Visit the Hainan Provincial Museum to explore local intangible cultural heritage
📍Detailed address:
76 Guoxing Avenue, Qiongshan District, Haikou City, Hainan
🕙Opening hours:
9:00——17:00
🌟Highlights:
To see the local cultural characteristics and historical customs, one must visit the museum. The provincial museum in Haikou is currently undergoing expansion. When we visited, two exhibition halls were closed for renovation. Perhaps due to its coastal and island nature, the museum does not have an ancient relics exhibition hall. The entire museum is divided into six sections: the Huali Wood and Chen Xiang Pavilion, displays of Hainanese craftsmanship, cuisine, and opera, and one hall dedicated to the local ethnic minority culture. Hainan was anciently known as 'Nanhai Qidian' (with three water dots, the character is not found), established during the Han Dynasty, and until the Qing Dynasty, Hainan Island was required to pay tribute to the imperial court once every three years. Hainanese Huali wood has always been one of the 'earthly tributes' and gradually became a material for royal and noble furniture, at one point even considered a high-grade wood. Huali wood is very common in Hainan and was once the raw material for the local Li people to build houses and boats, as well as for daily utensils. The people of Hainan have the skill to make boats and utensils from a single piece of wood, without nails or rivets, a unique craft. Looking at agarwood, due to its complex, difficult, and lengthy process of formation, it is rare and scarce, and with its unique growing environment, it has been revered as the 'foremost of all fragrances' since ancient times. The formation of agarwood is complex, including fresh formation, ripe formation, shedding, and insect damage, and its shapes are very diverse. The customs of collecting and using agarwood, and the culture of incense burning, have added a touch of color to China's fragrance culture. The most popular among the public are traditional crafts, cuisine, and drama, which are influenced by the unique geographical environment, resulting in unique local handicrafts and delicacies, such as shell carving, coconut carving, bamboo and wood instruments, all of which are very characteristic of the local area. Hainan's food culture is characterized by its natural and original flavors, relying on the sea for food, incorporating fruits into dishes, selecting natural and fresh ingredients, and emphasizing a light and fresh taste. Of course, delicious food is accompanied by fine wines, which are also diverse, including Shanlan jade liquor, glutinous rice wine, sweet potato wine, sugarcane wine, honey wine, betel nut wine, coconut wine, deer turtle wine, etc. Finally, looking at the culture of Hainan's ethnic minorities, the local Li language is unique, and the festival celebrations have derived many characteristic dances and activities, such as turtle pulling, wood chopping dance, which are very interesting, and the clothing and jewelry of the local indigenous people also integrate the local environmental characteristics.
Overall, after the visit, the Hainan Museum mainly presents intangible cultural heritage to visitors in various aspects, covering Hainanese traditional dance, opera, fine arts, skills, and customs, with its unique ethnic personality and aesthetic patterns. It makes one appreciate the long-standing craftsmanship, the exquisite taste of Hainanese cuisine, and the distinctiveness of local customs.
Maybe it is low-key in the provincial museum. . . Mainly because the Li nationality de text is not available, so I can't record it. . . Mainly the two exhibition halls of Su Shi. . . There are also yellow pear. . . It's okay to come or not. . .
Many ways can be reserved. Checking in the provinces is a must for travel. Hainan Province is not a lot of exhibits, but it is also worth going. You should understand the customs and history of the local customs and history once. It is great! I bought a refrigerator sticker made of coconut shells, very good!
Check in the national-level museum. When the Sulu theme cultural relics exhibition "Eternal Style and Not Old Dongpo" jointly organized by the Palace Museum and Hainan Museum was underway, many calligraphy, calligraphy and painting originals on Sulu were on display. I only knew that they were very precious, but I didn't understand. Visited Huaguang Reef shipwreck cultural relics, agarwood, yellow pear introduction.
Learned about the history, geography and humanities of Hainan Province, and grew knowledge! The museum is rich in displays, the explanation is very detailed, and it is worth visiting here.
It is worth a visit, growing a lot of knowledge, seeing valuable exhibits, well managed, clean and hygienic, and the exhibits are very careful. In short, it is a worthwhile trip
Learn about Hainan's development history and broaden your horizons. Learn about the characteristics of different ethnic groups through pictures, electronic videos, etc., and enrich the travel experience.