Taizhou Museum

The Taizhou Municipal People's Government Office led a coordination meeting for the loan of exhibits on October 14, 2014, to facilitate the cultural relic work.

The layout of the museum was designed by a team led by Professor Yan Jianqiang of Zhejiang University's Department of Cultural Relics and Museology, with further input from various local experts in Taizhou.

What's essential is to distill themes and storylines from a physical perspective, making the museum experience like listening to an accurate and vivid story.

Inside the museum, there are scene displays integrated with physical objects and murals, as well as light and shadow projection films.

The exhibition mainly consists of ceramics, ironware, and scene models, using these objects to narrate various aspects of Taizhou's history from the Neolithic Age to the Xinhai Revolution.

[14] The exhibition includes three significant collections related to Taizhou: a Neolithic human face pattern gray pottery roof tile from the Three Kingdoms period, a Western Han primitive porcelain gourd-shaped pot with wave patterns, and a copper military marshal seal from the Han dynasty.

It showcases artifacts such as grinding stones, spinning and weaving tools, pottery, and the remains of sites like Duqiaolikeng, Lingshan, and Manshan Island.

The section also presents a reenactment of the life of the ancient Yue people through the stone shed tombs on Manshan Island and rock paintings.

[14] The second section, "Ancient Port of Zhang'an", displays the development of Taizhou from the Dong'ou State to the Six Dynasties period.

[16] The section also discusses the literary scene and religious development in Taizhou during that time, as it became a significant location for Buddhism and Taoism.

It covers officials like Luo Binwang and Shen Quanqi, religious and cultural aspects such as the Guoqing Temple on the Tiantai Mountain, the He-he Erxian, and the Tongbai Palace.

Inside the museum, miniature landscapes are displayed to showcase the technical characteristics of certain industries and their impact on Taizhou's economy.

The museum uses physical exhibits and scene reenactments to interpret various aspects of Taizhou's folk life through the cultural geography theory of Wang Shixing, a geographer from the Ming Dynasty.

[2] The exhibition showcases intangible cultural heritage from various areas in Taizhou, scaled-down replicas of Mount Tiantai's Guoqing Temple and Long Street in Luqiao, and a one-to-one replica of the ancient town of Potan in Xianju created through three-dimensional scenes, providing a refreshing experience.

Subsequently, it employs miniature models and physical displays with backboards to reflect the labor and craftsmanship of the mountain people in Taizhou.

To make the depiction more vivid, the exhibition uses an immersive environment to showcase the food, clothing, and art of Shitang Fishing Village in Wenling.

It is under the jurisdiction of the Taizhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism, and Sports and is one of its subsidiary units.

[1] The current director of Taizhou Museum is Lao Yuhong,[20] who has been working in the cultural heritage preservation field since 1992.

Xianju Potan Ancient Street, replicated at a reduced scale, is a part of the "Feelings of the Earth" Taizhou Folk Custom Exhibition located inside Taizhou Museum.