Brief introduction of attractions of Guohua abacus museum of Zhejiang abacus association;
Guohua Abacus Museum of Zhejiang Abacus Association is located in Shenfu Road, south of Linhai Municipal Square. It is a private museum founded by Lei Guohua, member of the Standing Committee of Taizhou CPPCC. Founded in1993165438+10, it has been continuously enriched and expanded since its opening. At present, there are 6 exhibition halls with a total area of 250 square meters, and there are more than 300 kinds of calculators/kloc-0. 1996 was named as the first batch of municipal patriotism education bases by Taizhou Municipal Committee and Taizhou Municipal Government.
There are four characteristics of the collection, which have attracted much attention, namely, the largest supercomputer in the world, with a length of 6.52m, a height of 1.68m and a weight of1008 kg; ; The abacus with the most gears is 6. 12m, with 225 gears and 1575 counting beads, which can be used by 15 people at the same time; The heaviest metal abacus, all-copper casting, drum-shaped beads, 7 beads, 9 files, weighing 589kg；; The smallest abacus, made of tattooed silver, is only 0.5 10cm, just like a hair, and each bead can move freely with the help of a needle tip, making it the best in the world. In the exhibits, the ancient primitive calculation tools and abacus models in various historical periods are listed in turn; Replicas of Cao Jieting in the Northern Song Dynasty, Wan Tao in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Abacus in the Spring and Autumn Period and Zhu Zhu were unearthed in Julu County, Hebei Province. Foreign Egyptian sand abacus, European line abacus, Roman ditch abacus and slide rule invented in17th century, etc. There are various metal abacus of gold, silver, copper, iron and aluminum; There are abacus in different shapes such as pagoda shape, barrel shape and wall hanging shape; There are pure jade, jadeite, jadeite, ivory, pearls, cloisonne, ceramics, fragrant wood, jade bracelets, rings, Dont Ask For Help, Buddhist temples, conch, Ruyi, gossip, stone carvings and other precious abacus; There is also the marching abacus used by the army, which is precious, everything, and dazzling.
In order to solve the expenses of running the library, a professional abacus factory was established to produce Zhejiang-style ordinary abacus, teaching abacus and pupils' abacus, and developed patented products, such as slot abacus and gift abacus. Recently, based on the original silver necklace abacus, jade wishful abacus and various kinds of craft copper abacus, we have developed a series of high-grade abacus such as mahogany, ebony, Ma Laiyu and Yuzhu, which are practical collections. Our products are famous for their high quality and beautiful appearance. Our products are exported to Malaysian, Japanese, Singaporean, Taiwan Province, Hongkong and 28 provinces and cities in China, and are well received by all walks of life.
Since its opening, it has received the care and support of leaders at all levels, and received more than 4040 people from leaders at all levels. Former CPC The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Wei Jianxing, former Vice Chairmen of the National People's Congress, Cao Zhi and Chen, former Ministers of Finance Liu Zhongli and Xiang Huaicheng, former Minister of Public Security and former Vice Minister of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Xu Weicheng, former Vice Minister of Culture Ai, former Secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Committee and former Governor of Zhejiang Province Shen Zulun visited and spoke highly of them. Up to now, * * has received 275,000 Chinese and foreign audiences from Japan, Malaysia, the United States, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Province Province. Most of them are primary and middle school students, so that they can understand the important role and historical contribution of abacus in China's economy, commerce, education and other fields, realize that Chinese culture is profound and profound, and have generally received a vivid patriotic education. In addition, our library has participated in abacus academic exchange activities in Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan Province Province and other countries and regions for many times, promoted abacus culture in China, and built a bridge of friendly exchanges and cooperation with foreign countries.
The outstanding achievements in the past few years have been affirmed by relevant government departments and society. 1September, 1999, curator Lei Guohua was awarded the title of model of national unity and progress by the State Council. In February of the same year, it was awarded the advanced collective of Abacus Association by China Abacus Association, and successively awarded the first batch of key foreign-related visiting units and civilized service demonstration sites by Foreign Affairs Office of Taizhou Municipal Government, Public Security Bureau, Foreign Publicity Office and Linhai Civilization Office. Visitors are basically free to visit, and set up a professional abacus factory to develop abacus series and maintain the museum. At the same time, the creation and development of museums have aroused the interest and concern of domestic and foreign news media. Up to now, 4 1 Chinese and foreign newspapers and TV stations have published more than 200 special reports. Macao Daily reported the museum in a full page, and CCTV's Kyushu charm column and children's channel's happy experience column all made special reports on the museum. Television stations in Zhejiang, Liaoning, Hubei, Hunan and other provinces also have special reports.