Zhang Daqian Painting and Calligraphy Collection, Sichuan Museum

The Sichuan Museum has a large collection of paintings by Mr. Zhang Daqian, especially the Dunhuang murals in Linyi. Zhang Daqian has more than 200 paintings of Dunhuang murals, and the Sichuan Museum has collected 183 pieces. Mr. Zhang Daqian had limited time in Dunhuang, and most of them were unfinished. After he brought Linyi’s paintings back to Sichuan, he folded them and stored them in Zhaojue Temple and Shahe Village. In 1963, Mr. Zhang Daqian’s family officially donated the cultural relics to the Sichuan Museum.

 “The wind is rising and the clouds are flying. Weijia is returning to his hometown, and the warriors are guarding the Quartet.” This is the “Gale of the Wind” by Han Gaozu Liu Bang. The famous painters Zhang Shanzi and Zhang Daqian both took the meaning of “Dafeng Ge” and named the name of Zhang Dafeng, the painter of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and named their painting hall “Dafengtang”. Zhang’s Kunzhong is not worthy of the name. In the 20th century, the painting circle is full of enthusiasm.

Mr. Daqian Xianshou has eighty-five, from the seventy years of art, the talents of Yangtian, the best of life, the traces of the sages, the famous mountains, the ancient and modern, the collection of the ancient paintings, Shi Mocheng painting more than 30,000 frames. The meticulous brushwork is in a wonderful way, and the landscapes, figures, flowers and birds are all brilliant. Its clear and elegant pen, indulgent rhyme, makes the Chinese and Western sages fascinated. His talents and diligence, courage and experience are very well-achievable, as Mr. Xu Beihong said: “Zhang Daqian, the first person in five hundred years!”

The collection of the paintings of Mr. Daqian by the Sichuan Museum is also known as the rich side, especially the Dunhuang murals in Linyi. With the flow of your eyes, that piece of gold and gold, a layer of clear ink, a piece of exquisite jade, a period of old things will lead you into an extraordinary world.

Sichuan Museum
The Sichuan Museum was founded in 1941 and has a history of more than 70 years. There are more than 320,000 pieces of cultural relics in the museum, including more than 50,000 pieces of precious cultural relics. In 2009, the new museum of Sichuan Museum was completed. Covering an area of ​​more than 88 acres, the new museum is located in the Huanhuaxi Historical and Cultural Scenic Area in Chengdu. It is the largest comprehensive museum in the Southwest and plays an important role in the national public museum.

The Sichuan Museum currently has 14 exhibition halls with a total area of ​​12,000 square meters, including 10 permanent exhibitions including calligraphy and painting, ceramics, bronzes, ethnic cultural relics, arts and crafts, Tibetan Buddhism, Wanfo Temple stone carvings, Zhang Daqian calligraphy and paintings, and Han Dynasty pottery art. 4 temporary exhibition halls for holding various temporary exhibitions. The new pavilion also has an academic lecture hall that can accommodate more than 200 people for various large-scale conferences and academic lectures.

The Sichuan Museum has more than 260,000 pieces of cultural relics in its collection, including more than 50,000 precious cultural relics. The Sichuan Museum has more than 30 full-time and part-time researchers. It has researched and published academic works such as the “Sichuan Museum’s “Gesar” Thangka Study”, “Sichuan Unearthed Buddhist Studies in the Southern Dynasties”, “Collection of Paintings and Calligraphy Collections”. In 2011, the “Sichuan Museum’s Rehabilitation Capacity Improvement” project was established by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage as one of the two pilot projects in the country. In October 2012, it was rated as a national first-class museum.

In 2009, the new museum of Sichuan Museum was completed in Chengdu Huanhuaxi Historical and Cultural Scenic Area. The new hall covers an area of ​​more than 88 acres, with an investment of more than 300 million yuan, a total area of ​​12,000 square meters, the main building is 32026 square meters, the scale is four times the original museum, the number of exhibition halls is 14 and the exhibition hall area is about 12635 square meters, including There are 10 permanent exhibitions such as calligraphy and painting, ceramics, bronzes, ethnic relics, arts and crafts, Tibetan Buddhism, Wanfo Temple stone carvings, Zhang Daqian calligraphy and painting, Han Dynasty ceramic stone art, and 4 temporary exhibition halls for various temporary exhibitions. The new pavilion also has an academic lecture hall that can accommodate more than 200 people for various large-scale conferences and academic lectures.

The main building adopts the traditional Chinese architectural elements of “door, church, gallery” to form a spatial sequence. The main building organizes various functions around the “T” shaped atrium. The underground floor is the garage and equipment room, and the bottom floor is the cultural relics warehouse and repair room. The second floor is the exhibition area, which is directly accessed from the outdoor large platform. The exhibition is divided into three floors. The first floor is the Sichuan Han Dynasty ceramic stone art exhibition and the multi-function hall conference reception room; the second floor is the Bayu bronze exhibition hall, ceramic boutique exhibition hall, calligraphy and painting hall, Zhang Daqian works exhibition; the third floor is Tibetan Buddhist Relics Museum, Wanfo Temple Stone Carving Hall, Sichuan National Cultural Relics Exhibition, Arts and Crafts Museum, Centennial Sichuan Pavilion.

The west side of the main building is an office area with a training center, scientific research office and information center. The southeast side is connected to the main building with an empty commercial corridor, with shops and tea shops.