On July 19th 2023 , the multilingual website of the Forbidden City Palace Museum- Beijing, China, People’s Republic of Chinawas officially released at the Digital Cultural Tourism Development Forum of the 2023 China Internet Civilization Conference! The website covers five languages: English, French, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish, and will meet the needs of audiences with different languages.
Announcement of the Exhibition Change of “Le Lin Quan – Chinese and Foreign Garden Culture Exhibition”
The “Le Lin Quan – Chinese and Foreign Garden Culture Exhibition” opened in the Wumen Exhibition Hall on April 1, 2025, is based on Chinese classical gardens and looks at the world’s gardens. The exhibition is interspersed with six garden events: “Gathering”…………………
In the mountains and forests, by the winding waterside, the Lanting Gathering more than 1,600 years ago cast an eternal ripple in the hearts of Chinese literati. The place for drinking and chanting is integrated into the garden, and elegant and famous works are everywhere. While we appreciate the poems and essays left by the noble scholars in the elegant gatherings such as Lanting, Xiyuan, and Yushan, the chapters of Persian poets such as Saadi and Hafez also echoed on the westward journey of the Silk Road. In the garden symbolizing heaven, they discussed love, nature and life through fine wine, flowers and birds, mountains and rivers and quiet nights. Scholars from different civilizations and different times gathered here, and the garden became a place for nurturing beauty and philosophy. The elegance in civilization has been sustainable since then.
乐林泉The first unit of the exhibition, “Elegant Gathering”, takes you into the Chinese and foreign gardens where scholars gather….
The “Enjoy the Forest and Springs – Chinese and Foreign Garden Culture Exhibition” opened at the Wumen Exhibition Hall on April 1, 2025. It is based on Chinese classical gardens and looks at the world’s gardens. The exhibition is interspersed with six garden events: “gatherings”, “collections”, “mountain tours”, “quiet cultivation”, “flower viewing” and “music”. It is hoped that through people’s activities in the gardens and the garden landscapes, we can explore the ideals and pursuits of people in different cultures and regions about living.
In order to protect the cultural relics and provide relevant exhibits to enrich the visitors, according to the exhibition plan, the following exhibits will be on display until April 30, 2025, and will be replaced the next day and will be on display until the end of the exhibition :
“Retreat” Unit
Guo Shangxian’s “Regular Script Huangting Neijing” replaced Zhao Mengfu’s “Regular Script Imitation Huangting Jing”
Zhu Yunming’s “Theory of Health Preservation in Running Script” replaces Zhao Mengfu’s “Poems in Running Script”
Add Zhubishan Silver Chariot
“Flower Viewing” Unit
Tang Yin’s “Ink Plum Blossoms” scroll replaced Ma Lin’s “Layered Ice Silk” scroll
“Sound” Unit
Wen Zhengming’s “Yilan Room” scroll replaces the Song Dynasty’s “Deep Hall Qin Qu Tu” page
The following exhibits will be on display until May 18, and will be moved to a new location the next day and will remain on display until the end of the exhibition :
The ivory carvings of the “Flower Viewing” unit,
“Yueman Qingyou” in May and August, replaced the ivory carvings of the “Yueman Qingyou” in April and October.
Meanwhile, the following exhibits will be on display until April 30, and will be replaced with replicas the next day :
“Elegant Gathering” Unit
Yuan Dynasty “Junzilintu” scroll
Cao Zhibai (attributed) “Eighteen Gentlemen” scroll
“Mountain Tour” Unit
Zhao Ji’s “Auspicious Dragon Stone Picture” Scroll
Zhao Bosu’s “Ten Thousand Pines and Golden Palace” scroll
Page from the Song Dynasty painting “Pengying Fairy House”
“Retreat” Unit
Page from the Song Dynasty painting “The Fairy Ferry in Lotus Boat”
“Sound” Unit
Song Dynasty “Playing Ruan in Bamboo Forest” page
Images and visuals are from – Forbidden City –Palace Museum Beijing- China –People’s Republic of China…..
