Three-time consecutive winner of the Provincial Museum’s Top Ten Exhibition and Display Recommendations: “All Mountains Resonate—A Special Exhibition on Bada Shanren in Dialogue with the Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics”

Recently, we received wonderful news: the “All Mountains Resonate—A Dialogue Between Bada Shanren and the Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics” special exhibition, organized by the Bada Shanren Memorial Hall and the Yangzhou Museum, co-organized by the Wuxi Museum, and guided by the Nanchang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, has stood out from 29 exhibition projects recommended by the cultural, radio, television, and tourism bureaus of various prefectural-level cities across the province, earning a spot among the Top Ten Outstanding Exhibition Projects for Museums in the province (for the 2023–2024 period)! This marks the third time our museum has been recognized as one of the Top Ten Outstanding Exhibition Projects in the province—following our previous successes with “No Traces of Chisel or Axe: A Dialogue with Qi Baishi—Exhibition of Collection Works from the Beijing Academy of Painting” (2020) and “Peng Youshan and His Era—An Exhibition Commemorating the 110th Anniversary of Peng Youshan’s Birth” (2021–2022).

This exhibition will be held from April 29 to August 18, 2024, at the Bada Shanren Memorial Hall. Featuring works by 26 master artists from the Ming and Qing dynasties as its unique medium, the exhibition showcases a total of 92 cultural relics (60 sets), including eight precious first-grade cultural relics. Centered around Bada Shanren, the exhibition systematically traces the brilliant artistic achievements from the mid-Ming to the late Qing periods. Through an artistic dialogue that transcends time and space, visitors will gain insight into the distinctive spirit of innovation embodied by Bada Shanren and the “Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.” As the exhibition’s title suggests—“All Mountains Resonate”—just as plucking a string on a zither causes its melodious tones to echo through mountains and valleys, these artworks, brought together under one roof, aim to guide viewers beyond time and space, enabling them to enter a state of transcendence.

During the exhibition, the Eight Great Masters of the Ming Dynasty Memorial Hall fully leveraged its academic strengths and invited renowned domestic experts and scholars to successfully host: 1 a nationwide seminar, 4 Academic lecture and 1 Expert-led tours offer in-depth interpretations of the exhibition from multiple perspectives, providing a diverse understanding of the Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics and greatly enriching the exhibition’s content. In addition, during the exhibition period, complementary programs are also available. 81 A series of exciting events, including offline social education activities. 47 The venue, including a fun ink-and-wash painting class. 16 A venue—a creative art workshop with limitless possibilities. 9 On-site, in-depth expert-led tours and curator-led tours 9 A warm and joyful special parent-child guided tour. 13 Venue; online live guided tours are also available in large numbers. 34 The venue. A wealth of activities attract and inspire audiences from all angles and in a multifaceted way; according to statistics, 2024 Year 4 Moon 29 Date to 8 Moon 18 During the exhibition, the number of visitors reached as many as 24 Ten thousand person-times, only 2024 During the May Day holiday this year, it received... 5.38 Ten thousand person-times.

For years, the Eight Great Mountains Man Memorial Hall has been dedicated to the art of Eight Great Mountains Man. IP Build and continuously elevate academic standards, Expand influence, Gradually developed a distinctive style of its own. “Eight Great Mountains People Dialogue Series” exhibition brand. Aiming to enhance academic research through visual presentation and make the collections accessible. The “research-and-exhibition system” that comes to life, Deeply explore the rich value of Bada Shanren’s art, continuously infusing its cultural essence with new vitality and pioneering fresh modes of expression. At the same time, proactively strengthen cooperation and exchanges with top museums and art galleries both at home and abroad. Only for We will present a wealth of exciting exhibitions and events to the public, building a bridge that enables people to approach, understand, and immerse themselves in the unique charm of China’s outstanding traditional culture.

This time “All Mountains Resound—A Dialogue Between Bada Shanren and the Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics” Special Exhibit Winning the “Top Ten Exhibition Awards” for museums across the province is not only a high-level recognition of the exhibition itself, but also a well-deserved affirmation of the Eight Great Mountains Man Memorial Hall’s years of dedicated efforts in cultural heritage preservation and innovation. Moving forward, the Eight Great Mountains Man Memorial Hall will take this achievement as a new starting point, continue to forge ahead with determination, and contribute even more to the creative transformation and innovative development of China’s outstanding traditional culture!