CCTV News: From May 15th to 16th, the 2025 "May 18 International Museum Day" Anhui Province Main Venue and the trial operation of the Lingjiatan Ruins Museum were successfully held in Lingjiatan National Archaeological Site Park. The event is hosted by the Anhui Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (Anhui Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau) and the Maanshan Municipal People's Government, hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Maanshan Municipal Party Committee, the Maanshan Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau, and the Hanshan County People's Government, and co-organized by the Propaganda Department of the Hanshan County Party Committee, the Hanshan County Lingjiatan Site Management Office, and the Hanshan County Culture, Tourism and Sports Bureau. Ge Bin, deputy secretary of the Ma'anshan Municipal Party Committee and mayor, Wang Aiwu, deputy director of the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, Fang Jinsong, deputy director of the Provincial Government Office, Hu Min, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and director of the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, and relevant leaders of Ma'anshan City and Hanshan County attended and participated in the relevant activities.

This main venue event has rich content and many highlights. The second batch of museum lists (33), the most innovative museums in Anhui Province in 2024, and the 7th Provincial Museum Exhibition and Exhibition Project were announced, and the Lingjiatan Culture "Bright Plan" was released, and the Lingjiatan Culture Research Institute was unveiled and the expert appointment was held.

Carefully held the "Museum Night" series of activities. With the multi-dimensional cultural feast of "cultural and museum market + intangible cultural heritage exhibition + music ceremony", the audience will travel through the long river of civilization for five thousand years. The Cultural and Museum Market explores the treasures of Jianghuai, and gathers 24 museums and 15 intangible cultural heritage booths in the province on the spot to display digital collections, interactive games and characteristic cultural and creative industries, realizing "seeing all the scenery of Anhui in one street"; the Cultural and Museum night tour unlocks immersive experience, with starry sky camping and intangible cultural heritage parade as the core, and the Cultural and Museum study interspersed with three intangible cultural heritage exhibitions in Huizhou fish lanterns, Hanshan Zhacai and Hangong Opera, recreating the ancient charm; the Cultural and Museum exhibition achieves time and space dialogue, and the "Jade Qingyin" music ceremony premiered, bringing the audience to immerse in the historical and cultural atmosphere of Lingjiatan.

This event coincides with the opening of the Lingjiatan Ruins Museum for trial operation. The Lingjiatan site is a representative site in the first stage of the "Ancient Kingdom Era". It is a key node and key location for the Chinese civilization exploration project and major archaeological projects in China. It provides important evidence for in-depth study of the origin, formation and development of Chinese civilization. The basic display of the Lingjiatan Ruins Museum includes four parts: general order, learning from the future, jade and long river, and mutual learning of civilizations. For the first time, the archaeological achievements and historical value of the Lingjiatan Ruins are systematically displayed to the society. The completion and opening of the Lingjiatan Ruins Museum is a new starting point for the construction of the Lingjiatan National Archaeological Site Park in the new era, and a milestone in the research on the origin of Chinese civilization and the protection and utilization of large Chinese sites, and is of great significance.

The theme of this year's International Museum Day is "The Future of Museums in a Rapidly Changing Society". This event held an academic seminar simultaneously. Experts and scholars from both inside and outside the province gathered together to discuss and discuss the development path of museums in a Rapidly Changing Society and provide suggestions for the sustainable development of Anhui's museum industry.

During the event, the provincial museum system focused on the theme of "The Future of Museums in a Rapidly Changing Society", combined with the cultural relics resources of the museum, carefully planned and organized a series of high-quality exhibitions, and launched nearly a thousand social education activities, covering many special contents such as cultural exhibitions and night tours of museums.