مَعْرِضٌ فِي الشَّارِقَةِ يَكْشِفُ قِصَّةَ التَّبَادُلِ بَيْنَ الصِّينِ وَالْعَالَمِ الْإِسْلَامِيِّ
A new exhibition in Sharjah presents 124 objects from museums in Sharjah and Shanghai. The pieces trace historical exchange between China and the Islamic world, from the Silk Roads to art and science.
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مَعْرِضٌ فِي الشَّارِقَةِ يَكْشِفُ قِصَّةَ التَّبَادُلِ بَيْنَ الصِّينِ وَالْعَالَمِ الْإِسْلَامِيِّ
اِفْتَتَحَ مُتْحَفُ الشَّارِقَةِ لِلْحَضَارَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ فِي ١١ نُوفَمْبَرَ مَعْرِضًا جَدِيدًا عَنْ صِلَاتِ الصِّينِ بِالْعَالَمِ الْإِسْلَامِيِّ. وَيُعَدُّ هَذَا أَوَّلَ مَعْرِضٍ يُنَظِّمُهُ مُتْحَفُ شَنْغْهَايَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ الْخَلِيجِ.
يَضُمُّ الْمَعْرِضُ ١٢٤ قِطْعَةً؛ مِنْهَا ٨٧ قِطْعَةً مِنْ مُتْحَفِ شَنْغْهَايَ، وَ٣٧ قِطْعَةً مِنْ مَجْمُوعَاتِ مُتَاحِفِ الشَّارِقَةِ. وَتُبَيِّنُ الْمَعْرُوضَاتُ أَنَّ التَّوَاصُلَ بَيْنَ الطَّرَفَيْنِ يَعُودُ إِلَى الْقَرْنِ السَّابِعِ، حِينَ سَاعَدَتْ طُرُقُ الْحَرِيرِ الْبَرِّيَّةُ وَالْبَحْرِيَّةُ عَلَى نَقْلِ الْبَضَائِعِ وَالْمَعْرِفَةِ وَالْفُنُونِ.
وَيَنْقَسِمُ الْمَعْرِضُ إِلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَقْسَامٍ، تَتَنَاوَلُ السَّفَرَ وَالتِّجَارَةَ وَالْحِرَفَ وَالتَّصْمِيمَ، كَمَا تَعْرِضُ آثَارَ التَّبَادُلِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الِاجْتِمَاعِيَّةِ وَالْفِكْرِيَّةِ. وَتُظْهِرُ هَذِهِ الْأَقْسَامُ أَنَّ التَّأْثِيرَ الثَّقَافِيَّ جَرَى فِي أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مَجَالٍ.
وَمِنْ أَبْرَزِ الْقِطَعِ طَبَقٌ صِينِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ كِتَابَةٌ بِاللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ، وَشَمْعَدَانٌ صِينِيٌّ أَزْرَقُ وَأَبْيَضُ. وَيَشْمَلُ الْمَعْرِضُ أَيْضًا مَوَادَّ عَنْ الْمُوسِيقَى وَالرَّقْصِ وَالْفَلَكِ وَالرِّيَاضِيَّاتِ وَالْأَدَبِ. وَيَسْتَقْبِلُ الْمُتْحَفُ الزُّوَّارَ حَتَّى ٩ مَايُو ٢٠٢٧.
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Sharjah Exhibition Reveals Centuries of Exchange Between China and the Islamic World
Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation opened a new exhibition on November 11 about China’s connections with the Islamic world. It is the first exhibition organised by Shanghai Museum in the Gulf region.
The exhibition brings together 124 objects: 87 from Shanghai Museum and 37 from Sharjah Museums Authority collections. The objects show that contact between the two sides goes back to the seventh century, when overland and maritime Silk Roads helped carry goods, knowledge, and art.
The exhibition is divided into four sections covering travel, trade, crafts, and design. It also presents signs of exchange in social and intellectual life. Together, these sections show that cultural influence reached more than one area.
Among the notable objects are a Chinese dish with Arabic writing and a blue-and-white Chinese candlestick. The exhibition also includes material about music, dance, astronomy, mathematics, and literature. The museum welcomes visitors until May 9, 2027.
Key Vocabulary
| Arabic | Part of speech | English |
|---|---|---|
| مَعْرِضٌ | noun | exhibition |
| يَضُمُّ | verb | to bring together |
| قِطْعَةٌ | noun | object; artefact |
| مَجْمُوعَةٌ | noun | collection |
| التَّوَاصُلُ | noun | contact; communication |
| طُرُقُ الْحَرِيرِ | noun phrase | the Silk Roads |
| الْحِرَفُ | noun | crafts |
| التَّبَادُلُ | noun | exchange |
| شَمْعَدَانٌ | noun | candlestick |
| الْفَلَكُ | noun | astronomy |
Sources
- Sharjah24: حور القاسمي تفتتح معرض الإرث المشترك للحضارة الصينية والإسلامية
- Emirates News Agency (WAM): Hoor Al Qasimi inaugurates Chinese-Islamic heritage exhibition
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