Shanxi Bronze Museum officially opened recently. Science and technology make ＂cultural relics come alive＂

　　Recently, Shanxi Bronze Museum officially opened, with more than 2,200 bronzes spanning the Bronze Age from the Taosi Temple to the Qin and Han Dynasties. Different from other similar museums, apart from the distinctive theme of "bronze", it is a major feature of the museum to make full use of technology and digital means to make "cultural relics come alive" in the way of exhibition and audience interaction.

　　Immersive experience, traveling through history for thousands of years

　　Walking into the museum is like entering the ocean of bronzes. Solemn and dignified ding, unique shapes, rows of chimes and bells, chilly daggers and daggers … … Various types of bronzes are dizzying. If you don’t know enough about bronze ware, as a novice "Xiaobai", you might as well go to the digital bronze exhibition hall first. Through digital simulation, demonstration and interaction, we can learn a thing or two about the origin, use and production skills of bronzes here.

　　Li Hui, the museum’s commentator, said that the digital bronze exhibition hall has high technology content, which can be said to be the first-class in China. It has many scientific and technological elements such as interaction, experience and three-dimensional display. The designers even consider it from the public’s point of view and use the most modern scientific and technological means to uncover the mystery of bronzes.

　　The digital bronze exhibition hall located on the second floor of the museum is interlaced with light and shadow. The CAVE immersive physical examination space surrounded by the digital exhibition area is surrounded by 3D panoramic views, with clear and layered images, which is more visually impactful and immersive, as if it were an instant shuttle to the Spring and Autumn Period of Ritual Music. The staff of Beijing Qingshang Building Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. told the reporter that the CAVE immersive experience space is a display mode of digital projection and virtual image, which is high-definition and realistic in color, which brings the traditional bronze culture closer to the audience, and with the help of the power of high technology, the traditional bronze culture reappears its charm.

　　"The great event of the country lies in worship and Rong", Ding, Gui, Yu, Zun, Yi, Zhong, Jian, Zhong … … Large-scale isometric phantom technology reappears the scene of "Zhong Ming Ding Shi" in the vassal countries along the Fenhe River. Sacrifices, wars, farming and mulberry, and music and dance in the Jin Dynasty are presented one by one, and tourists who come to visit applaud. Standing in front of the big screen, holding out your hand, the screen was immediately sensed, and the horses and chariots were placed in the correct position of the carriage. When all the horses and chariots were in place, the horses on the screen flew up and went straight to the battlefield filled with smoke, which was quite shocking. Wang Qihao, a small audience who came to visit, personally experienced the dismantling and sub-packaging of a Zhao Qing tomb chariot.

　　E-books, somatosensory interaction, reading ancient wisdom

　　Byung-Hwa Han, a researcher at Shanxi Institute of Archaeology, told reporters that in the past, visitors could only learn about cultural relics through traditional ways such as museum booths, exhibition stands and word boards. The collection of cultural relics on the booth is static and cold. Visitors can’t look at it from a distance through the glass, let alone touch it. Nowadays, with the help of science and technology, under the background of "internet plus", the exhibition of museum collections has become a "smart museum" in a digital way, sprouting new vitality and vigor.

　　In order to visually show the face, achievements and historical changes of Shanxi bronze culture, the R&D team of Shenzhen Guangfeng Technology adopted a seamless laser projection scheme to create a huge picture scroll of 18×3 meters, and directly moved the history to the audience. Color expressive force is the key to this project. This scientific and technological enterprise, which is famous for its laser display R&D and manufacturing, chose a flexible and lightweight projector, widened the color gamut coverage, kept the color brightness and saturation for a long time, and strived to express the color more accurately and reliably, and truly reproduced the colorful colors of nature.

　　In addition to the digital bronze exhibition hall, the digital resources of exhibition halls such as "Huaxia Zhigen" and "Ritual and Music in the Spring and Autumn Period" can be seen everywhere, and technology has brought the exhibition to life. The interactive display allows the audience to have a deeper perception and understanding of the stories behind the culture, and can help the young audience to understand the wisdom and creation of the ancients. E-books and somatosensory interaction play an important "explanation" function of the museum. The contents of specific exhibition areas are presented in the form of "books", and the audience "leafs through" themselves, and with interactive projection, the "explanation" becomes more vivid and interesting. Especially in the interactive projection link of "beasts fighting each other", once the audience approaches the touch area, it will automatically trigger a specific animation demonstration, especially for the small audience to add a personal experience fun while watching.

　　On the interactive experience equipment, the audience can not only appreciate the details of cultural relics in 360 degrees, but also understand the relevant background knowledge. "The museum uses many advanced technologies, so that the audience can be closer to cultural relics and history and feel the temperature of bronzes in the past." Byung-Hwa Han said that there are some touchable exhibits in the museum, showing the primitive state of bronzes. "Most of these replicas are important cultural relics related to Shanxi’s history and culture. Some of them have been seen in history books, and some are collected in foreign museums. They are rare at ordinary times and can be seen here now."

　　Digital empowerment has activated Chinese excellent culture

　　In ancient times, how were bronzes made without machines and assembly line factories? Tintin, a pupil, grabbed the tail of the summer vacation and followed his parents to visit. As soon as he entered the exhibition hall, he was full of curiosity about the bronze past lives. The three-dimensional effect of four projection lighting demonstrations gives the answer, and all aspects of bronze ware making, demoulding and casting are presented one by one, from the glittering when it was just cast to the rusty after years of washing … … It is the characteristics of ancient bronze craft from alloy composition, casting means to plastic arts that create the unique charm of bronze ware.

　　According to statistics, in 2018, the number of visitors to museums in China reached 1.126 billion, an increase of 100 million over the previous year. In this museum craze, digital exhibitions have contributed greatly, and empowering with new technologies and new experiences has gradually become a new direction for museum development. Byung-Hwa Han said that with the continuous improvement of digital technology, it is possible for museums to display bronzes or other cultural relics digitally. This mode provides a good technical means and a brand-new form for protecting bronzes, studying bronzes and better understanding bronzes, which is beneficial to people’s understanding.

　　Digital empowerment has activated Chinese excellent traditional culture. In the past two years, with the help of digital communication, traditional cultures such as museums and intangible cultural heritage have not only stood on the C position and absorbed countless powders, but also completed creative transformation and innovative development in inheritance and communication. Today’s museum exhibition layout integrates the young people’s daily life with "cross-border" thinking and "online celebrity" marketing, and glows with the light of a new paradigm. When digital technology is integrated with modern aesthetics, traditional culture can embrace the times in a new way and promote the innovative expression and development of Chinese context. Cultural relics can’t be narcissistic. In today’s "online generation", they should shine the light of their souls on the digital stage. (Reporter Shen Jia)