Guangzhou: There was no trace of silk museum for a year

The news of the Guangzhou Silk Museum has long been reported. At last year's Liwan District meeting, the government’s work report mentioned that it would “accelerate the construction of the Guangzhou Silk Museum” and clearly stated that it planned to place the Guangzhou Silk Museum at the Inside.

How is the progress of the preparation of the Silk Museum now? The reporter visited yesterday and discovered that although the year has passed, the scene in the hall is still the same, and the works on the walls are even covered with dust. There are very few tourists and they are particularly deserted. According to relevant sources, the plan to build a museum has already been reported, but for various reasons it has not been reported. The construction of the museum may also be aborted.

The Nylon Guild Hall Transfiguration Silk Museum Planning At the beginning of last year, Liwan District mentioned in the government work report that it will “accelerate the construction of the Guangzhou Silk Museum.” There are also reports that the museum is planned to be housed within the Nylon Hall.

It is reported that as the industry hall of the Guangzhou Silk Industry, the nylon hall was built in the first year of the Yongzheng year (1723). In 2001, due to the expansion of Kangwang Road, the Guangzhou Municipal Government took 4 years to spend more than 7 million yuan to translate the entire hall to the current Kangwang South Road. No. 289 was repaired. In February 2005, it was handed over to the Liwan District Government for management. In November 2008, it was announced as a provincial cultural relics protection unit.

The reporter learned yesterday that the cultural department of Liwan District has a preliminary plan on how to build the Guangzhou Silk Museum. The plan proposes that: From the perspective of the Maritime Silk Road, the function of the nylon hall as the meeting hall of the Guangzhou silk industry will be highlighted. It is planned to set up five exhibition areas: trade union gathering, patriarchal pavilion, hall translation, silkworm breeding, textile crafts and broadcasting. Embroidered boutique, silk trade (sculpture). One of the most anticipated is that the museum bred the real silkworms in the museum so that the citizens can come to see the silkworm silk spinning, silk production, craftsmanship and trade.

The relevant departments also envisaged that after the Nylon Pavilion became a silk museum, it would become an important tourist attraction on the Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street. Visitors would visit the first stop of the Pedestrian Street where visitors could participate in the production or purchase of silk weaving crafts. To restore the “birthday of the founder” once a year, organize the owners of related industries such as silk and clothing in Guangzhou to come to visit and form a fixed folk activities.

The landscape of the museum has not changed. Preparation plan, etc. What is the status of the Silk Museum? When the reporter visited yesterday, he found that there was no change in the sights in the hall. On the walls of the lobby were several pieces of Guangxiu's works. Entering the back hall, a portrait of Zhang Jian’s teacher was hung in the middle of the hall. There was nothing else but a wall. All empty. The citizen of the Nanning Hall, who had just visited the Nylon Hall last week, said: “The building of the hall is very beautiful, but it lacks explanations and effective guidelines. The exhibits inside it are not so concise. It is a waste of a place that is so busy.”

Even more embarrassing is that although the Nylon Hall is close to Shangxiajiongwang and has been open to the public for free, the museum is empty. The reporter has stayed for a long time and rarely sees visitors. This is a provincial heritage building that witnessed the glorious history of the Guangzhou Maritime Silk Road.

Not that there is no change in the preparation of a silk museum. The reporter interviewed the relevant staff in the museum. He said that as early as last year's opening meeting in Liwan District, it was reported that the plan to build the museum had been submitted to the district's cultural department. Later, it was also mentioned in the work report of the district government. On this matter, the district leaders also attach great importance to this, but plans for preparations have not yet been approved. Why haven't you approved yet? Staff said "This is not clear."

Subsequently, the reporter interviewed relevant information sources. He revealed that there were probably three main reasons for the suspension of preparations. First, the district's cultural department had not yet finalized the plan for the preparation of the project. Second, the funds for the preparation of the museum needed to be further implemented. The third is to build a museum, must be equipped with relevant professional knowledge, but there has been no movement in this regard. "Now do not know that the museum is still not built, maybe the preparation plan will abortion." The person lamented.

The Guild Hall has an important value for the study of the Maritime Silk Road. The silk industry has experienced a long process in the development of Lingnan. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the silk fabric industry in Guangzhou was very prosperous and concentrated mainly in the Xiguan area. The silk produced was “a world under the sun”.

Huang Yong, director of the Liwan District Institute of Cultural Affairs, pointed out: "The Nylon Pavilion has a very important historical value for the study of China's Maritime Silk Road." The most important resource of the Nylon Hall is firstly the intangible assets of Nylon - the brand of Nylon Hall, which is currently under development. District Cultural Relics Administration registered to protect intellectual property rights. Secondly, the building of the nylon hall is an important material proof of the China Maritime Silk Road, with a total construction area of ​​668 square meters. In the museum, a total of 19 squares and 21 monuments (including two monuments consisting of two steles) are reserved for study. The Important Evidence of the Emergence of Capitalism and the History of the Development of Guangzhou Silk Trade Once again, the translational engineering of the nylon hall in the year was the first example of the transformation of the superstructure together with the foundation in the ancient architecture of brick and timber structures in China. The translation of historical materials and relics of the project is also very attractive to tourists. In the end, the Nylon Hall dedicated to the pioneering industry of the nylon industry, Hanbo Wanghou Hou Zhang. Although the silk industry had already appeared at the time of the Yellow Emperor, its technology was mature but it was the credit of Zhang Jian. The silk industry used it as the patriarch. Every year on the 13th of the lunar calendar, the “birthday of the founder’s birthday”, the person in the line knocks on drums and drums, and holds a pig to celebrate his birthday. In Huang Yong’s view, today, with the increasing emphasis on traditional culture, the existence of the nylon clubhouse is an important carrier for the in-depth excavation of the traditional festival value of the “patriarchal birthday” of the silk weaving industry. The relationship between them can be related to the current situation. The construction of the Temple of the City of Guangzhou is comparable to that of the Temple of Guangfu.