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The Museum of the Chinese Revolution lies in the east of the Tian anmen Square of Beijing, faces the Great Hall of the People from afar, it is one of ten major buildings of Beijing built for celebrating ten anniversary of founding the country. The Museum of the Chinese Revolution collects the history relic at mordern times in China, studies and propagates China s revolution and socialist construction history, carry on National Museum of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and education in revolutionary tradition to the people. Lie in the east of the Tian anmen Square of Beijing. Prepared to establish in 1950. Opened formally on July 1, 1961.
The predecessor of the Museum of the Chinese Revolution is the central preparatory department of Revolution Museum, were established in March of 1950. Set up preparatory department at first at North Sea for group city,shortly after move into by the Palace Museum Xihuamen Great Britain halls military. Began to build the new hall in front of Tian An-men in October of 1958, completed in August of 1959. Named in the Museum of the Chinese Revolution in August of 1960, the preparatory department cancelled at the same time. Opened formally on July 1, 1961. In September of 1969, the Museum of the Chinese Revolution and National Museum of Chinese History amalgamated, called the Chinese museum to revolutionary history. Resumed two halls of original organizational system at the beginning of 1983.
The Museum of the Chinese Revolution is under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Culture and State Cultural Relics Bureau, it is the social science comprehensive modern and contemporary history museum of China, also the museum of the historical relic with biggest amount of collection of modern times at present of China. Collect 120,000 revolutionary history relics in modern times since the Opium War in 1840 in China, 2224 classified as a highest grade, play the memorial to the throne that the burning of opium stocks in Humen beach is completed together such as Lin Zexu, Deng TingZhen and happily and well, imperial jade seal of Hong Xiuquan, king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, emperor of the Qing Dynasty declare interconnected system give up the throne imperial edict, hope dish translate the whole translation of Communist Manifesto while being old, Li Dazhao s gallow when being murdered, the quick manuscript of lovely China of local records, the first CPPCC representative s signature book, the national emblem of the People s Republic of China which the Central Committee passes, national flag model, Mao Zedong presses first Five-Starred Red Flag,etc. precious history relic that the push button grew one on the Tian anmen Rostrum at the time of the founding ceremony, have reproduced history of Chinese people s struggle for striving for freedom with democracy vividly. Hide nearly 100,000 historical photos, 240,000 materials books and periodicals newspapers,etc. published since the Opium War (1840-1842), rare edition is 2200 multi-type among them, more than 50,000 volumes. The Museum of the Chinese Revolution also collects more than 270 works of art such as canvas, Chinese painting, sketch, sculpture, some works such as canvas founding ceremony , fighting in different parts in the north of Shanxi Province , rectifying in the report , the sketch bloodstained garment , sculpture arduous years ,etc. has already become the artistic treasure handed down from ancient times.
The Museum of the Chinese Revolution collects more than 120,000 historical relics. More than 2000 first class historical relics among them, more than 80,000 various historical photos, various books, about 230,000 volumes of newspapers and periodicals materials published after the Opium War (1840-1842), more than 300 fine arts works of the subject matter of the revolutionary history. There are photos that the older generation of revolutionary is engaged in the revolutionary activity in early days inside, important literature, manuscript,etc. left during the war years in testament relic, revolution of the revolutionary martyr are extremely precious in every periods. founding ceremony , rectifies in the report , torch of Yanan , rising in revolt in Wuchang of canvas, the sketch bloodstained garment , sculpture arduous years ,etc.s are all artistic treasures.
Basic display is that China s revolutionary history displays (1840- 1949). Divide 10 units together. It complements it in order to show the telerecording of the historical materials with exhibits such as over 4500 material objects, literature, picture, model,etc., have represented development and the people of the modern society of China bravely and resisted imperialism invading and history of feudal oppression. The display is with an area of 4000 square meters.
The first Entrance 5 that displays, the Chinese people oppressed it in order to resist falling victim to imperialist aggressions and this country feudally to mainly display course and the Communist Party of China that old China became semi-colonial and semi-feudal society progressively Solemn and stirring struggle that is carried on. The main exhibit is as follows, Lin Zexu,etc. give Dao Guang emperor about destroy memorial to the throne, the intersection of Humen and the intersection of coast defence and iron that opium pass Imperial jade seal of the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, manuscript of Kang Youwei,et al., weapon of the Yihetuan, boundary tablet of public concession of Shanghai, the intersection of Shanghai and China hold 1895 year the first dishes of fly frame that Britain make that textile mill use, letter original handwriting and imperial edict of the giving up the throne of the Last Emperor in Qing Dynasty of Sun Yat-sen,et al.,etc. before and after stone mill, the 1911 Revolution which Baoxing flour mill uses.
From 6- 10 Entrance, through a large number of historical relic, photo and other exhibits, have reflected the Chinese people under the leadership of Communist Party of China, through extremely hard and bitter struggle, overthrow the imperialism, feudal and bureaucrat s capitalist governance in China, set up the glory course of the People s Republic of China. The main exhibit is as follows, the Communist Manifesto Chinese translation published first, the new member of a nationality learns the communication and collects whom Mao Zedong gathered, early labour movement, the material objects of peasant s sports, the historical relic of the victorious Northern Expedition of first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the gallows that Li Dazhao,etc. died a heroic death when the great revolution fails, the flag, notice, weapon of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army, establish and the historical relic under construction, capturing the product in a loose war of resistance of Shanghai of armies of Luis 19 in all revolutionary base area, Mao Zedong s autograph letter to Zhang Xue-liang in order to jointly resist against Japan, the material objects of the progressive culture sports of area ruled by Kuomintang, the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party makes a large number of material objects and photos that the whole nation rose to defeat the Japanese in war of resistance, the Communist Party of China leads the people to carry on the material objects and photos of the great people war of liberation, attendance books, ballet boxes of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference held in September of 1949, the intersection of the People s Republic of China and copper of People s Central Government print, the first the intersection of surface and the National Flag of The PRC,etc. that Chairman Mao Zedong raise personally.
This hall still holds the provisional exhibition frequently. As follows, mainly commemorate 40 annual exhibitions of victory of long march of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army , comrade Chou En-lai commemorates the exhibition , commemorating Anti-Japanese War and 40 annual exhibitions that the world Anti-Fascist war wins , exhibition of commemorating the 120th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen When. The books that this hall edits and publishes are mainly as follows, <>, commemorate Chou En-lai , commemorate Liu Shaoqi , commemorate Zhu De album, Sun Yat-sen s album , materials picture collection of the historical relic of the Paris Commune , <>And Cai HeSen s collected works , the intersection of the history of the Communist Party of China and main the intersection of incident and brief introduction , the Kuomintang will get the brief biography ,etc.. The publication published has party history research materials (monthly magazine) .