By Zhang Jian and Yang Zhenxiao

  On 29th January, Qianlong’s holiday was unveiled at Nantong Museum. The exhibition brings together nearly 100 precious cultural relics related to Qianlong from museums including the Palace Museum, Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum, and Chengde Mountain Resort Museum. It is called ‘the seventh southern tour of Qianlong’ by industry insiders. At the same time, nearly 300 popular cultural and creative products from the Palace Museum and Nanjing Museum are on sale during the exhibition period. 

  Xu Ning, the deputy curator of Nantong Museum, introduced, ‘every New Year’s Day, which means the Chinese New Year now, Qianlong would get up early and write down the prayers and petitions for blessings for the year.’ 

  The special exhibition brings together 4 New Year’s Day calligraphy works personally written by Qianlong in the first year (1736), 11th year(1746), and 14th year(1749) of his reign, as well as ‘the 64th year’ (which is the 4th year of Emperor Jiaqing, 1799). 

  What did Qianlong eat for the Spring Festival? Taking the family banquet on the morning of the Chinese New Year of the 48th year of Qianlong’s reign (1783) as an example, the dishes on the emperor’s banquet table included bird’s nest with roast duck, roast meat hot pot, sweet potatoes, New Year rice cakes, etc. 

  ‘How did the emperor celebrate the Spring Festival?’ ‘What did Qianlong wear on his birthday?’ ‘Apart from work, what else did he do?’ Qianlong’s holiday is divided into 3 sections: ‘Celebrating the festival together’, ‘Universal celebration and rejoicing’, and ‘Leisure & Entertainment’. 

  To let the audience immerse themselves in the exhibition and enjoy their visits to the museum, many interactive activities were set up on site. Outside the exhibition hall, a glittering golden dragon throne is particularly eye-catching. According to introduction, during the exhibition, the audience can dress as ‘Gege’ and ‘Beile’, sit on the dragon throne and take photos. 

  Despite featuring many national treasures, the tickets for the exhibition are only 5 yuan. 

  It is learnt that there are also a lot of exquisite cultural and creative products available for purchase. 

【背景阅读】

《乾隆的假日》正在南通博物苑火热展出

    1月29日，《乾隆的假日》在南通博物苑揭幕。这次展览荟萃了故宫博物院、沈阳故宫博物院、承德避暑山庄博物馆等博物馆馆藏的、与乾隆主题相关的近100件珍贵文物，被业内人士称为“乾隆的第七次南巡”。同时，还有来自故宫博物院、南京博物院的近300种热销文创产品随展销售。

    南通博物苑副苑长徐宁介绍，“每年元旦，也就是现在的春节，乾隆会早早起床，写下这一年祈福请愿的字句。”

    此次特展汇集了清乾隆元年（1736年）、十一年（1746年）、十四年（1749年）、“六十四年”（即嘉庆四年，1799年），乾隆亲笔书写的4件元旦开笔。

    乾隆过年吃什么？以乾隆四十八年（1783年）元旦早上乾隆的家宴为例，皇帝宴桌上的菜品有燕窝挂炉鸭子、挂炉肉野意热锅、番薯、年糕等。

    “皇帝怎么过年？”“乾隆生日穿什么？”“除了工作外，他还做些什么？”《乾隆的假日》分为“共度佳节”“普天同庆”“休闲娱乐”三个单元。

    为了让观众能沉浸式观展、乐游博物馆，现场设置了多个互动项目。展厅外，一座金光闪闪的龙椅格外引人注目。据介绍，展览展出期间，观众可在此变身“格格”“贝勒”，坐上龙椅拍照打卡。

    尽管荟萃了众多国宝级文物，此次展览门票仅售5元。

    据了解，现场还有一大批精美的文创产品供大家选购。

    作者：张坚 杨镇潇