In May, summer is coming, the sun is shining brightly and the flowers and plants are flourishing. In this season of recovery and hope, we usher in the "518 International Museum Day". This year's theme is: Museums, Sustainability and Wellbeing.

From ancient times to the present, the sun has always been the representative of human harmony and hope. The fire of human wisdom is just like the sun burning from ancient times to the present and illuminating the bright future.

On May 18th, World Expo Museum and Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum jointly held a special online class "Sun, Harmony and Hope" for students of Xiangyang Primary School in Dongdian Township, Shangqiu County, Henan Province under the theme of "Sun".

Three places, two museums and one school online course

World Expo Museum

The World Expo Museum is located on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai which is constructed cooperatively by the Shanghai Municipal Government and the Bureau International des Expositions and characterized as being international, unique, thematic, and sustainable. It is not only the first international museum in China but also the world's first museum which can comprehensively demonstrate the themes of World Expos.

Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum

Jinsha Site Museum is located at No. 2, Jinsha Ruins Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu. The museum was built on the original site of the Jinsha site (about 3200-2600 years ago), covering an area of 300,000 square meters, with a total construction area of about 40,000 square meters. It is an archaeological museum built for the protection, research and display of Jinsha Culture and Ancient Shu Civilization.

Henan ShangqiuXiangyang Primary School

Xiangyang Primary School is located in Dongdian Township, Shangqiu City, Henan Province. It was founded in 1964. Because the campus was built on the edge of Xiangyang Forest Farm, it was named "Xiangyang Primary School". Xiangyang Primary School currently has 10 teachers and 77 students. From 2021, the World Expo Museum and Xiangyang Primary School started cooperate to carry out the "WE Kids World Expo Moment" public welfare online class. Up to now, the World Expo Museum has taught more than 30 online classes for students, with 460 people attending the classes.

Instructor

The teachers of this online class are two excellent museum social education teachers, they are from the Jinsha Site Museum and the World Expo Museum.

Jinsha Site Museum: Fang Yi

Fang Yi is the social education commissioner of the Jinsha Site Museum and has been engaged in museum explanation work for 16 years. She has won the titles of "Excellent Docents in Sichuan Province" and "Top Ten Docents in Chengdu". Participated in CCTV's "New Discovery of Sanxingdui" live report program. Participated in the creation of the "Super National Treasure" reading material, in which she told readers about "the most obsessed sacred object of Jinsha people-the sun god bird gold ornaments".

World Expo Museum: Ding Nan

Ding Nan is the leader of the education team of the World Expo Museum, and the teacher of "WE Kids Educational Activities for Youth". She has won the third prize of the "Ninth Shanghai Science Popularization Contest", the second prize of "2022 Shanghai Science Experiment Exhibition". Participated in the compilation of the "Exploration of the World Expo" series of books, telling readers about the knowledge of the World Expo in the book.

Classes begin !

The little cute Lu Xiaosheng has a new friend~

　　World Expo Museum "Lu Xiaosheng"& Jinsha Site Museum "Wululu"

Lecture site

The online class of the "518 International Museum Day" once again witnessed the power of museums without borders and equal education, allowing students in rural schools to share museum education resources and helping Chinese rural schools in cultural, popular science and aesthetic education development .

Young but eager to learn, like the rising sun.

Museum education is like a glimmer of light,

Always walk with the rising sun,

In the bustling city, in the green mountains,

In the vastness of heaven and earth, under the sun,

Let's create a better future together.

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