寓教于展:九一八事变后民众教育馆的救国展览

Educating through Exhibition:National Salvation Exhibition in the Public Education Museums after the September 18th Incident

九一八事变后,民众教育馆通过举办一系列以抗日救国为核心主题的展览,透过展览中“国家”的视觉呈现,以唤起民众国家意识。民众教育馆举办国货展览会的重点是“宣传”而非“销售”,通过“展示”国货,加之讲演和文字宣传的配合,传递出强烈的“国”之观念,使民众认识到国货与救国之间的关系;民众教育馆的史地文物展览在参观民众中灌输了一定的史地文物常识,使民众藉由本国史地文物展览唤起历史记忆、强化国家认同,体察到史地文物与国家民族历史及现实的关系。这些展览凸显了关注国家民族命运的爱国基调,对塑造民众国家意识具有一定的积极意义。

After the September 18 th Incident,there were a series of exhibitions focusing on fighting against Japan and saving the nation in the public education museums,so that which could arouse the national consciousness of the people through the visual presentation of the " nation" in the exhibition. The domestic products exhibition held in the public education museums focused on " propaganda" rather than " sale". By " displaying" domestic products,presentation combined with text promotion,the exhibition conveyed a strong concept of " nation",making the people aware of the relationship between buying domestic products and saving the nation. The historical and cultural relics exhibition in the public education museums instilled a certain amount of common sense into the mind of the visiting people,so that the historical memory could be aroused,national identities being strengthened,and the relationship between the relics and national history and the reality being observed. These exhibitions highlight the patriotic tone of concerning for the national destiny,and have a certain positive significance for shaping the national consciousness of the people.