What activities will be held at the Forbidden City in 2021 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China?

Today is the centenary of the founding of the Party. In fact, there are many activities held in the Forbidden City on this day, and some exhibitions are on display. If you are interested, you can learn about relevant event information and related exhibition. The Palace Museum’s cultural heritage protection and inheritance theme cloud exhibition

The development of the Palace Museum has always been inseparable from the party’s leadership and care. In order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, the Palace Museum specially planned and produced the "New Era·New Forbidden City-The Palace Museum Cultural Heritage Protection and Inheritance Theme Cloud Exhibition".

The story of this cloud exhibition begins on the eve of the founding of New China. At the end of 1948, the Northeast Field Army and the North China Field Army worked together to encircle Peiping, Tianjin, Tanggu, Zhangjiakou and other cities.

On January 16, 1949, Mao Zedong drafted a telegram for the Central Military Commission, specifically giving instructions on the protection of cultural monuments in Peiping: "Actively prepare to attack the city. This siege must be carefully planned and strive to Avoid damaging the Forbidden City, universities and other famous and valuable cultural monuments. You must make all heads of departments aware of this and ensure this."

After the liberation of Peiping, the Peiping Military Control Commission sent commissioners to the Forbidden City to inspect the ancient buildings. Regarding the state of preservation of the building, it was discovered that the Forbidden City was littered with piles of rubbish and devastated, so "it was decided to use the income from the visitor tickets to pay for general maintenance projects without having to pay it into the treasury." An engineering team was organized to set up a special fund to repair the severely damaged buildings.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the leadership and care of the Party, some cultural relics moved southward have been returned to the Forbidden City one after another, and a large number of precious cultural relics have been put into the collection through donations, acquisitions, transfers, etc., which has increased the number of collections in the Palace Museum. Continuously increasing and improving quality.

Since the new century, with the advancement of major national cultural relics projects and the growth of the talent team, the collection and protection of cultural relics in the Forbidden City has achieved unprecedented development.

This exhibition draws on a large number of old photos, archives, panoramic pictures, high-precision three-dimensional models, ultra-high-definition cultural relics images and other rich digital resources, supplemented by video viewing, virtual exhibition halls, panoramic tours, etc. The diverse forms of experience fully demonstrate the work done by the Palace Museum under the leadership and care of the Party in the protection and inheritance of ancient buildings, cultural relics, and intangible cultural heritage.

The cloud exhibition is divided into five units.

The first unit is "New China·New Forbidden City".

The second unit is "Protecting World Cultural Heritage Sites".

The third unit is "Collection and Protection of Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City".

Unit 4 "The Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Forbidden City and its Inheritance".

Unit 5 "New Era·New Journey". Centenary Activities of the Founding of the Party

Looking back on the centenary journey, it is a magnificent event. In order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China and guide the cadres and workers to recall the red spirit and feel the revolutionary feelings, the Palace Museum held the "Reviewing the Party History Classics" throughout the hospital this month. "Knowledge competition, singing the melody of the times

Presenting a centenary journey - the Palace Museum staff chorus competition, always following the party - the Palace Museum staff exhibition, the Palace Museum celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China A series of cultural activities such as commendation conferences and staff cultural performances create a good atmosphere for practicing the great spirit, inheriting the red gene, and gathering strength for struggle.

"Reviewing the Party History Classics to Consolidate the Original Aspiration and Mission" Knowledge Competition

The Party Committee of the Palace Museum organized a "Reviewing the Party History Classics" in accordance with the party history education arrangement

"Consolidating the Original Aspiration and Mission" knowledge competition guides party branches and party members and cadres to adhere to the original aspiration and mission, inherit the red gene, and effectively learn party history, understand ideas, do practical things, and open up new prospects.

This knowledge competition is based on the "1500 Questions of the Chinese Communist Party History Knowledge Competition" and combined with the central work of the Palace Museum to select the history, regulations, ancient building repairs and safety and fire protection related topics The content constitutes a knowledge competition question bank. In terms of question types, in addition to the regular choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, audio questions such as "Guess the song name by listening to red songs" are also added.

After fierce competition in the preliminary round and semi-finals, the final was held at 9 am on June 8. The whole competition was fiercely contested, and in the end the team from the Security Office won the championship. The Open Management Department, Administrative Department, and Artifacts Department won the second prize, and the Digital and Information Department, Infrastructure Audit Union, Ancient Construction Department, and Exhibition Department won the third prize.

Wang Xudong, member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Director of the Palace Museum, Sun Qiuxia, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Agency directly under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and members of the Academy’s leadership team attended the event and presented awards to the winning teams.

Singing the melody of the times, a tribute to the centenary journey - Palace Museum staff chorus competition

On the morning of June 22, "Singing the melody of the times

A gift to the centenary journey" The staff chorus competition was held in the lecture hall of the Palace Museum. Director of the Palace Museum Wang Xudong, Secretary of the Party Committee Du Haijiang, Executive Vice President Lou Wei, Vice Presidents Ren Wanping, Zhu Hongwen, Zhao Guoying, and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission Luo Xianliang attended the event and presented awards.

This event aims to promote and cultivate the national spirit of employees and showcase their style. Since the notice was issued in April, all departments and departments of the hospital have responded actively, organized efficiently and prepared carefully, with nearly 500 employees participating. Each team carefully arranged, coordinated work and training, and strived to use the best condition and the most beautiful singing to present the centenary of the founding of the Party.

The atmosphere at the competition was lively. Classic songs such as "Defend the Yellow River", "The Motherland Will Not Forget", "Socialism is Good" and "Sing a Folk Song for the Party" aroused the audience's roar; The special singing, dancing, instrumental accompaniment and other forms are refreshing.

In the end, the Department of Artifacts and the Department of Palace History won the first prize in this chorus competition, and the Scientific Research Department, Institute of Forbidden City Studies, Archeology Department, Research Laboratory Joint Team, Department of Cultural Protection, Science and Technology, and Department of Digital and Information won the second prize. First Prize, Joint Team of the Academy Office, Party Committee Office, Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office, Cultural and Creative Business Department, Publishing Department, Forbidden City Press, Cultural Industry Management Office Joint Team, Propaganda and Education Department, Project Management Office, Renovation Technology Department Joint Team, and Administrative Office The joint team of , Infrastructure Department and Audit Department won the third prize.

Always Follow the Party - Exhibition of Works by the Palace Museum Staff

In order to carry out in-depth mass theme education activities of “Always Follow the Party” and enrich the spiritual and cultural life of our staff, the Palace Museum Labor Union The Committee and the Forbidden City Calligraphy and Painting Association organized "Always Follow the Party - Exhibition of Works by Palace Museum Staff."

On June 23, the opening ceremony of the exhibition was held in the Shenwumen Exhibition Hall. At the opening ceremony, Dean Wang Xudong delivered a speech. He said that the exhibition of staff works is a congratulatory gift presented by generations of Forbidden City residents to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party. It reflects the Forbidden City residents’ love for the Party and their determination to always follow the Party, and sincerely wishes the Communist Party of China to lead China. The people are moving towards a better future and wish the Palace Museum a better tomorrow.

This exhibition features 100 works by nearly 90 Forbidden City residents, covering seven categories: calligraphy, painting, sculpture, lacquerware, pottery, bags, and seal cutting, demonstrating the profound dedication of the staff. Professional qualities and artistic attainments; the authors of the exhibited works work in 19 departments and departments of the Palace Museum. The youngest is 26 years old and the eldest is 92 years old. They involve three generations of Palace Museum staff: old, middle and young.

The Palace Museum’s Commendation Ceremony to Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China and Staff Art Performance

On June 24, the Palace Museum’s Commendation Ceremony to Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China was held in the lecture hall. The conference was divided into two parts: a commendation meeting and a staff performance.

The commendation meeting commended and rewarded veteran party members who have "been glorious in the party for 50 years" and representatives of "two excellences and one priority". Dean Wang Xudong said in his speech that the development of various undertakings of the Palace Museum requires a team of party members with strong combat effectiveness and cohesiveness. The advanced collectives and individuals who have been commended are outstanding representatives. Party members and comrades must learn from them and carry out their duties. The party's loyalty and love have been effectively transformed into a powerful driving force to promote the high-quality development of the Palace Museum and integrated into the work, truly giving full play to the vanguard and exemplary role of party members.

The subsequent staff art performance included singing and dancing, instrumental music, language and other programs, with rich categories and strong viewing pleasure. "I Love You China" performed by acapella group, stage play "Wonderful Night at the Museum", instrumental ensemble "Red Classic", Peking Opera and ethnic style chorus "A Hundred Years of Youth

Strive for the New Times", the dance "Blazing Heart" that paid tribute to heroines, and the cross talk "Export into a Chapter" and other programs attracted bursts of applause from the audience and continuous applause.

In order to prepare for this cultural performance, more than a hundred performers completed nearly a hundred training, synthesis, and rehearsal tasks during lunch break and off work time in two months, and finally completed the cultural performance. The performance was perfectly presented in front of the audience.