From April 20th to 21st, the 2024 "National Silk and Hanfu Festival·Ancient Rhythm and New Style" was held at the China Silk Museum. This event aims to cite historical examples, activate the spontaneous power of culture, and continue to inherit China's excellent traditional culture , making cultural relics come alive.
Since 2018, the "National Silk and Hanfu Festival" has been held for seven consecutive years. This year, the China Silk Museum Hanfu Festival has carried out multi-city linkage with Marburg and Dusseldorf in Germany. From April 13th to 14th and 20th to 21st, Chinese and foreign Hanfu enthusiasts from different regions in Germany will conduct three-dimensional displays of traditional Chinese culture in the form of seminars, Hanfu displays, tea art and Guqin exchange meetings.
Walking into the China Silk Museum, the reporter found that the Hanfu Festival was very lively, with colleagues wearing all kinds of gorgeous Hanfu appearing one after another, either light and elegant, or solemn and elegant, showing the unique charm of Hanfu.
Different from previous years, this year’s National Silk and Hanfu Festival has some new gameplay: an immersive “Silk Road Adventure” check-in game is set up in the park, and the audience becomes an explorer on the Silk Road, interacting with NPCs ( (non-player characters) embark on a fantasy adventure and gain an in-depth understanding of the history and culture of the Silk Road. At the same time, the museum has also set up a "fashion red carpet" session, where the audience can wear fashionable Hanfu, leave a beautiful figure on the red carpet, and share the beauty of Hanfu with like-minded friends.
The reporter learned that the China Silk Museum Hanfu Festival lasted for two days and was mainly divided into two parts: "ancient charm" and "new style". Exhibition hall guidance, special lectures, and cultural relic appreciation are based on the exhibition "Feng Xian Clothing and Crown - Exhibition of Restoration Results of Textiles Unearthed from the Ming Dynasty Tombs of Yangjiaqiao in Puyuan, Tongxiang" and "Special Exhibition of Ritual, Music, Clothing and Cultural Relics from the Confucius Mansion", focusing on the study of traditional etiquette and cultural relics , and invited scholars such as Professor Zhou Xing of Kanagawa University, Zheng Jiali, deputy director and researcher of the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology, Chen Shiyu, a costume history scholar and ancient costume restoration guide, to share the latest research developments based on their own research fields.
The Night of Hanfu and Yinhan Discussion focus on the performance and discussion of the modernization of Hanfu. Many well-known Hanfu performance teams brought "Ancient and Modern Style" theme catwalks, perfectly integrating traditional Hanfu with modern fashion, allowing everyone to appreciate the infinite possibilities of Hanfu culture. In addition, the museum also launched many supporting activities such as handicraft fairs, flash mob dance "Up Spring Mountain", and new book releases.
At the "Hanfu Night", Ji Xiaofen, director of the China Silk Museum, proposed to everyone - "Wear Hanfu in daily life and enjoy the ancient charm and modern style". She believes that Hanfu is the artistic essence of China’s excellent traditional culture and embodies the unique aesthetic aspirations and national personality of the Chinese nation. In the current era of evolution and innovation of diverse lifestyles, the new “clothing revolution” has created a new way of wearing Hanfu and matching styles. , expression style, aesthetic trends, etc. release great space and possibilities.
