On the eve of the 120th anniversary of the founding of Fudan University, the "Fudan Source" cultural education functional area was unveiled. As an important part of the "One Source and Six Museums", the Fudan University Museum consists of the coherent space of No. 100 Xiangbo Hall, No. 200 Jiangong Hall, and No. 300 Jinglai Hall.
The two major exhibitions of Fudan University Museum, "For the Liberation and Progress of the Nation: Fudan and Fudan People in Revolutionary Relics" and "Plurality and Unity: The Origin of Chinese Civilization", officially opened on May 26. The latter presents the origin, development and pluralistic integration of Chinese civilization through more than 140 cultural relics and archaeological research results, including bone flutes from the Jiahu culture period (more than 8,000 years ago), jade cong from the Liangzhu culture 5,000 years ago, and painted pottery jars from the Yangshao culture.
Fudan University Museum
No. 200 Jian Court
Hundreds of revolutionary relics related to the glorious deeds of Fudan people are exhibited at one time
In 1905, Fudan University came into being in the tide of the era of saving the nation through education. Since its inception, Fudan has shared the same destiny with the Chinese nation and has always stood at the forefront of the times.
"For the liberation and progress of the nation - Fudan and Fudan people in revolutionary relics" was held in Jian Gongtang No. 200. Through the joint efforts of the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Liberation Daily, the exhibition displayed hundreds of revolutionary relics related to the glorious deeds of Fudan people collected by the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
The exhibits include the business card of the Minhu Daily newspaper founded on May 15, 1909, a leaflet titled "Crying to Fellow Countrymen to Save China Quickly" issued by the Fudan Branch of the Shanghai Student Union during the May Fourth Movement, the first complete Chinese translation of the Communist Manifesto, and the monthly magazine Digest founded jointly by Fudan teachers and students.
Business card of the Minhu Daily newspaper founded on May 15, 1909
Yu Youren entered Aurora University in June 1904. From 1909 to 1910, he successively founded the famous "Three People's Livelihood" series of newspapers - "Minhu Daily", "Minyu Daily" and "Minli Daily" to "awaken the sense of responsibility of the people". The exhibition includes the business card of the "Minhu Daily" newspaper founded on May 15, 1909.
During the May Fourth Movement, the Shanghai Student Union Fudan Branch issued a leaflet titled "Crying to compatriots to save China quickly"
During the May Fourth Movement, the Fudan branch of the Shanghai Student Union printed and distributed a leaflet titled "Crying to our compatriots to save China quickly."
The first complete Chinese translation of The Communist Manifesto
In August 1920, Chen Wangdao's translation of The Communist Manifesto was officially published by the Socialist Research Society as the first volume of the Socialist Research Series. The title of the first edition was misprinted as "Communist Manifesto" (red edition), and it was corrected and re-issued in September of the same year (blue edition). This was the first complete Chinese translation of The Communist Manifesto. After its publication, it was immediately warmly welcomed by China's advanced intellectuals and caused a strong response.
On April 14, 1927, Zheng Zhenduo, Zhou Yutong and others jointly sent a letter of protest to the Kuomintang Revolutionary Army Headquarters.
On April 12, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched a counter-revolutionary coup in Shanghai, and on April 13, he committed the horrific Baoshan Road Massacre. This is a joint letter of protest from Zheng Zhenduo, Zhou Yutong and others to the KMT Revolutionary Army Headquarters on April 14.
Fudan teachers and students jointly founded the monthly magazine "Digest"
On January 1, 1937, Fudan teachers and students jointly founded the monthly magazine "Digest", edited by Professor Sun Hanbing of the School of Law. After the outbreak of the National War of Resistance in September of the same year, the magazine was renamed "Digest Wartime Weekly", with a new issue number and the policy of "propaganda that the war of resistance will be won and Japan will be defeated". President Lee Teng-hui published "Fudan is Destroyed" in the second issue of the magazine, accusing Japan of atrocities and expressing his determination to resist the war.
After the "January 29" bloodbath, Fudan students sent a consolation flag to Tongji University students
On January 29, 1948, Tongji University obstructed the democratic election of the Student Self-Government Association and expelled many students without reason. In order to resist the persecution, Tongji students prepared to go to Nanjing to petition, but were blocked by the Kuomintang military and police. More than 500 Fudan students went to Tongji to support them, and many were injured and arrested during the confrontation. The consolation flag given by Fudan students to Tongji University students on display reads "What's jail time?"
Exhibition site: List and address book of students who signed up to participate in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea after its outbreak
After the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, Fudan University started a wave of applications to join the army and the military since December. The first batch of applicants reached 842, and 286 were eventually selected, the highest number among Shanghai universities. After that, teachers and students from various departments and societies of Fudan University formed different teams and resolutely embarked on the journey of defending the country. This is the approved list and address book of the first and second batches of students who joined the military and the military posted on the school wall newspaper at that time.
No. 100 Xiangbo Hall
Displaying more than 140 cultural relics and archaeological research results
Chinese civilization is the only original civilization in human history that has never been interrupted. It has the cultural characteristics of continuity, inclusiveness, and diversity, and enjoys a unique and important position in the history of human civilization.
In No. 100 Xiangbo Hall, the exhibition “Unity in Diversity: The Origin of Chinese Civilization”, hosted by Fudan University Museum and jointly launched by 16 archaeological and cultural institutions across the country, also opened simultaneously.
More than 140 cultural relics and archaeological research results are on display, including more than 50 recently unearthed cultural relics that are making their debut in domestic museums.
Exhibition site Jiahu culture bone flute Wuyang County Jiahu Ruins Museum collection
Bone flute, a cultural relic from the Jiahu culture period (more than 8,000 years ago), unearthed from Jiahu Site M57 in Wuyang, Henan, and stored in the Jiahu Site Museum in Wuyang County
Hongshan Culture Jade Pendant Collection of Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
Jade pendant, Hongshan culture, unearthed from Niuheliang site N2Z1M26 in Lingyuan, Liaoning, stored in Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
Dawenkou culture jade cicada-shaped ring, Shandong University Museum collection
Jade cicada-shaped ring, Dawenkou culture, unearthed from M91 of Jiaojia Site in Jinan, Shandong, stored in Shandong University Museum
Liangzhu Culture Jade Cong Suzhou Museum Collection
Jade Cong, Liangzhu culture, unearthed from M199 of Caoxieshan site in Suzhou, Jiangsu, and stored in Suzhou Museum
Painted pottery jar of Yangshao culture, collected by Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
Painted pottery jar, Yangshao culture period, unearthed from F2 of Nanzuo site in Qingyang, Gansu, stored in Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
Exhibition View
The exhibition is based on China's one million years of human history, ten thousand years of cultural history and five thousand years of civilization history, and tells the story from three parts: "Origin of Humanity", "Dawn of Civilization" and "Ancient Country Era". It focuses on tracing the diversified development and mutual connection of agriculture, handicrafts, spiritual culture, ritual music and writing from the Neolithic Age to the Early Bronze Age in China, and comprehensively presents the origin, formation, development context and diversified integration process of Chinese civilization.
At the opening ceremony, Qiu Xin, Party Secretary of Fudan University, Zhou Yu, Deputy Party Secretary and Deputy Director of China Cultural Relics Exchange Center, Xiang Yihai, Party Group Member and Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics, Xue Feng, Party Secretary and Director of the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Wang Wei, Chief Expert of the Chinese Civilization Origin Exploration Project, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Director of Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, attended the ceremony. Wu Zhihua, Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, was appointed Chairman of the First Council of Fudan University Museum.
(This article is compiled based on relevant information from Fudan University Museum)