It covers an area of 6,000 m2, which includes 4,500 m2 main exhibition area. In this exhibition hall, it displays the intangible cultural heritage of Suzhou in all fronts and multi-view by showing the the five theme halls such as “One Moment of Honorary History,” “One Day of Ordinary Life,” “One Year of Four Seasons and Holidays,” “One Lifetime of Life Etiquette,” “One City of Ecological Suzhou.”
About the exhibition hall with the theme of “one moment”, it contains the Kunqu Opera and being enrolled into the List of the First Batch of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Xiangshan Craftsmen go abroad, Gold Brick of Imperial Kiln becomes attached to Tian’anmen, Song Brocade brings great achievements to APEC, such gorgeous moments take the tourists review Suzhou’s glorious intangible cultural heritage history in the world.
As for the exhibition hall with the theme of “one day”, it draws a Suzhou Street Graffiti with unique appeal by integrating many intangible cultural heritages into one day of Suzhou people’s common life.
Regarding the exhibition halls with the themes of “one year” and “One lifetime,” with Suzhou’s traditional festival customs during the four seasons as its platform, it is a combination of various projects of displaying intangible cultural heritage under the background of important life etiquette concerning birth, marriage custom and longevity custom.
As for the exhibition hall with the theme of “one city”, it introduces Suzhou’s intangible cultural heritage resource and conservation work from “inheritance” to “spread, in accordance with the intangible cultural heritage work memorabilia and Suzhou municipal above intangible cultural heritage program distribution diagram.”
The exhibition hall adopts many modernized display methods and measures to increase the interactivity and let the citizen contact with the intangible cultural heritage with “zero distance.”
