Co-organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong S.A.R. Government, the Museum of Shenzhen, the Guangdong Museum of Revolutionary History and the Memorial Museum of Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen's Mansion, and designed by the Sun Yat-sen Museum in Hong Kong and by the Macao Museum, the opening ceremony of exhibition “Notable Couple – Artefacts from Sun Wan, Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Second Daughter, and her Husband, Tai Ensai”inaugurate on Friday, 25 September at the Macao Museum, and the exhibition will run from 26 September to 10 January 2016.
The ceremony was attended by the President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government, Ung Vai Meng; Curator of Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum, Jeremy Hui (Hong Kong); Director of the Shenzhen Museum, Ye Yang; Deputy Director of the Guangdong Museum of Revolutionary History, Zhou Jun and Deputy Director of the Memorial Museum of Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen's mansion, Zhu Xiaoqiu (Guangzhou).
The exhibition is centred in Sun Wan, Sun Yat-sen’s second daughter, and her husband, Tai Ensai, revealing aspects of their life as a couple and of Sun Yat-sen’s life, as well as Lu Muzhen’s efforts to raise her daughter Sun Wan. Sun Wan went abroad during her childhood to live with her mother, only meeting her father at the age of 5, during the revolution, later going to study in the USA and settling in Macao after her marriage to Tai Ensai. Tai Ensai studied in the USA and returned to his country to take a job in the government, keeping, during that period, a close relationship with Sun Yat-sen. Following the death of Tai Ensai and Sun Wan, their belongings were scattered around Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao museums. The exhibition shows precious relics belonging to five museums of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, including a Kodak camera belonging to Tai Ensai and a Concise English-Chinese World Dictionary frequently used by Sun Wan. The exhibition will allow visitors to get to know better the life of Sun Yat-sen and his family.
This touring exhibition is a project resulting of the cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao museums. It has already been on display in Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Hong Kong and it arrives to the Macao Museum this month. In order to maintain its appeal and interest to the public, the content of the exhibition has differed among the four cities so as to include the characteristics of each museum and their respective collections.
In support of the exhibition, the Macao Museum organizes two special lectures: “Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Family Values – Centred on Sun Yat-sen, Lu Muzhen and their Children” and “Sorrow and Joy in the life of Sun Wan, daughter of Dr. Sun Yat-sen”, on 10 October and 14 November, respectively, from 3pm to 5pm, at the Macao Museum Auditorium, both conducted in Mandarin, featuring as speakers Cai Huiyao, Deputy Director of the Museum of Shenzhen, and Sun Xiao, Researcher and Founding Chief Curator of Zhong-Ying Street Historical Museum, respectively. Seats are limited and interested citizens or organizations may contact Mr. Cheong for purposes of reservation of places, through telephone number 8394 1217, or Ms. Shi through telephone number 8394 1234, during office hours. The organization also holds, on 25 October, 22 November and 13 December, from 2pm to 3pm and from 3:30pm to 4:30pm, two daily sessions of the family-oriented workshop “A Bowl Full of Love”, whereby children can design a ‘bowl’ modelled on the displayed items for their family to enrich their visiting experience. For more information, please contact Ms. Sio, staff member of the Macao Museum, through the number 8394 1234, during office hours.
On 25 September, in order to prepare for the exhibition’s opening ceremony, the Macao Museum’s ticket counters will close at 4pm. For more information, please call 2835 7911 or visit the website www.macaumuseum.gov.mo.