Rush of visitors bewildered by free museums
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For most visitors, museums and art galleries are mysterious and elegant places with delicate facilities, an elegant atmosphere, considerate services and even much cleaner and tidier rest rooms. Chinese are drawn to anything free, and many visitors know little about what rules they have to obey and why they are visiting the places.
They just use the museum and art galleries as a free public spot. Many people are there just for the comfort of air-conditioning and for the clean bathrooms and free toilet paper.
The announcement that all fees will be dropped for public museums, art galleries and libraries by the end of next year is an exciting one.
However, these cultural sites are in an embarrassing situation when embracing this new policy.
Museums and art galleries are not mere places for entertainment, but are paradises that display the magnificent cultural accumulation of humanity.
Apparently, such awareness hasn't built up in every Chinese visitor's mind.
Is China going too fast down the path of opening up such spots to the public?
The museums and art galleries in developed countries and regions often adopt a selective policy for visitors, offering free admission at specific times or for particular groups like pensioners, students or children.
Many questioning whether China's cultural sites are ready to cope with an influx of visitors, given flaws in their current management.
But the fact is that Chinese visitors are also not ready to taste and enjoy the "free fruit" of culture. They need to raise their awareness of how to appreciate cultural spaces, and visit for the love of art or history rather than just because it's free.
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