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Beijing Folk Art Museum is located on prosperous Chaoyangmenwai Avenue. Initially, Beijing Folk Arts Museum was established in 1319 mainly for worshipping Grand Emperor Dongyue or Grand Emperor East Sacred Mountain who was the God of Taishan Mountain. It covers 60, 000 square meters with 376 ancient rooms. It used to be the largest palace complex of Zhengyi Branch of Taoism in North China Area. Surely it belongs to the key cultural relics under the national-level protection.
In history, Dongyuemiao or East Sacred Mountain Temple is the important place for national ceremony but more important as the folk ceremony center, and has become the important center of folk culture activity. That is the reason why it became Beijing Folk Arts Museum after its restoration.
Beijing Folk Arts Museum is the only themed museum with folk custom and culture under the governmental operation. In museum, visitors can easily see the series of exhibitions on old Beijing folk customs and traditions. And a lot of special folk art movements are available on some important festivals such as Spring Festival, Dragon-Boat Festival , Middle Autumn Festival and Double Nine Day.
The Gate of Beijing Folk Arts Museum in China
The God Statue of Beijing Folk Arts Museum in China
Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty
Huanghuali wood
Length: 212 cm, Height: 172 cm
Furniture Collection in Palace Museum---Huanghuali Wood Screen Inlaid with Stained Ivory, Jade and Carved Chicken-wing Wood (Huanghuali bianzuo diao xichimu ranya shanshui louge pingfeng, 清黄花梨嵌牙木雕)
The screen is made of Huanghuali wood, with stained ivory, jade, and xichi wood inlay against a blue-glazed background. Chicken-wing wood, in Chinese known as xichi mu or more commonly known as jichi mu, has a wood grain that strongly resembles a chicken wing (ji chi).
The stained ivory, jade and Chicken-wing wood have been carved into low-relief figures in a mysterious landscape with mountains, streams, bridges, clouds and pavilions. It is all carefully crafted into a magical world.
The screen is fixed on a Sumeru-shaped wooden stand, the feet of which are engraved with cloud patterns. The wood screen is a masterpiece among woodcarvings of the Qianlong period.