Pasting the Door God is one of the most ancient ritual of Spring Festival which has roots tracing back to the Zhou Dynasty . The predecessor of the Door God is called Taofu, also known as “peach board”. It is the two “Peach Man” carved from the mahogany named Shentu and Yulei; after a long history of development, the Chinese art of painting has become a perfect system with a clear concept, a clear scope, stable characteristics, and distinct appearance.
Honouring this tradition, an exhibition is going to be held. In this exhibition, 8 works of the collection of Gods, collected by Zhejiang University Library, are being displayed in the library of International Campus, along with 23 pieces of high-definition restoration paintings, including works of Door God with delicate lines, ink paintings with strokes of thin and thick inks, and calligraphy with full swing of lines and plentiful ink. Moreover, typographical works that record traditional techniques, are rich in form and diverse in content.
“Thousands and thousands of households will replace the old Taofu with the new ones.” This conversion of new and old, the extension is the righteousness and pinning hope annually for thousands of years. It acts as a symbol of hope to bring happiness and wealth .This exhibition will be accompanied by interactive activities – about how to bind ancient books, to inspire readers’ passion about the books, history and traditional culture .
Theme of exhibition : Keeping the Past to Inspire the Future— Exhibition on Chinese Traditional Door God, Calligraphy and Paintings
Exhibition Time :- 25th December 2018 –February 2019
Location : 2nd floor open space corridor, International Campus Library
Sponsor : Library & Information Center of International Campus of Zhejiang University,
Zhejiang University Library
Theme of activity : The Past and Present of Ancient Chinese Books
Speaker :- Xiuli Han, Chaonan Yin
Content :-The speakers will talk about how to preserve and bind ancient books so the readers will gain knowledge about this to resemble and keep their own productions with library’s signet.
Time of activity : 26th December 14:00 – 16:30
Location of activity : Library multi-function room
Enroll: To sign up for the event, click the link below :
**Due to the limit of materials and the space required participants are limited up to 30 and the first come first serve , enrollment should be done before 25th December 12:00,and successful applicants will be notified by emails from the library.
Library and Information Center
Dec. 24th, 2018