The Kaifeng Jewish History Memorial Center (KJHMC) formally purchased a plot from the ancient Kaifeng synagogue site in November of 2008. This site was long the Zhao family’s ancestral home. Although we only recently acquired this site, we have a long history of preserving Kaifeng Jewish culture.I am the center’s chairwoman, a descendant of the Zhao clan of Kaifeng Jews. My grandfather was Zhao Pingyu, whose grandfather was in turn Zhao Zifang, the same man who historically met with Mr. David Brown.My grandfather, Zhao Pingyu, dedicated his life to collecting lost relics from Kaifeng’s ancient synagogue and I grew up with a great pride in knowing that I was descended from the noble Jewish community of Kaifeng, so I eventually resolved to continue my grandfather’s work in restoring Kaifeng Jewish culture.
To date, with the Center’s reacquisition of the Zhao family site in 2008, we made a big step in spreading awareness of Kaifeng Jewish culture. At present, our center is fairly humble and only consists of a couple rooms; sadly, this space is too small to house all of our center’s exhibition pieces. Currently, we are forced to use other locations to display most of our items. However, we aspire to build on the ancient Zhao family quarters in the hopes of being able to adequately showcase our center’s cultural pieces as well as the artifact copies that we hope to obtain from foreign museums. We thank those museums for taking care of our lost texts, scrolls, etc., but we request that they help us regain access to our cultural heritage.
We are aware that all this will cost money and we invite foreign support of our privately-held museum.The following is our proposed project budget:
Project Budget of Kaifeng Jewish HistoryMemorialCenter
Construction Investment
Unit Price
(￥/㎡)
Amount
(㎡)
Sum of Money
(RMB)
Construction
420
160
67200
Credentials
120
160
19200
Decoration
375
160
60000
Total:
146400
Explanation:
Total floor space: 160 ㎡
1. Main showroom: 130 ㎡
2.Underground showroom: 20 ㎡
3.Balcony: 10 ㎡
Relic Reconstruction
Material
Amount
(pieces)
Sum of Money
(RMB)
Reconstructed model of the Synagogue
Wood
2
10000
Tablet carving
Stone
4
12000
etc.
Bank Account: 6228480721331679812 (Agricultural Bank of China - GULOU)Name: 郭研(Guo Yan)
Address: 河南开封南教经胡同21号（Henan Kaifeng Nan Jiaojing Hutong No. 21）
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