“巴迪”与文物之美：记南大中文系师生参观亚洲文明博物馆 The Beauty of Batik and Antiques: NTU Chinese Major Students Visited Asian Civilisations Museum

关佑昇 文 （连文思博士与曲景毅博士修改）

为了让学生对我国和亚洲历史有更深一层的了解，南大中文系组团到亚洲文明博物馆欣赏文物和巴迪艺术。

9名中文系本科生在系主任曲景毅副教授的带领下，于6月27日组团来到亚洲文明博物馆参观展览活动。他们在导览员连文思博士的指引下，参观亚博不同的展区，其中包括：东南亚文化、宗教、以及亚洲在历史上的贸易和航海路线在不同地区的社会及经济扮演的重要角色。此次展览适逢亚博和新加坡《联合早报》联合出版的《四海汇风华——亚洲文明博物馆百件珍藏》五卷本丛书，丛书通过介绍亚博珍藏的100件文物，讲述了每个看似不起眼的文物，背后却蕴含着非常丰富的历史故事。

李建辉 (Lee Jian Hui)、杨永昌 (Yang Yung Chang)、连文思博士（Dr Lien Wen Sze）、陈可杰 (Ryan Tan)、卓佳惠 (Tho Jiahui)、黄婷恩 (Ng Ting Ern)、关佑昇 (Jeffrey Kuan)、卓敬璋 (Louis Toh)、刘婉伽 (Lew Wan Jia)、梁玉倩 (Niyu Yuqian)、曲景毅副教授（A/P Qu Jingyi）

连博士陪同师生一行共同参观了亚博举办的“我们的巴迪”(Batik Kita) 的艺术展览。除了观赏各种精美的巴迪设计，师生们也通过各种巴迪的设计来了解印度尼西亚地区和新加坡不同世纪的历史。

参见展览的一名同学陈可杰表示他在巴迪展览中看到一件艺术文物通过在传统的巴迪艺术中融入现代艺术，呈现出艺术家反对战争和推广世界和平的想法，让他感慨万千。可杰说：“许多新加坡人在了解世界各地不同的文化时，却往往忽略了邻国独特的文化。巴迪艺术就是很好的例子。我在参观展览前根本不知道巴迪起源于什么地方。”

另一名同学梁玉倩认为此次展览让她大开眼界。玉倩说：“青花瓷盘这个文物对我而言印象深刻，通过参观使我们知道，原来青花瓷早在唐朝时期就已经出现了。除此之外，我很庆幸能够接触到从古代中华文化到伊斯兰文化的各种知识。”

The Beauty of Batik and Antiques: NTU Chinese Major Students Visited Asian Civilisations Museum

By Kuan Yew Sheng, revised by Dr Lien Wen Sze and Dr Qu Jingyi

What is Batik? Do you know that batik designs advocate peace through a mixture of traditional and modern cultures? How were different communities in Southeast Asia so unique in their society? The Chinese major students from NTU were eager to find out these questions at the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM).

A group consisting of 9 students from Chinese Major and the Head of Chinese Programme A/P Dr Qu Jingyi, visited ACM on the 27th of June to visit many exhibit zones such as Southeast Asia's culture, religion, and ancient beliefs. The group was led by Dr Lien Wen Sze, one of the voluntary guides for the exhibition. The exhibition was supported by a book series "100 Masterpieces of the Asian Civilisations Museum", which was produced by ACM and Lianhe Zaobao. The book series shares about these 100 artifacts in ACM and tells the historical story behind each artifact.

Dr Lien also kindly accompanied the group to a special Batik Exhibition "Batik Kita". The group gets to see all these beautiful Batik designs and understand the history of Indonesia and Singapore in different centuries through Batik.

One of the students Niyu Yuqian said the exhibition was an eye-opener for her. She said "The pottery of Tang Dynasty is an example. It is an important discovery showing us that blue-and-white porcelain already existed in the Tang Dynasty. Learning about different cultures, ranging from ancient Chinese to Islamic culture, is also an eye-opener."

Another student Ryan Tan reflected on himself as he saw a Batik design with a mixture of traditional and modern culture, which aimed to advocate peace and provide a strong voice for anti-war. He said "When the guide talks about how Singaporean has been studying and learning about cultures from all over the world, but many were not aware of the cultures of our neighbours." Batik being a traditional culture of our neighbours, many Singaporeans only have very little knowledge about it, I didn't even know which country originated from until this tour.