Baigongfang is the best workshop in Beijing. After completion, the total area is 42,000 square meters, with nearly 100 art categories, and more than 100 arts and crafts masters set up special workshops and master studios here. The museum's exhibition includes the core main exhibition area, the comprehensive exhibition area, and is also equipped with an audio-visual education area, an academic exchange and discussion area, an appraisal area, and a comprehensive service area. The first phase of the project was opened at the end of 2003, and has successively received tens of thousands of Chinese and foreign tourists from all walks of life, and held academic seminars, collection auctions, master lectures, gem appraisals, design competitions and other activities. In March 2005, Beijing Baigongfang was officially approved by the relevant departments as a museum-Baigong Museum, which is also the first "living" museum in Beijing. Unlike other museums, visitors can not only appreciate various folk handicrafts and understand the development history of craftsmanship of various categories of crafts, but can even get close to more than 100 folk handicraft masters from all over the country, and create and discuss with them. Baigong Museum is jointly established and supported by the governments of Beijing and Chongwen District, and is sponsored by the Beijing Arts and Crafts Industry. The association jointly built it with the arts and crafts industry associations of eight provinces and cities, including Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Shaanxi. The Baigong Museum has a total construction area of 42,000 square meters, with more than 200 types of crafts and skills, and can collect more than 17,000 works of masters. The first phase of the project, which is now in use, includes more than 30 special craft workshops and 100 master studios, with varieties of designs such as cloisonné, jade carving, and ivory carving, "Eight Wonders of Yanjing". All masters who enter the Baigong Museum must bring an apprentice so that these skills can be inherited and innovated.
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Interpretation of Beijing Hundred Workshops from the perspective of Eastern philosophy Beijing Hundred Workshops, as a cultural attraction in Beijing, showcases the essence of traditional Chinese handicrafts. From the perspective of Eastern philosophy, this is not only a display of skills, but also a reflection of the relationship between "Tao" and "Qi". Eastern philosophy, especially Taoist philosophy, emphasizes "Tao follows nature" and believes that the highest skill should be to integrate with nature and achieve the state of "rule by inaction". In Beijing Hundred Workshops, every handicraft contains the craftsman's understanding and respect for nature. Whether it is the warmth of porcelain, the transparency of jade, or the luster of lacquerware, it reflects the craftsman's pursuit of the philosophical thought of "harmony between man and nature". At the same time, the Confucian "doctrine of the mean" is also reflected in these handicrafts. When creating, the craftsmen pursue not only the ultimate skills, but also the balance between emotion and rationality, reflecting the concept of "harmony but difference" in Eastern philosophy. Interpretation of Beijing Hundred Workshops from the perspective of Western philosophy From the perspective of Western philosophy, Beijing Hundred Workshops can be interpreted as the pursuit of "beauty" and "truth". Western philosophy, especially ancient Greek philosophy, has a deep tradition of pursuing beauty. Plato believed that beauty is the direct embodiment of ideas and an eternal existence beyond the material world. In the Beijing Hundred Workshops, every handicraft is the pursuit and expression of beauty by the craftsmen. They are not only the accumulation of materials, but also the embodiment of ideas. At the same time, the "form and function" theory in Western philosophy is also reflected in these handicrafts. Each work not only pursues the beauty of form, but also pays more attention to its functionality and practicality, reflecting the emphasis on "rationality" and "practicality" in Western philosophy. In addition, the "existentialism" thought in Western philosophy can also find resonance in the creative process of craftsmen. The concentration and dedication of craftsmen in creation reflect the exploration and affirmation of the meaning of self-existence. In summary, whether from the perspective of Eastern philosophy or Western philosophy, Beijing Hundred Workshops is a cultural attraction full of philosophical thinking. It not only shows the exquisiteness of traditional handicrafts, but also reflects the profound understanding and pursuit of human beings for beauty, nature and existence.