正文 第2章 The originating of West Chinas(2 / 3)

2.“The stones of other hills can be used to carve and polish the jade!”

“The stones of other hills can be used to carve and polish the jade”meaning learning from others, one can correct his own fault is an old Chinese proverb whose connotation correspond the key point of reform and opening-up-to-the-outside-world policy。 I quote this proverb in order to show our sincere wish to ask for advice from experts and learn new concept, new method, successful experience from our colleagues to do our work better and keep up with other museums in west China in the future。

We know that our colleagues in Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Sichuan Provincial Museum, Yunnan Provincial Museum, Museum of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Prefecture and Qinghai Provincial Museum do very well in the aspect of collection conservation, exhibition design and manufacture, academic research。 Shanghai Muse um, Capital Museum in Beijing, Tianjin Municipal Museum, Fujian Provincial Museum, Nanjing Museum, Henan Museum, Hunan Provincial Museum, Shanxi Provincial Museum are celebrated ones in China for their abundant collection, or featured cultural heritage, or renowned experts, or outstanding management。We will treat all that we learn from you as treasure and reference, and do our best to improve the level of our work。

3.Cooperation turns a brook into a river

During the Warring States Period, Su Qin and Zhang Yi's idea ofuniting all the neighboring forces to fight against the enemy actually relies basically on their personal benefit and their country's existence。 Today, we use this word trying to express our wish of making a full use of rich cultural resources in west China so as to serve the society furthest。