The unveiling ceremony for the Eight Great Mountains Man Memorial Hall, the Cross-border Education Practice Base of Nanchang University, and the Research Cooperation Base for the Cross-border Dissemination of China’s Excellent Traditional Culture was held at our museum.

At 3 p.m. on July 9, the Eight Great Mountains Man Memorial Museum and Nanchang University... Cross-border Education Center (International Education College), Jointly established through consultation by the Research Center for Cross-Border Dissemination of China’s Outstanding Traditional Culture Nanchang University Cross-border Education Practice Base and Research Cooperation Base for the Cross-border Dissemination of China’s Excellent Traditional Culture The unveiling ceremony was held in the academic lecture hall of the Eight Great Mountains Man Memorial Hall.

The leaders and guests attending the unveiling ceremony included: Wan Liping, Party Secretary and Director of the Nanchang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, and Tourism; Zhou Ting, Dean of the Cross-border Education Center (School of International Education) at Nanchang University and Director of the Research Center for Cross-border Dissemination of Excellent Chinese Traditional Culture; Zhu Wangli, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Tourism at Nanchang University and Researcher at the Research Center for Cross-border Dissemination of Excellent Chinese Traditional Culture; Song Wenjie, Vice Dean of the Cross-border Education Center (School of International Education) and Deputy Director of the Research Center for Cross-border Dissemination of Excellent Chinese Traditional Culture; Ye Ai, Vice Dean of the Cross-border Education Center (School of International Education) and Researcher at the Research Center for Cross-border Dissemination of Excellent Chinese Traditional Culture; Zhou Xiaojian, Director of the Ba Da Shan Ren Memorial Museum; Tang Wenzheng, Chief of the Cultural Relics Division of the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, and Tourism; Hu Linghao, Deputy Director of the Ba Da Shan Ren Memorial Museum; as well as teacher representatives from the Cross-border Education Center (School of International Education) at Nanchang University, researcher representatives from the Research Center for Cross-border Dissemination of Excellent Chinese Traditional Culture at Nanchang University, student representatives from the Confucius Institute at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain, and student representatives from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. The ceremony was hosted by Lu Xiang, Deputy Director of the Ba Da Shan Ren Memorial Museum.

At the unveiling ceremony, Zhou Xiaojian, Director of the Eight Great Mountains Man Memorial Museum, delivered a speech: “Museums are entrusted with the mission of promoting China’s outstanding traditional culture. As an integral part of the nation’s cultural soft power, museums and their exhibitions play a crucial role as both content providers and emotional bridges in cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and other countries. The collaborative partnership between the Eight Great Mountains Man Memorial Museum and the Cross-border Education Center of Nanchang University will help strengthen our external publicity efforts and facilitate the exchange and mutual learning among diverse civilizations worldwide. By using traditional art as a medium to tell China’s stories to the world, we can not only break down barriers of geography, culture, and language but also, through soft-power communication, build stronger emotional connections with overseas audiences. In the process of building a community with a shared future for mankind, this collaboration will serve as an excellent bridge.”

In her speech, Zhou Ting, Dean of the Cross-border Education Center (School of International Education) at Nanchang University and Director of the Research Center for Cross-border Dissemination of China’s Excellent Traditional Culture, also mentioned: This time The “Cooperative Base” is a platform for practical education and research collaboration aimed at international students studying in China, students from Confucius Institutes overseas, students from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, and overseas students of Confucius Institutes. It is designed to fully develop distinctive cultural brands and ensure that the charm of Ganjiang’s rich cultural heritage and Poyang’s unique allure shines brightly in the new era. She emphasized that the establishment of the base carries three major significances: First, it adheres to “one central theme”—the research base is grounded in the study of China’s outstanding traditional culture and takes cultural dissemination as its main thread. Second, it enhances “two key hallmarks”—by closely focusing on the goals of practice-based education and collaborative research, it organizes diverse study-and-research activities. Third, it explores “three pathways”—persisting in cultivating people through culture, keeping pace with the times, and promoting the distinctive features of China’s excellent culture, thus striving to write a new chapter of prosperity and development for Gan-Poyang culture.

Wan Liping, Party Secretary and Director of the Nanchang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio and Television, Press and Publication, and Tourism, and Zhou Ting, Director of the Cross-border Education Center (School of International Education) at Nanchang University and Director of the Research Center for Cross-border Dissemination of China’s Excellent Traditional Culture at Nanchang University, unveiled the plaque for the base. Participants in the event posed for a group photo to commemorate the occasion.

After the unveiling ceremony, the attendees toured the exhibition currently being held at our museum. “Gold and Stone, Zen Heart—A Special Exhibition of Works by Wu Changshuo from the Collection of the National Art Museum of China.”

The collaborative partnership between museums and universities/institutes is conducive to better leveraging the public education functions of museums. This establishment... “Cooperative bases” not only bring museum artifacts to life and enhance the museums’ public education functions, but also leverage their own capabilities to promote the creative inheritance and innovative development of China’s outstanding traditional culture.