online. 2. On the left side of the first floor, there is an artistic café where enthusiasts can sit and take photos at their leisure. 📷The building itself is an art piece, full of aesthetic appeal. From the steps in the corridor, the chandeliers, and the large floor-to-ceiling windows, paired with benches, it's full of a retro vibe. And this corridor is a popular spot for Instagram-worthy photos. Many beautiful visitors come here to take photos by the windows and staircases. You can also take photos of the details of your exhibition visit, as the lines are very characteristic. 📍Location: No. 266 Changjiang Road, Xuanwu District (this is the old gallery) 🚗Transportation: Two-minute walk from Daxinggong Station on the subway. ⏰Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm. 💰Free admission, reservation required. 🖼Compared to the old gallery, the new gallery has a more modern appearance and interior decoration, so the artworks exhibited in each period are also modern art collections. Currently, the two floors above ground and one floor underground are open. 🖼For example, the 'National Art Exhibition' on the first floor, with its red backdrop, oil paintings, watercolors, and calligraphy, presents majestic works in a quiet and pleasant viewing environment. One section even celebrates the valiant figures of Jiangsu athletes and the calligraphy and paintings of Jiangsu's public fitness! This year is the year of sports, the Olympic year, which is very fitting! And today just happens to be National Fitness Day, isn't that a coincidence?! 🗺The second floor is filled with various prints in a whole hall, so 'neat and orderly'! Even in a dim environment, photography enthusiasts can't contain their enthusiasm and start creating right there on the benches! 📚The basement floor is for special and temporary exhibitions, with the 'Xu Jian • Xie Shiqiang' theme exhibition. And my favorite is still to browse the various museum cultural and creative stores, even if I don't buy anything, just to look and be inspired by art! Of course, if there's something I particularly like, it's only right to purchase it! The museum has also set up a café, where you can enjoy a drink, hold a book, and there's even a stepped book city at the staircase entrance, all with a literary and fresh atmosphere! If you can do so without disturbing others, there's also a reading room where you can sit and rest! How nice is that?! 🆒Nanjing's summer is hot as a furnace, but in the various museums along Changjiang Road, slowing down and calmly viewing and reading exhibitions is another unique summer experience, isn't it?! 📍Location: No. 333 Changjiang Road, Xuanwu District. (Opposite the Six Dynasties Museum, close to Nanjing Library) 🚗Transportation: About 400 meters walk from Daxinggong Station on the subway. ⏰Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm, free admission, ID required for ticket reservation!

Grand Bao'en Temple Citywalk Half-Day Route|||Grand Bao'en Temple Subway Station➡️D9 Block➡️1912 Block➡️Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum➡️Ke Alley➡️Six Dynasties Museum 📍D9 Block (p1) A photo spot hidden in the busy city area that few people know about. 📍1912 Block (p2) An old internet-famous spot with a Republic of China style, where every snap 📸 looks good. 📍Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum First floor: 'To My Return Place' -- Chen Qi Watermark Print Solo Exhibition, postponed until June 23, 2024. (p3-7) The exhibition title comes from the 'Book of Songs·Cao Feng·Mayfly' with the line 'The sorrow of my heart, to my return place.' The 56-meter-long oversized image '2021 Generation and Dispersion' is exhibited in full for the first time, and the visual impact of the huge ink paintings 'Midsummer' and 'Beautiful Countryside' is very shocking. There is a set of 'Infinity' 🦐 color stamps at the first-floor service desk, in black and red, free of charge~ Second floor: Special Exhibition from Korea Third floor: 'Great Beauty Holds Truth' -- 2023 Annual Collection Exhibition, featuring a selection of 63 exquisite works. Basement: 'Return to the Origin' -- Tao Zhui Solo Exhibition 📍Ke Alley 🤩wow, a food paradise, Tao Ji's Texas Chicken, freshly made egg cakes, Aunt Xu's cake and dumpling shop, and more, charge~ 📍Six Dynasties Museum (p8-14) 🎫Ticket: 30r (free on International Museum Day🆓) Exclamation‼️ A lingering example of Chinese aesthetics, an absolute niche treasure museum, highly recommended‼️‼️ During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the six dynasties of Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen were collectively called the 'Six Dynasties'. Basement: 【Capital of the Six Dynasties】 The cultural relics exhibition area of the Six Dynasties capital site is displayed in a sectional form, showing the strata of Jiankang Palace, with a large number of site relics on display. First floor: 【This is the Color of China·Green】5.18 Special Exhibition It showcases color aesthetics and the ancient people's taste for beauty, explaining the profound connotation of Chinese green culture. You can see a museum treasure 🐼 level cultural relic 【Blue and White Porcelain Vase with the Scene of Xiao He Chasing Han Xin Under the Moon】. Second floor: 【Elegance of the Six Dynasties】 The exhibition hall has almost no real walls, separated by bamboo shadows and landscapes, the so-called 'bamboo shadows sparsely cast on the painting screen', the use of light and shadow is very fitting with the Jiangnan style, aesthetically advanced and comfortable, a different view with every step. Two treasures of the museum 【Celadon Glazed Underglaze Colored Feathered Man Pattern Spout Pot】 and 【Celadon Lotus Zun】 are both on the second floor. Third floor: 【Great Figures of the Six Dynasties】 Telling stories of famous people during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, cultural customs. There is a glass internet-famous check-in wall, and the cultural and creative center exit has 7 free stamps.