How can a county-level museum with over 50000 cultural relics protect and utilize its rich cultural resources, connect the history of the ancient city, and inherit its rich cultural heritage? The Dingzhou Museum in Hebei Province showcases the historical and cultural context of Dingzhou over 2000 years through a permanent exhibition system of its collection of cultural relics; Using "technology+humanities" to ensure the daily protection, restoration, transportation, and other aspects of cultural relics, we will carefully watch every "meeting" between the audience and cultural relics; Carry out rich and colorful cultural and museum activities, expand the radius of cultural and museum activities, and better integrate historical and cultural elements into daily life. The eastern foothills of Taihang Mountains, the hinterland of North China. Dingzhou, Hebei, has been leisurely for thousands of years. This was once the location of Zhongshan State during the Warring States period, the capital of Zhongshan State during the Han Dynasty, and the hometown of Ding kiln porcelain during the Northern Song Dynasty. The essence of the above historical culture is gathered in Dingzhou Museum. Although it is a county-level museum, it has over 50000 cultural relics, more than 150 sets of national first-class cultural relics, and 3 national treasure level cultural relics. Looking at the Dingzhou Museum from afar, its architectural shape is modeled after the Han Dynasty high platform, solemn and grand, complementing the adjacent ancient buildings such as the Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda and Dingzhou Gongyuan. Entering the hall feels like opening a long corridor leading to history. There are six permanent exhibitions in the museum - "Han Family Mausoleum", "Northern Dynasty Buddha", "A Thousand Years Outside the Dust", "The Great White of the World", "Golden Emerald Pearl", and "Hometown Starry Sky", which systematically showcase the historical and cultural context of Dingzhou for more than 2000 years. Here, history is not just words in textbooks, but tangible cultural relics. Bronze, jade, statues, and gold artifacts travel through time and space, quietly waiting for the audience to explore their stories. How can a county-level museum become a "treasure trove of cultural relics" by enriching historical relics and telling the story of Dingzhou? The answer lies in the long history of Dingzhou. Dingzhou, formerly known as "Zhongshan", was the location of Zhongshan Kingdom during the Warring States period and has rich historical relics. The exhibition hall of "Han Family Mausoleum Que" vividly depicts the social landscape of the Han Dynasty, including pottery figurines, jade artifacts, painted bricks, and bronze artifacts. A set of gold artifacts unearthed from the tomb of Prince Mu Liu Chang in Zhongshan during the Eastern Han Dynasty, using techniques such as wire inlay and gold grain welding, allow the audience to appreciate the superb level of gold artifact production in the Han Dynasty. Among the numerous jade artifacts, two treasures stand out: one is a green jade bi with a dragon and chi holding a ring and milk nail pattern from the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is the largest carved jade bi ever seen in archaeological excavations in China; The Eastern Han Dynasty translucent carved immortal story jade screen is made by inserting four pieces of Xinjiang Hetian carved yellow jade pieces. The translucent carved characters and various auspicious birds and beasts are lifelike. Here, various statues also make the audience linger. In ancient times, the Dingzhou region was rich in white stones. During the Northern Dynasties, Dingzhou formed a distinctive system of white stone statues. The Northern Dynasties statues in the collection integrate techniques such as relief carving, round carving, and openwork carving, and have extremely high artistic value. In 1969, Dingzhou successively discovered the Jingzhi Temple of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jingzhongyuan Tower Foundation Underground Palace, with a total of more than 700 cultural relics unearthed, including Buddhist statues, historical coins, etc. In the exhibition hall of "A Thousand Years Outside the Dust", these cultural relics are quietly displayed, silently telling the flow of time. Among them, a light blue engraved glass bottle stands out from the crowd. Qi Zengling, the director of Dingzhou Museum, introduced, "This bottle is made of sodium calcium glass imported from outside the region, which is a witness to the exchange between China and foreign countries. The Northern Song Dynasty glass grape skewers next to it are made of domestically produced lead barium glass." Dingzhou is also the location of the famous Song Dynasty kiln, Dingyao. Ding kiln is known for its "white as jade, thin as paper, and sound like a bell". Its decorative techniques include carving, carving, printing, engraving, and edge pressing. In the "Great White of the World" exhibition hall, the front of the Northern Song Dynasty Ding kiln white glazed carved dragon head vase is surrounded by spectators. The vase was unearthed from the underground palace of the Jing Zhong Yuan tower, reaching a height of 60.9 centimeters. The decoration is exquisite, with lotus petal patterns, bamboo knot patterns, and entwined chrysanthemum patterns carved throughout the body. The patterns are beautiful, and the glaze color is lustrous, showcasing the elegant style of the Song people. How can Dingzhou Museum do a good job in cultural relic protection when facing such a rich and precious collection with technology empowering cultural relics protection and guarding every "meeting"? This is a systematic project that requires dual guarantees of technology and humanities, "said Wang Lei, deputy director of the museum. The Dingzhou Museum implements 24-hour video surveillance and full coverage of personnel patrols both inside and outside. The display cabinet is equipped with security sensing devices, which cover each exhibit with an invisible 'diamond cover'. Wang Lei introduced that there are infrared alarm, seismic wave alarm devices, and fire protection systems around the cultural relics warehouse. Copper utensils are more susceptible to the influence of humidity, especially in summer when humidity changes significantly. ”Hu Shuying, the director of the exhibition department of the museum, said that the staff always pay attention to the temperature and humidity control of the exhibition hall. There are also considerations when it comes to cultural relics contact. Hu Shuying explained that different materials have different requirements: "When picking up and placing porcelain, gloves are generally not worn because porcelain itself is smooth and round, and wearing gloves can easily cause slipping or damage; while metal cultural relics need to wear gloves to prevent corrosion caused by moisture and sweat on the hands." Dingzhou Museum often invites professional teams or experts to repair specific batches of cultural relics, which is a "delicate task". Hu Shuying gave an example: "There is a gilded engraved silver tower with precious beads on each of the six corners of the tower top. When the cultural relics were unearthed, there were very few precious beads left on top. When repairing them, it is necessary to first mold the original precious beads and make the same ones, and then weld them on." According to incomplete statistics, since 2025, the Dingzhou Museum has restored 96 cultural relics. Sometimes cultural relics need to go on business trips to other museums for exhibitions, which is also a test of cultural relic protection. Through meticulous protection, cultural relics are able to cross distances and meet more audiences. Before the cultural relics depart, they need to be "wrapped" in a layer of acid free paper to some extent to prevent the erosion of acidic gases, and then packed into a bag filled with anti-collision and shock-absorbing materials. Each cultural relic bag is put into the cultural relic box smoothly. The box also uses polymer foam board and polymer sponge to fill the gap as a buffer and shock absorption layer. The cultural relics box needs to be transported to the transport carriage using lifting equipment, and the truck is equipped with a stabilizer to reduce vibration and shaking during transportation. Expanding the cultural and museum radius and integrating into modern life. On May 18th, coinciding with International Museum Day, Dingzhou Museum launched a special exhibition. Through the linkage of multiple museums, the precious collections of Shaanxi Yaozhou Kiln Museum and Tongchuan Museum are exhibited, connecting the complete development of Yaozhou Kiln from its creation, maturity, prosperity to inheritance, reflecting the ancient kiln firing technology and millennium porcelain charm. Citizens and tourists not only visit exhibitions, but also experience rubbings on site and feel the cultural charm. Making cultural relics accessible to the audience is an important mission of museums. ”Qi Zengling said that Dingzhou Museum not only puts a lot of effort into cultural relic protection, but also strives to bring cultural relics to life and tell the historical and cultural stories behind them well. Offline, enriching exhibitions to meet audience needs. In addition to permanent exhibitions, the museum's festival themed activities such as "What's the End of the Night, See This and Choose a Museum", as well as educational brands such as "Zhongshan Story Club" and "Poetry Competition in Museums", are also very popular. Activities such as "Entering Dingbo and Falling in Love with Dingbo" for academic practice and "Moving Museums into Campus" connect campus museums, allowing excellent traditional Chinese culture with local characteristics to infiltrate the campus. Online, Dingzhou Museum breaks through the limitations of time and space by providing online explanations and exhibitions of cultural relics. On the mobile end, click the "Dingzhou Museum" WeChat official account to enter the digital museum, which is convenient and intuitive. The "3D Cultural Relics" section comes into view, with sliding screens showing clear details of cultural relics such as gilded chiseled copper letters, Ding kiln white glazed engraved porcelain vases, etc., which can be observed from all angles and multiple perspectives. Through video animations, cultural relics knowledge can be more vividly understood and the stories behind them can be understood. The application of artificial intelligence technology not only makes cultural relics exhibitions more vivid, but also brings museums and cultural tourism closer together. Relying on artificial intelligence technology, cultural relics such as Eastern Han pottery figurines can engage in dialogue and send blessings to the audience. In order to better integrate historical and cultural heritage into people's daily lives, the Dingzhou Museum presents cultural relics with stories during seasonal and festive events, telling the story of historical and cultural heritage. A county-level museum that connects history and the present, safeguards a thousand year cultural heritage, integrates into modern life, and allows the ancient charm to dance in the present and touch people's hearts. (Looking into the New Era)