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Half for West Lake and Half for Silk

Summary: There is an old saying that “travel for a thousand miles to visit Hangzhou half for the West Lake and half for the silk”. In the early golden autumn of September, the well-known G20 summit 2016 received important guests from all over the world in Hangzhou

Chinese Silk Museum Brought Honor to G20 Summit Hangzhou

There is an old saying that “travel for a thousand miles to visit Hangzhou half for the West Lake and half for the silk”. In the early golden autumn of September, the well-known G20 summit 2016 received important guests from all over the world in Hangzhou. Located at the side of the West Lake, the Chinese Silk Museum was expanded and renovated within just one year with its own resources and strengths, and completed the exhibitions and displays. Moreover, the China Academy of Art specially held the exhibition of“Silk Road Costume: Chinese Art of Silk”, which created the cultural atmosphere of“Half for West Lake and half for silk”and received numerous leaders of States and International organizations and their spouses during G20 summit.


On September 3-5, Argentine President’s wife Arvada, Canadian Prime Minister’s wife Mrs. Sophie, Turkish President’s wife Mrs. Emine, UN Secretary General’s wife Mrs. Yoo Soon-taek and the wife of WTO Director-General Mrs. Maria have come to visit the Chinese Silk Museum, experiencing Chinese silk culture. Minister of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture Jin Xingsheng, deputy director Cai Xiaochun met with the visiting guests and accompanied them. Curator Zhao Feng, assistant curator Cai Qin, accompanied the guests to visit the museum’s exhibition. The beautiful gardens and museums of Jiangnan, the displays and exhibitions at all times,the needlework teaching project inheriting the traditional skills, and the Chinese graceful and splendid features and international fashion,enabled the guests to appreciate the profound and endless charm of silk culture. They thought highly of the exhibition, activities, construction, environment and development theory of the silk museum. Canadian Prime Minister’s wife Mrs. Sophie was obsessed with the needlework teaching project and the construction and her 7-year-old daughter Ira Garces experienced the hand-painting and weaving of the project. Turkish President’s wife Mrs. Emine said that we should jointly promote the progress of silk road and lead to common prosperity. UN Secretary General’s wife Mrs. Yoo Soon-taek paid much attention to the international collaboration of the exhibition, and praised the cooperation of Sino-South Korea in the pavilion of restoration of the textile cultural relics and special display of “Beautiful World”. The wife of WTO Director-General Mrs. Maria specially wore the costume with the feature of Chinese dragon robe. She repeatedly expressed her love for Chinese fashion in the silk road pavilion with the display of dragon robes and the exhibition of Chinese fashion. Guests and the Chinese Silk Museum negotiated the intention of collaboration and reached agreements on the theme of silk road, silk, fashion and art.


On the meantime, the Chinese Silk Museum orchestrated an exhibition of “Silk Road Costume: Chinese Art of Silk”with the main content of “China as the homeland of silk and Zhejiang Province as the capital of silk”. It showcased some 60 pieces of precious cultural relics and fashion works that performed the history of Chinese silk art and presented the unique role of silk in the formation and development of“the Belt and Road”.


On September 5, Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, invited the wives of leaders attending the G20 summit to visit this exhibition. During the visit, ladies listened to curator Zhao Feng’s explanation and viewed and appreciated the fragment of a silk from Qianshanyang in the New Stone Age, the lotus cardinal robe of South Song dynasty, the embroidery tent of Qing dynasty, the operation of Song brocade’s woven machine and the Song brocade.They got a gift from the curator----two Chinese silkworm cocoons in yellow and white.


 Peng Liyuan highly praised the exhibition of silk. Before they left, Peng Liyuan thanked curator Zhao Feng and appreciated the exhibition which showed the charm of Chinese silk. Guests were amazed at the Chinese ancient silk exquisite craftsmanship and were popular with the contemporary fined silk clothing. They all highly valued the tradition, innovation and development of Chinese silk art. 

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