On May 16, the Lingjiatan Ruins Museum in Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province opened for trial operation. As an important proof of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years, Lingjiatan is a key remains in the civilization process in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. About 1,100 cultural relics are exhibited, telling the important value of the Lingjiatan site to the origin, formation and early development of Chinese civilization.

History and civilization are condensed into cultural relics, condensed into stories, and stored in museums.

"Museums are an important hall for protecting and inheriting human civilization, and a bridge connecting the past, present and future." General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to museum work and emphasizes that "the museum industry must be done well" and "the museum construction must be more perfect and systematic."

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's museum industry has flourished like never before. In recent years, the number of museums in my country has grown at an average rate of more than 200 per year, and the statistical results at the end of 2024 are expected to exceed 7,000.

People's enthusiasm for museums is far more than before. The free museums nationwide have a total of more than 10 billion visitors, and "going to one city for one museum" has become a popular form of travel for more tourists.

Chinese-style modernization is a modernization that coordinates material civilization and spiritual civilization. With deep roots in the Chinese cultural context, the museum industry in the new era is booming, constantly meeting the spiritual and cultural life needs of the masses, and consolidating cultural confidence in building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

"Let the treasures of Chinese civilization last forever and benefit future generations"

This year's May Day holiday, the Yunmeng County Museum in Hubei ushered in a wave of visits with its collection of precious cultural relics such as the "First Longest Chinese Literature Goblet". Visitors shuttle through the exhibition halls to explore the marks of history.

On November 4, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the Yunmeng County Museum to visit the unearthed Qin and Han bamboo slips exhibition. From the traces left by the sword and pen, the General Secretary’s eyes are long-term: “Let the treasures of Chinese civilization be preserved forever and benefit future generations.”

Cultural relics carry splendid civilization. Only by deeply understanding the ancient China can we deeply understand the modern China and continuously create the future China.

In the Cultural Relics Protection and Restoration Hall of Sanxingdui Museum, through the glass wall, visitors can clearly see restorations using instruments to observe fragments of cultural relics.

"This is the No. 2 Bronze Sacred Tree that is digitally simulated and restored using artificial intelligence technology." Yu Jian, deputy director of Sanxingdui Museum, introduced, "The museum uses cultural relics to prove that Chinese civilization has been continuously stretched for more than 5,000 years. Combining cultural relics residues is like splicing the picture of historical civilization. The more complete the puzzle, the more it can help us understand the history of Sanxingdui civilization."

The Chinese Civilization Source Exploration Project continues to be promoted, and the major project of "Archaeological China" is fully launched. With the strong support of the prosperity and development of the archaeological cause, the Erlitou Xiadu Site Museum was opened in 2019, the China Archaeology Museum was opened to the public in 2023, and the Yinxu Museum was opened in 2024... The level of cultural relics protection, collection research, and exhibition display in various places has leaped, showing visitors the endless way of upholding the truth and innovation in inheritance, demonstrating the outstanding continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peace of Chinese civilization.

This is a bridge built on the fertile soil of the new era, carrying the profound cultural genes of the Chinese nation.

Keep the cultural roots and keep the soul of the nation. Bearing the cultural mission of the new era and protecting historical and cultural heritage is the inherent meaning of building a socialist cultural power and our historical responsibility.

Traditional Nanjing brocade weaving dresses and fashions, the unique style Hui'an stone sculptures are integrated into modern carving art, and the traditional blue and white porcelain production technology experience in Jingdezhen is very popular... The China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, which opened in 2022, is a microcosm of the museum's continuous inheritance and innovation of intangible cultural heritage.

Ethics and non-items have become the objects of protection of museums. Museums protect, inherit, study and display human civilization, and inspire people to respect, love and pride for the excellent traditional Chinese culture.