A Day Trip to the Liaoning Provincial Museum: Discovering Youthful Fun in the Old Museum

A Day Trip to the Liaoning Provincial Museum: Discovering Youthful Fun in the Old Museum As the wind carrying willow catkins swept through Beiling Avenue in Shenyang, I pushed open the glass door of the Liaoning Provincial Museum. I thought it would be a solemn history lesson, but I didn't expect that this place full of old objects would be more lively than any Internet-famous store. [Archaeological Exhibition Tour: Adding "Inner Monologues" to Cultural Relics] As soon as I entered, I was amused by the Jade Pig-Dragon in the Hongshan Culture Exhibition Hall. The chubby head with two prominent ears and a faint, silly smile on its face looked like an ancient version of an "emoji master." Turning the corner, I encountered the gilded divine beast seat town from the Han Dynasty. The four small beasts supported the base in a push-up position. I imagined them secretly saying, "Whoever looks up first loses." The serious exhibition cabinet instantly had the sense of "Night at the Museum." The most wonderful thing was the "foodie zone" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties exhibition hall: the famille rose lotus pattern bowl seemed to be filled with hot soup, the blue and white twining lotus pattern covered jar must have contained a secret pickle, and even Empress Dowager Cixi's tableware revealed the seriousness of a "rice person." It turns out that the ancients were no less adept at creating the aesthetics of life than modern people. [Instead of Collecting Stamps: Imprint History in Your Memory] It is said that you should collect stamps when you come to the Liaoning Provincial Museum, but I think it's more like playing "Cultural Relic Matching." I stamped the "Divine Beast Pattern" in the Wei and Jin Dynasty tomb exhibition hall, and turned around to find the same flying ribbon in the Tang Dynasty terracotta figurine area. After stamping the "Liao Dynasty Peony Pattern," I found it quietly climbing onto the cheongsam collar in the Qing Dynasty costume exhibition. Compared with the exquisite cultural and creative stamps, I prefer this kind of "wild Easter egg" hidden in the exhibition hall—like playing a time-traveling jigsaw puzzle game with ancient craftsmen. Every moment of "finding you" makes me want to give a thumbs-up to the aesthetics of the ancients. [Snow Cone Assassins Retreat: The Happiness of CNY 16 Is Very Real] After strolling around until 3pm, I decisively went to the cultural and creative snow cone stand. As soon as I got the jade dragon-flavored chocolate, I was ridiculed by the young lady next to me for "holding a mini golden cudgel." When I bit open the ice-cracked pattern milk flavor, the cracking sound was inexplicably synchronized with the chime sound effect in the exhibition hall. Sitting on the steps licking the snow cone, watching the child across the street chasing his parents and asking, "Can this jar hold potato chips?" I suddenly felt that history has never been sealed in a glass cover—it is entering the mobile phone albums and chat topics of young people in the most down-to-earth way. [Anti-Routine Guide] • Peak Avoidance Guide: Go straight to the Ancient Liaoning Exhibition Hall before 10am to avoid the crowds of tour groups. • Hidden Gameplay: There is a "Cultural Relic Emoji" hand-painted experience every Saturday afternoon (on-site reservation required). • Photo Opportunity: The floor-to-ceiling windows in the corridor on the second floor are an Internet-famous spot. Use the cultural relic display case as a background, and you can easily take a "knowledge-filled blockbuster." When I left, I bought a "auspicious beast" refrigerator magnet. When I was checking out, I heard the middle school student behind me exclaim at the exhibition sign: "Isn't this the picture on our history test paper!" It turns out that the dynastic changes in the textbooks have become vivid existences that can be touched, seen, and ridiculed. If you are tired of the same old Internet-famous check-ins, why not try the Liaoning Provincial Museum—unbox it from a young person's perspective, and you may be able to unbox more happiness from the old cultural relics than milk tea.