Japan National Museum of Ethnology

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Thishallisdividedinto9exhibitionhalls.TheaudiencestartedfromtheOceaniaRoomandvisitedtheexhibitionhallsinAmerica,Europe,Africa,WestAsia,SoutheastAsia,NorthCentralandEastAsiainsequence.Inthemiddle,wewillalsovisittwoexhibitionhallsofmusicandlanguage.ThistourroutecleverlyarrangedfortheaudiencetocircletheeartheastwardfromOceania,andfinallyarriveinJapan.Thisingeniousdesignseemstomaketheaudiencetravelaroundtheworld,thusarousingtheaudience'spassion.

Duringthevisit,theaudiencecanseemanyrareethnicculturalrelics.Suchas:OceaniaExhibitionHall,coveringanareaof​​627squaremeters,exhibitedexquisitefishhooksandneedlesmadebytheoriginalresidentsusingshellsandfishbonesasrawmaterials,woodensailboatsmadewithtenons,utensilsmadefromcoconutshells,andplantsBows,arrowsandshieldsmadeofstems,leaves,andbark.TheAfricaHallcoversanareaof​​536squaremeters,wherevisitorscanseealargenumberofexquisitehandicraftswithstrongethniccharacteristics.TheEuropeanHall,withanareaof​​212squaremeters,canseethegrapepressusedinFrance'sfirstwinemaking.TheAmericasHall,withanareaof​​290squaremeters,canseethehugestonefiguresonEasterIslandinChile.Afamousstonecoinwithadiameterof5metersonYapIslandintheSouthPacificisalsodisplayedinthisfamousmuseum.

TheLanguageHall,withanareaof​​411squaremeters,isanexhibitionhallthatcanincreasepeople'sknowledge.Itusestwoparts:"text"and"language"forintroduction.The"words"partallowstheaudiencetounderstandhowmanykindsandthosewordsareintheworld,andhowtheyarerelatedtoeachother.Hieroglyphsandcuneiformscriptsofvariousethnicgroupsareexhibitedhere,aswellasvariousChinesecharactersinancientChina.The"Language"partmainlyintroducesacousticsandgrammar.Itcomparestheexpressionmethodsofcertainsentencesin22majorlanguages​​intheworld.Atthesametime,theaudiencecanpressthebuttontochoosethelanguageofanyethnicgrouptheywanttohear.

InthePrayerandSacrificeRoom,alargenumberofshrines,masks,idols,shrines,etc.aredisplayed.TheynotonlyshowthecustomsandritualsofJapaneseprayerandsacrifice,butalsomakepeoplefeelOfreligiousceremonies.

Inthemusicalinstrumentexhibitionroom,therearenationalmusicalinstrumentsfromallovertheworldondisplay,forminga"chorus"ofworldnationalculture.Inancienttimes,musicblendedwithhumandailylife,sothatitbecameanindispensablepartofpeople'slife,andbecametheperfectembodimentofhumanspiritandnationalcharacter.Therefore,thestudyofvariousnationalmusicandmusicalinstrumentsisofgreatsignificance.

TheNationalMuseumofEthnologyinJapanalsohasaroomdedicatedtodisplayingdailynecessitiesleftoverbyvariousethnicgroups.Inancientlife,thebasicdailynecessitiesrepresentedtheirlevelofcivilizationandnationalcharacteristics.Throughtheseordinarydailynecessities,wecanrestorethelifescenesofancientnations.Inaddition,inthisroom,thecostumesofvariousethnicgroupsarealsodisplayed.Inancienttimes,clothingwasnotonlyakindofheatingsupplies,butalsoakindofculturalspirit.Ithasmultiplefunctionsandcanalsobeusedasasignofidentity.

TheNationalMuseumofEthnologyofJapanisanimportantmuseumestablishedinrecentyearsthathasanimpactontheworldmuseumcircle.

Institutions

JapanNationalMuseumofEthnology,builtinSuitaCityin1974.Thefirstresearchdepartment(thefirst,second,third,andfourthresearchlaboratoriesinEastAsia,theCentralAsianResearchOffice,andtheNorthCentralAsianResearchOffice),andthesecondresearchdepartment(thefirst,second,andthirdresearchlaboratoriesinSoutheastAsia),SouthAsiaResearchOffice,WestAsiaResearchOffice,SouthwestAsiaResearchOffice),ThirdResearchDepartment(Europe'sFirst,Second,andThirdResearchOffice,AfricaFirst,Second,andThirdResearchOffice),FourthResearchDepartment(Thefirst,secondandthirdresearchlaboratoriesintheAmericas,thefirst,secondandthirdresearchlaboratoriesinOceania),thefifthresearchdepartment(ethnicresearchlaboratory,ethnictechnologyresearchlaboratory,ethniclanguageresearchlaboratory,etc.)andtheinformationmanagementequipmentdepartmentAndotherdepartments.Fundingmainlycomesfromthenationalannualbudget.Academicactivitiesaremainlytocollectandresearchtheculturalheritageofvariousethnicgroupsintheworld,andconductethnology.

Structure

ThismuseumwasbuiltintheUniversalMuseumMemorialParkinthesuburbsofOsaka,Japan,coveringatotalareaof​​morethan40,000squaremeters.Thebuildingisafour-storybuildingwithareinforcedconcretestructurewithaconstructionareaof​​morethan10,000squaremeters.Thefirstflooristhemainentrancehall,restaurant,machineryroom,andwarehouse;thesecondflooristheexhibitionhall,lectureroom,voicepracticeroom,andoffice;thethirdflooristheelectroniccomputerroom,library,anddataroom;thefourthflooristheinformationanalysislaboratory,videoLikelaboratories,animal,plant,andmineralspecimenlaboratories.

Equipment

Themuseumexhibitsabout7,000exhibitsinanexhibitionareaof​​morethan5,700squaremeters.Themainvisitrouteis1,500meters.Itsdisplayisanencyclopediaoftheproductionandlifestylesofallethnicgroupsintheworldcomposedofrealobjects.Here,itisusedtodisseminateinformation,notonlyculturalrelicsofvariousethnicgroups,butalsoaudioandvideoofvariousethnicgroups.

Itisequippedwiththemostmodernimageandaudioautomaticoutputdevice.Ithas37videoroomsand3soundrooms;thereare1715setsofvideotapesforuse,30typesofaudiotapes,and151ethnicmusictapes.kind.

Theaudiencecanpressthecorrespondingbuttononthecomputeraccordingtothefileanddatanumberindicatedonthefluorescentscreen,theimagecanbedisplayedonthefluorescentscreenimmediately,andthesoundtheywanttohearfromtheaudioequipment.

Features

TheNationalMuseumofEthnologyinJapanwasopenedonthe11th,1977.Althoughitshistoryisshort,itisfamousforitsrichcollectionsandishighlydevelopedinmoderntimes.ThescienceandtechnologyofChina,injectingfreshbloodintotheancientculture,isthebiggestwindowintotheworld'snationalculture.Thismuseummainlydisplaysobjectsthatreflectculturalanthropologyfromallovertheworld.Itcollectsmorethan50,000culturalrelicsandspecimensthatreflectthelabor,culture,andlifeofvariouspeoplesintheworld,andshowspeoplevividethnicpictures.

Visitinginformation

OsakaExpressRailwayExpo’70CommemorativeParkStation→15minutesonfoot