Guangzhou Plans To Build A Textile And Clothing Museum

Guangzhou's textile and garment industry has a long history of development. It is a 100 billion level industry and trade industry and one of the four major garment manufacturing industry clusters in China.

A few days ago, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology replied to Deng Zhaoping, a member of the CPPCC Municipal Committee, on the Proposal on Promoting a Strong City through Culture and Preparing for the Construction of Guangzhou Textile and Clothing Museum, saying that planning to build a textile and clothing museum in order to better develop the industry, inherit the history is an important measure to build a strong city through culture. The next step will be to actively promote the establishment of textile exhibition areas in the existing museums and carry out the preparatory work for the textile and clothing museum.

Committee members' suggestions: improve cultural industry ecology and prepare for the establishment of Guangzhou Textile and Clothing Industry Museum

In recent years, Guangzhou has actively promoted the construction of a city of museums. By the end of 2023, the number of registered museums in Guangzhou has reached 72, including 5 national first-class museums, 11 second-class museums and 7 third class museums, forming a relatively complete museum system. It has not only built a large number of historical and cultural museums, but also paid attention to the characteristic construction of museums. For example, the opening of the First Youth League Memorial Hall, the Overseas Chinese Museum, and the Maritime Museum further enriched the museum's structural system, and demonstrated Guangzhou's unique cultural charm and historical heritage.

In terms of policy support, the Guangzhou Municipal Government attaches great importance to the development of museums and has issued a series of policy documents to support the construction and operation of museums.

For example, the "Fourteenth Five Year Plan" for the Development of Guangzhou Museum Industry and the Vision for 2035 (2021-2035) have been formulated to clarify the development direction and goals of the museum industry. At the same time, it also increased the fund investment and policy support for the museum, providing a strong guarantee for the construction and operation of the museum.

"From the ancient Silk Road trade to the modern textile and clothing industry, the textile and clothing industry has always been one of the strategic pillar industrial clusters in Guangzhou, with the characteristics of large scale, complete categories, strong production and processing capacity, and complete industrial chain."

Deng Zhaoping pointed out in the proposal that in the process of rapid industrial development, Guangzhou has accumulated profound textile culture, but at present, Guangzhou and even the whole province have not yet built a special museum for textile and clothing industry. At the same time, the exhibition related to it has problems such as short cycle, scattered resources, outdated methods, and lack of interaction.

Therefore, she proposed that in order to improve the cultural industry ecology of Guangzhou and enable the sustainable development and innovative inheritance of the textile and clothing industry with culture, it is recommended to prepare for the establishment of a special museum of Guangzhou textile and clothing industry.

Reply to the proposal: create a unique historical card combining the development history and characteristics of the textile industry

The reply said that the next step would be to actively promote the establishment of textile exhibition areas in existing museums. With the theme of textile and clothing culture, continue the silk culture, build professional exhibitions in existing museums (such as Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangdong Folk Arts and Crafts Museum, etc.), gather Guangdong, especially Guangzhou textile and clothing industry resources, and establish four exhibition areas of "ancient, modern, modern, and future". Through physical objects (clothing, clothing, fabric cultural relics, etc.), models Videos and other multi-dimensional displays of Guangdong, especially the development of textile dyeing and clothing in Guangzhou since modern times, research, display and spread the history and culture of textile clothing in Guangdong, and multi-dimensional displays of China's textile clothing civilization.

As for the preliminary preparations for the textile and clothing museum, Guangzhou will timely organize experts to carry out research and demonstration on the museum's purpose, positioning, display content, operation management mode, development goals and other issues, and at the same time, increase the collection and collection of museum collections and data, and lay the foundation for the construction of the textile and clothing museum.

After the museum is completed and the establishment and filing procedures are completed, the relevant departments will give subsidies in accordance with the Administrative Measures of Guangzhou Municipal Museum Support Fund. At the same time, they will actively promote communication, cooperation and resource integration among Guangzhou museums, incorporate the textile and clothing museum into the Guangzhou Museum system, carry out exchanges and cooperation among museums, and improve the exhibition level.

The reply also said that it would pay attention to the characteristics and innovation of the museum. The construction of the museum can combine the development history and characteristics of Guangzhou's textile industry, create unique historical cards, innovate exhibition methods and means, and use modern technology to enhance the visitors' experience. In the exhibition design, it is considered to divide the space by stages and years to orderly display the historical changes and development context of the textile industry. Introduce textile line symbols, industrial style materials and other elements to create a space atmosphere with textile characteristics. In the application of science and technology, advanced virtual interactive new media five-dimensional presentation technology can be used to enhance the interactivity and sense of participation of the audience. Set up an interactive participation hall, so that the audience can experience textile technology and understand textile technology knowledge.

At the same time, we will strengthen the education and communication functions, and take the textile museum as an important place for textile science and technology education and cultural dissemination. Organize various textile technology and cultural exchange activities to promote exchanges and cooperation in the textile industry.

It is understood that Guangzhou's textile and clothing industry has a long history of development. It is a 100 billion level industry and trade industry. It is one of the four major garment manufacturing industry clusters in China. It has the largest cloth market group and the largest clothing market group in China. There are 49000 textile and clothing manufacturers. Relying on the large and medium-sized cloth textile accessories market in Haizhu District, it has led the Pearl River Delta to form Panyu Nancun Baiyun New City, Zengcheng Xintang, Foshan Dali Zhangcha, Zhongshan Shaxi, Dongguan Humen Chashan and other large garment processing clusters have formed the central hub of the 1-hour "fast fashion" textile and garment supply chain system in the Bay Area. (Xu Wenwen)