Dear MEL Topic Readers,
$450 million Hong Kong Palace Museum opens with trove of Forbidden City
treasures
Constructed in the early 15th century, The Palace Museum is
a national museum in the Forbidden City in Beijing. There are nearly 1,000
buildings on the 72-hectare site. It became open to the public when the last
emperor of China left the palace in 1924. There are over a million rare and valuable
artifacts in the museum, including paintings, ceramics, seals, steles,
sculptures, inscribed wares, bronze wares, and enamel objects. Of the 13,491
boxes of artifacts evacuated from Beijing during Japan’s invasion, nearly 3,000
boxes were taken to Taipei by the Nationalist Party, about 2,200 boxes are
stored in the Nanjing Museum, and the rest, over 8,000 boxes are in The Palace
Museum. They are all valuable treasures of China.
Now, situated in the West Kowloon Cultural District overlooking
Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Palace Museum just opened to commemorate
the 25th anniversary of the handover. Over 900 valuable artifacts are
loaned from The Palace Museum for display. Included is "Ten Thousand Li of
Rivers and Mountains," a famous 12th-century ink-on-paper work
by Zhao Fu. So, if you are interested in ancient Chinese artifacts, you now
have three museums to choose from, Beijing, Taipei, and Hong Kong. The question
is when Hong Kong starts welcoming foreign tourists.
Enjoy reading the article about Hong Kong’s new tourist destination.
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