China News Service, Xi'an, September 30 (Reporter Alina) The reporter learned from the Qin Shi Huang Emperor's Mausoleum Museum on the 30th that the exhibition upgrade of the No. 2 Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit in the Qin Shi Huang Emperor's Mausoleum Museum has been fully completed. The exhibition hall has been systematically renovated and optimized, and will be newly opened to the public on October 1.
"This renovation is an important measure for the museum to continue to promote the protection and display of large relics, activate and utilize the Qin Mausoleum cultural heritage, and improve the level of public cultural services. It is a comprehensive upgrade of the No. 2 Pit site display from traditional display to academic, systematic, intelligent, and experiential." Zhang Sheng, curator and deputy research librarian of the Display and Exhibition Department of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Museum, said.
Since the No. 2 Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit was officially opened to the public on October 14, 1994, it has always been the core site for studying the Qin Dynasty’s military system, military formation system, craftsmanship, technology and the spirit of the times. For more than thirty years, the archaeological excavation, cultural relic protection, and comprehensive research around Pit No. 2 have continued to advance and yielded fruitful results, laying a solid academic foundation for this exhibition upgrade.
The improved exhibition of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit No. 2 has a theme named "Crossbow Zhang, Chariot Chi, Riding Leap". Zhang Sheng introduced that Pit No. 2 integrates crossbowmen, chariots, cavalry and other arms into one. "Crossbow Zhang" means the crossbowmen are ready to go, "Che Chi" means the chariot phalanx is rushing forward, and "Qi Yue" means the cavalry is jumping forward on their horses. This theme vividly restores the formation tactics of the Qin Dynasty army, allowing the audience to face the majestic battlefield scene of the powerful Qin army.
This display adds archaeological, conservation and scientific research results since 1994, especially the results of scientific archeology and conservation under the multi-disciplinary integration in recent years. The display content combines the spatial pattern of the exhibition hall and the arrangement characteristics of the military array in Pit No. 2. Through the narrative logic of grouped narratives and hierarchical interpretation, 10 groups of contents are set up, including "the archaeological history of Pit No. 2," "the architectural structure of Pit No. 2," "the arrangement of the military array in Pit No. 2," and "the crossbow infantry phalanx." Based on the site itself, it extends the historical dimension and sublimates the connotation of civilization, forming a multi-level interpretation system.
In terms of display format, this exhibition upgrade focuses on the protection and interpretation of the ruins, insists on the combination of dynamic and static, and the complementarity of reality and reality to build a multi-dimensional three-dimensional interpretation scene. Through the static graphic display board system, the academic context and connotation of the site are sorted out, and the dynamic multimedia screen is used to interpret key knowledge points. Combined with the MR scene restoration laid out in the site space and the addition of dynamic light and shadow projection demonstrations in the site pit, the abstract military array arrangement, archaeological research, and site protection results are visualized and scenario-based, making the static site visible, feelable, readable, and understandable.
As the ruins exhibition hall with the largest display space among the three terracotta warriors and horses pits, this exhibition upgrade fully unleashes the spatial advantages of pit No. 2, making the exhibition hall a core window for interpreting the overall value of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses. The content takes the No. 2 pit military formation system as the entry point, radially explains the design ideas, historical background and spiritual core of the entire terracotta warriors and horses military formation, and systematically reveals the unified pattern, system and order carried by the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses, as well as the pioneering and enterprising national spirit.
This exhibition upgrade also completed the comprehensive optimization of the visiting routes, hardware facilities and service functions. The exhibition combines the characteristics of the exhibition hall space and the visiting habits of the audience, and scientifically divides the north and south visiting circulation lines: the northern area creates an in-depth visiting circulation line, focusing on academic interpretation, cultural relic details and scientific research results display, suitable for in-depth study and professional viewing needs; the southern area sets up a quick visiting circulation line, optimizes the layout of light boxes and multimedia points, and carries out lightweight science popularization displays based on the actual situation of the site and the characteristics of military formations to meet the public's needs for quick viewing and intuitive understanding.
In addition, the exhibition hall has also comprehensively upgraded the display environment, safety protection system, exhibition hardware equipment, professional lighting system and navigation sign system, greatly improving the safety protection capabilities of the ruins and the quality of exhibition presentation. Innovate the service attributes of the exhibition hall, optimize the public rest space, add popular science cartoons, interesting interpretations and other lightweight content, take into account the academic and public nature of the exhibition, and comprehensively improve the comfort of the audience and the efficiency of knowledge acquisition.
Zhang Sheng said that the upgrade of the No. 2 Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit exhibition is not only an update of the physical space and exhibition equipment, but also an upgrade of the museum's cultural communication innovation and heritage utilization model from the perspective of cultural inheritance in the new era. The exhibition is based on long-term archaeological excavation, cultural relic protection and scientific research accumulation, and integrates contemporary exhibition concepts and digital technology to provide a systematic and contemporary expression of the historical value, artistic value, scientific and technological value and spiritual value carried by the No. 2 Pit site. By deconstructing the details of the site, connecting the historical context, sublimating the spirit of civilization, focusing on the Qin Dynasty's unified system, social governance order and pioneering and enterprising character of the times, the value sublimation from material remains to institutional civilization, from visual shock to spiritual resonance is completed.
The newly upgraded Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit Exhibition Hall No. 2 will continue to tell the public the story of the Qin civilization and convey the power of Chinese culture with a more rigorous academic system, richer display methods, better service facilities, and more profound interpretations of civilization. In the future, the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Museum will continue to focus on cultural relic protection, archaeological research, exhibition innovation and public services, continue to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Qin Mausoleum cultural heritage, and let Qin civilization continue to flourish in the new era.
