Wang Xiaoguang

During the National Day holiday, avoid crowds and volunteer at the Guanshan Moon Art Museum. To provide guidance and appreciation for the exhibition of Guan Shanyue's Anti Japanese War themed works - "Chou Qing borrows a pen to write a poem". The previous "70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Anti Japanese War" had many activities that left a deep impression on the audience. But Guan Lao is not a warrior and did not directly go to battle to kill the enemy. Guan is a painter and a literati. So this art exhibition showcases "the culture of the Anti Japanese War, the resistance of cultural figures."

Historical relics have rich connotations and are vastly different from people's habitual memories. How can we do such guidance well? It took me a lot of thought.

There are many very precious works in the collection, including two with inscriptions by Yu Youren and Guo Moruo (above: guided by the audience in front of Guo Moruo's work "Camel Bell Outside the Great Wall").

There were many visitors, supporting the elderly and children, but most of them only regarded this place as a "vacation attraction" rather than an "art museum", let alone a conscious study of art history.

The exhibition also features an interactive scene, with bookshelves, historical comic books, and wooden benches placed in the middle hall of the second floor. Viewers can sit on these benches to read comic books about the stories of the Anti Japanese War, evoking memories of the past. It is quite popular among the audience (as shown in the picture below).

It is evident from the above picture that the audience for reading comic books far exceeds the audience for art exhibitions. Especially for children, they can't move around when they see a little book, reading one book after another with high concentration. Even adults enjoy it here.

The curator's idea is to hope that after watching the art exhibition and reading the comic book, the audience can express their appreciation and feelings for peaceful life through text or graffiti on small stickers.

This goal has been achieved, where all children are actively and hands-on, either writing a sentence or drawing a small picture, with vivid content. Parents are also highly involved, helping their children press small stickers onto the wall panels (as shown in the picture below).

Unfortunately, the number of lost comic books on site varies every day. After hearing this, the teacher said helplessly, "Since the audience likes it, take it away.".

As for my guidance, it has only just begun and I realize that I have not yet expressed the meaning of "culture in the War of Resistance, the resistance of cultural people". Fortunately, the exhibition on the second floor is not updated monthly like the one on the first and third floors, and will be held for one year in principle. There is still time, slowly pondering and constantly improving.