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Forbidden City eyes stronger ties with Taipei peer
Established in 1925 after the eviction of the last Qin emperor from his palace, The Palace Museum is a national museum housed in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The museum consists of nearly 1,000 buildings and houses 1.8 million pieces of art. It is the world’s most visited museum. Built in 1965, The National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan has a collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks. Most of those were moved from the Palace Museum in Beijing and five other institutions in mainland China when the Kuomintang party retreated from the mainland in 1949 after the long-fought Chinese Civil war. Combined, these two national museums house and exhibit a massive collection of China’s historical artifacts and artworks. On October 21 during the 20th national congress of the Chinese Communist Party, the director of the Palace Museum in Beijing sent a message to Taiwan that he hopes to have more communication and cultural exchanges with his counterpart in Taiwan. He even suggested that they host a joint show in the newly established Hong Kong’s palace museum. Indeed, communication and cultural exchanges often break the ice when there is conflict and tension.
Enjoy reading the article and learning about a cultural message from Beijing to Taipei.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202210/22/WS63533514a310fd2b29e7de56.html
Forbidden City eyes stronger ties with Taipei peer
Established in 1925 after the eviction of the last Qin emperor from his palace, The Palace Museum is a national museum housed in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The museum consists of nearly 1,000 buildings and houses 1.8 million pieces of art. It is the world’s most visited museum. Built in 1965, The National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan has a collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks. Most of those were moved from the Palace Museum in Beijing and five other institutions in mainland China when the Kuomintang party retreated from the mainland in 1949 after the long-fought Chinese Civil war. Combined, these two national museums house and exhibit a massive collection of China’s historical artifacts and artworks. On October 21 during the 20th national congress of the Chinese Communist Party, the director of the Palace Museum in Beijing sent a message to Taiwan that he hopes to have more communication and cultural exchanges with his counterpart in Taiwan. He even suggested that they host a joint show in the newly established Hong Kong’s palace museum. Indeed, communication and cultural exchanges often break the ice when there is conflict and tension.
Enjoy reading the article and learning about a cultural message from Beijing to Taipei.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202210/22/WS63533514a310fd2b29e7de56.html
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