1933 the situation is turbulent. In order to protect the works of art in the Forbidden City, the cultural relics of the Forbidden City have opened a vast road to the south, which is also a year of war. The Forbidden City decided to publish the Forbidden City Calendar. At the turn of the old and the new, it satisfies people's longing for the "Forbidden City", beats people's myths, and also carries the mission of enlightening ancient art.
At the end of 2009, everything in life was full of vitality, but the museum seemed a little "cold". We yearned for this, but we always felt that it was too far away from life. At this time, the Palace Museum Press decided to reprint the Palace Museum Calendar. One theme a year, one cultural relic a day, recording the date and understanding the history, it is possible to "take the Forbidden City home".
By 2022, the pace will be faster and the pressure will be greater. We will find that this land is full of ritual sense of life, cultural inheritance and sensitivity to art and beauty. ...
People began to pay attention to spiritual prosperity, and various fields of culture and art gradually emerged, which made people dazzled and difficult to choose. Suddenly one day, when they turned around, they found that the calendar of the Forbidden City on the desk was silent year after year. However, more than 4000 cultural relics were introduced to us. After careful calculation, the calendar of the Forbidden City in 2022 coincides with the right time.
Niu Fu and Sui Xinfeng are in harmony with the book.
It just happens to be the finale of the new calendar. I don't know if it's touching or feeling. I look forward to it to accompany me and have another cherished 12 year.
—— 1933- 1938——
Calendar of the Forbidden City, national art enlightenment.
Shanhaiguan 1933 fell. In order to protect cultural relics, the Council of the Palace Museum decided to transport some cultural relics to Shanghai in batches, which was the first time in history that the cultural relics of the Palace Museum moved south. It is also in such a disaster-stricken year that when generations of inheritors are rushing to carry cultural relics, Mr. Feng Hua, the predecessor of the Forbidden City, compiled a customized booklet, the Forbidden City Calendar.
▲ version of the Forbidden City Calendar
The end of the monarchy, the old has passed, and the new desire has arrived. At the beginning of unity, this "Forbidden City Calendar" not only satisfied people's curiosity, but also became a window for the public to understand the Forbidden City. It also unveiled the mystery of palace life and palace cultural relics and became the enlightenment for ordinary people to understand ancient art.
In the memory of many old painters, there is a lack of materials in the war years, and every page of the calendar of the Forbidden City is their description object. It can be said that from the beginning of its birth, Gongli was the carrier of palace culture and even China culture.
Therefore, during the publication of 1933 to 1938, some people described this calendar as "shocking the world" and "dominating the world", and it was also called "the number one gift of society".
▲ 1935 version of the Forbidden City calendar page
Scholar Yu Pingbo once gave the Calendar of the Forbidden City to his teacher Zhou Zuoren. Writer Liang Shiqiu also mentioned in his letter that he was given the Forbidden City Calendar: "I will receive a copy of the Forbidden City Calendar for reference, and there will be antique photos every day (repeated on February 20 and May 24), which is a better work in the calendar. Thank you. "
——20 10-2022 ——
In the new era, traditional culture is more possible.
As time goes by and the times rumble, those "cultural relics deep in the Forbidden Palace" should not be buried. You know, the Forbidden City has 1863404 pieces (sets). Even if you watch 100 treasures every day, you have to watch them for nearly 50 years (of course, in most cases, these treasures are locked in the warehouse all day, which is rare).
In order to awaken the "sleeping history for many years" and inherit the initial intention of protecting cultural relics and spreading traditional culture, at the end of 2009, Palace Museum Press decided to publish the popular Palace Calendar again on the basis of 1937 edition.
▲20 10 version of the Forbidden City Calendar
On the basis of inheriting the size, layout and some fonts of the old version, the new version of the Forbidden City calendar optimizes and innovates the content, and incorporates the elements of the "Zodiac" as a hidden or explicit theme clue of the calendar.
Then, according to the themes of the past years, the mass products are systematically sorted out, including clothing, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, bronzes, sculptures, jade articles and so on. It can be called the culture of the zodiac and the culture of the selected theme is small.
Moreover, considering our fragmented reading habits, the calendar introduces the concept of "National Treasure Day Reading", which is accompanied by exquisite cultural relics pictures and short text descriptions, and is read once a day, enjoyed once a day and studied once a day. Because of its bookization, practicality and artistic popularity, the calendar of the Forbidden City is deeply loved by readers.
Such a comprehensive, systematic and convenient way not only deepens readers' understanding and cognition of traditional culture, but also realizes the public's desire to "bring the Forbidden City home" and inadvertently integrates culture and art into our lives.
For this reason, the calendar of the Forbidden City has also become a popular book to promote traditional culture and ancient art, and it has also become a famous business card of the museum.
| The ugly cow sends a blessing, and the zodiac is another round.
Liu in Ming Dynasty said in "Pedigree of Man": "Among the six animals, only cows and dogs have contributed to the world and are harmless to people".
For China people, there are two totem carriers that are particularly important, one is the dragon soaring in the sky, the other is the cow cultivated in the field, the other is virtual, the other is real, the other is the ideal in the heart, and the other is the road under the feet.
That's the land where generations of children have been raised. As a "cow" symbolizing farming civilization, it can always arouse our distant and distant memories of our predecessors.
In the zodiac, cattle rank second. It embodies the spirit of China people who are practical, hardworking and not afraid of hardship, and also symbolizes good weather, peace and prosperity.
2022 is not only the Year of the Ox and the Year of Happiness, but also the twelfth year of the release of the new version of the Forbidden City calendar, which is the closing work of the 12 Zodiac. Therefore, this calendar has also been given a more precious heart.
Every month, the selection of cultural relics is combined with the seasons, and around the themes of "cattle", "farming" and "harvest", an auspicious picture of "Niu Fu welcomes the new year and crops and millet are fragrant in the bumper year" is presented to readers.
Combined with the year, month, day, festivals, solar terms and seventy-two periods, it can be called the epitome of "farming culture"
You will always see all kinds of "Big Brother Niu" living in precious cultural relics, coming to you and sending you blessings.
For example, in the theme of 1 month, "Cows Welcome the Harvest Year", the mighty and blessed cows represented by the Five Cows Map were selected to set the tone for this year's harvest. And in this month, you can see all kinds of cattle images, including jade cattle, stone lying cattle, bronze cattle and pottery cattle.
▲ Tang Hanyu's "Five Cattle Map"
Jade cow head, stone lying cow, bronze cow and pottery cow are all included, which is spectacular.
In March, "Lucky Cows Get Happiness" tells the story that cows are used as ritual vessels and learning stationery. Precious products such as the bull's head pattern in the Shang Dynasty's binaural bronze tripod, the bronze gilded bull's head as a decorative piece in the Han Dynasty, and the court utensils depicting the bull's head pattern in the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty all appeared, showing the ancient people's love for cattle and the sense of majesty derived from it.
In April's "Agriculture-based Weaving", Cao Sugong's poems and ink about agriculture-based weaving were selected. Mei's "Masterpiece of Green Field" includes several atlas of agriculture and weaving in Yin Zhen. These paintings are elegant in color, delicate and exquisite, and they explain the details of farming and weaving one by one, which is very vivid.
In this calendar, you can see that the ancients respected the natural view of the four seasons and pursued hard-working cultural interests everywhere, and a distant sense of intimacy came to their faces.
| The Forbidden City Calendar will make time precious.
With the popularity of the Internet, any information is easy for us, but it also loses its stability. A hurried life lacks a sense of ceremony. Calendars tell us that dates need to be engraved.
Since the birth of 1933, the calendar of the Forbidden City has gone through nearly 88 years. It was nearly 12 years when it was reprinted in 2009. It is related to history, culture, aesthetics and emotion, and it exists silently in our daily life.
Even occasional browsing can bring some strength to our lives. Therefore, in addition to personal use, the Forbidden City calendar has also become a good gift for many readers to give to relatives and friends.
In 2022, the calendar of the Forbidden City continued its simple and meaningful style. The word "calendar of the Forbidden City" follows the font of the cover of the 1937 version of the calendar compiled by Shi Chenbei in the Han Dynasty.
The cover font is inlaid with bright gold stamping of the zodiac pattern, which echoes the red color symbolizing the palace wall and highlights the court aesthetics.
In order to prevent it, the anti-counterfeiting logo with the words "Forbidden City Calendar" has been added to the plastic packaging.
At the bookmark of ribbon, the name of "Forbidden City Calendar" is also printed, so readers and friends can identify it carefully.
The "linear" design at the spine of the book pays tribute to the binding tradition of the Forbidden City calendar, which turns pages naturally and can be spread evenly at 180 for easy reading.
Open the calendar, and on the left are the products of the Forbidden City, ranging from paintings and sculptures to costumes and utensils. A cultural relic map every day, don't repeat it every day. The description of the passage, that is, the historical origin or allusions, can be read at 10.
On the right is the date details. In addition to calendar information, it is also a miniature copybook. Its fonts are all selected from the ancient regular script and official script rubbings collected in the Forbidden City. It is also an elegant thing to copy and learn Chinese characters every day.
There are horizontal lines to record. Write mood essays at will, record daily life, and flow with the years.
After the new year, you can also see this year's cultural relics index at the back of the calendar for easy reading. Looking back, I may have an epiphany: there is always something in heaven, and everything has a calendar.
| Classic version, but privately customized.
In addition to the red classic commemorative edition, the Forbidden City calendar also launched a classic edition.
Classic gold tone, using embossed bronzing process and edging bronzing process, luxurious and noble.
The above is about the daily display of the zodiac calendar and the sharing of cultural relics. Read the computer desktop calendar, I hope this will help everyone!