Valuable ancient painting to be staged in Palace Museum
By Li Xinyi from People’s Daily
China's
Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, will exhibit a series of
famous cultural relics and fine collections, including one of the best-known
ancient Chinese paintings, as it turns 600 years old next year, according to a
two-year plan of the former imperial compound.
To
celebrate its 600th birthday, the museum, starting from the second half of this
year, will stage dozens of exhibitions under the themes ranging from ancient
flowers and plants to figure paintings of past dynasties and Longquan celadon
crafts, Shan Jixiang, the museum's curator, said on March 4.
The
exhibition themed “Longquan celadon and globalization” to be held this July
will showcase celadon ware and replicas found in important trade hubs like
China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, India, Iran, the UK and the United Arab
Emirates.
These
collections from the Palace Museum, British Museum and other world-class
museums will present visitors how prosperous the porcelain road on land and sea
was in Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties.
Along
the River during Qingming Festival, the
famous painting by artist Zhang Zeduan from the Northern Song Dynasty
(960-1127), will be displayed again in the exhibition on genre paintings of
past dynasties to be held in Sept. 2020.
The
masterpiece, painted on a long scroll, depicts a panorama of flourishing urban
life in 12th century Bianliang, today's Kaifeng in Henan province, which was
the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. When it was last displayed in 2015,
visitors waited in long lines every day throughout the exhibition.
The Hall
of Mental Cultivation, the former residence of eight emperors of Qing Dynasty
(1636 to 1912 A.D.) is estimated to be reopened to the public in Oct. 2020
after renovation and research work.
Located
at the west of the inner court in the Forbidden City, the hall had served as
emperors’ residence and political power base since the reign of Yongzheng
Emperor in 1723.
The
hall, covering an area of 5,000 square meters, measures over 63 meters in
length, and nearly 80 meters in width. It also has front yard, back yard, and
rooms on the eastern and western sides.
Starting
from 2020, Yanxi Palace in the northeast of the Palace Museum, which used to
serve as a residence for concubines, would be turned into a foreign cultural
relics exhibition space.
The
Palace Museum has collected a rich variety of foreign cultural relics including
celadon ware, enamel vessels, painting, sculptures, furniture, timekeepers,
apparatus for scientific study from the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland,
Russia, Italy, Austria, the US, Bulgaria, Japan, the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea, and other countries.
These
relics were made during the 16th to 20th century, most of which were
manufactured in the 18th and 19th century.
It also
plans a series of exhibitions in other countries, including one displaying
flourishing China in the 18th century in cooperation with Moscow Kremlin
Museums in Russia, as well as another one exploring the role of empresses
in the US.
After
the two scheduled to be held this March, it will hold an exhibition on clocks
in the UK in March 2020. The museum will also bring 80 to 100 royal collections
of Ming Dynasty during the reign of Yongle Emperor and Wanli Emperor to museum
in Singapore for display in May 2020.
It will
also organize exhibitions to present its fruits in restoring cultural relics of
dozens of categories, show how cultural relics are restored, and interact with
visitors through displaying intangible cultural heritage.
Palace
Museum in snow. (Photo by Liu Xianguo from People’s Daily Online)
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