1990 New Year Exhibition: The Chinese Earth–Views of Nature
1990中国新年展:中国土地—自然观

In observance of the Chinese Lunar New Year — the beginning of a new agricultural cycle — this exhibition depicted the relationship between the natural environment and China’s traditional culture through the centuries. In order to achieve a harmonious relationship between heaven, earth, and man, Chinese people developed a variety of technologies and rituals to manage and communicate with the environment. Using artifacts from public and private collections from the Neolithic era (ca. 6500–1700 BCE) through the present, as well as illustrations from Chinese texts, the exhibition underscored how dependence on agriculture left its mark on Chinese culture and philosophy and how culture, in turn, influenced Chinese approaches to nature.