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Emperor Qianlong once wrote a poem praising crape myrtle as “always blooming with light color in summer, and also emitting light fragrance before the wind”, which is fitting.

Crape myrtle has the same pronunciation as the “Emperor Star” Ziweixing. It has been widely planted in the palace since the Tang Dynasty because of its long-lasting flowering period and bright and lovely appearance. It is also called the “official flower” because it refers to Zhongshu Province. The seventh month of the lunar calendar is a time when all the flowers are blooming. “Sunflowers pour into the sun, hostas scratch your head, crape myrtle soaks in the moon, hibiscus blooms…” Hollyhocks, crape myrtles, cockscombs, etc. have all been nominated as moonflowers by literati in different periods. . The crape myrtle flower may not be the most gorgeous and graceful among them, but it is unique because of its freshness and delicateness….

Qing, Leng Mei, Gao Qiu Wan Yue chart axis. Leng Mei was a disciple of Jiao Bingzhen, a court painter of the Kangxi Dynasty. His neat and meticulous brushwork and beautiful colors were highly appreciated by Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong. This picture depicts a scribe climbing a high pavilion and looking at the bright moon. In the lower left corner of the painting, there is Leng Mei’s self-inscription “Writing on the Mid-Autumn Festival in Gengxu”, which shows that the painting was painted during the Mid-Autumn Festival and depicts the scene of admiring the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival. On August 15th, the autumn air is crisp and clear. The moon is not only full and bright, but also the best place to watch. At this time, people look to the moon to remember, or associate the full moon with reunion, hoping for a happy family; or they look to the autumn wind to ask if Chang’e and the Jade Rabbit are well in the moon palace.

Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, Leng Mei, Emperor Qianlong observing the moon. The court painter Leng Mei once painted “Moon Appreciation”, which depicts the scene of elegant scholars looking at the moon in reverie during the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus in August. Emperor Qianlong liked this painting very much and ordered Leng Mei to replace the scribe in the original painting with himself, depicting him wearing Hanfu and admiring the moon under the laurel tree with Ruyi in his arms. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, admiring the full moon and looking forward to family reunion are beautiful wishes shared by emperors and common people.

Qianlong, Jinnong, and Yuehua scrolls of the Qing Dynasty. In traditional Chinese culture, the moon is mystical and poetic because of its distance. In ordinary paintings, it often appears as a supplementary scene, but in this painting, Jin Nong directly expresses the moon as the main subject, which can be described as unique. The whole picture is extremely simple, with only a full moon depicted. Within the moon, the author uses light ink to draw the blurry images of jade rabbits pounding medicine and osmanthus trees. Outside the moon, the author uses green, ocher, and yellow as the main colors. Through the overlapping of colors, the bright and bright light of the moon is highlighted, which shows Jin Nong’s extraordinary imagination and bold expressiveness. The inscription on the lower right side of the painting reads, “The picture of the Moonlight is sent to Mr. Shutong for appreciation, the seventy-five-year-old gold farmer”, indicating that it was a gift to a friend.

Qianlong Qing Dynasty, Chen Mei, Yue Man Qingyou Picture Album. Chen Mei, whose courtesy name was Zaidong and whose names were Dianluan and Zhiwotoutuo, was from Lou County (now Songjiang, Shanghai). In the early years of Yongzheng’s reign, he was recommended by the court painter Chen Shan and became a royal painter. His paintings studied the Northern Song Dynasty style and were influenced by the Western painting style of Lang Shining in the court. The images he created were exquisite and nuanced, with strong modeling ability and artistic expression that conveyed the spirit through form. He was deeply appreciated by Emperor Yongzheng and Emperor Qianlong. During the Qianlong Dynasty, Chen Mei drew the “Yueman Qingyou Tu” in accordance with the emperor’s decree. According to the order of the twelfth lunar month in the Chinese lunar calendar, it showed the recreational activities of the beauties in the palace and garden in each month. This picture is the first in the album. It depicts the scene of the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, when beauties ascend to the Qiong Tower to recite poems, admire the moon, and look forward to family reunions.

During the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, Dong Bangda’s “Enjoyable Illustrations of Remaining Things” in Hongli Shu’s Autumn Post Ci Volume (partial). This is a calligraphy and painting scroll with the theme of Mid-Autumn Festival and the emperor and ministers of the Qianlong Dynasty. It begins with the four words “enjoyable things” written by Emperor Qianlong, and also begins with the imperial inscription “Draft a poem for the Mid-Autumn Festival and order the Imperial Academy and others to harmonize it”. Next, Dong Bangda (a Jinshi in the 11th year of Yongzheng’s reign, from Hanlin official to Minister of Rites) painted the Mid-Autumn Festival scene of the Chengde Summer Resort, the imperial palace outside the Great Wall. The bright moon is in the sky, and there are people admiring the moon in a grass pavilion near the river. Some people set up tables to worship the moon, hoping for happiness and contentment. At the end of the volume are poems by Liang Shizheng, Minister of Household Affairs, Qian Chenqun, Minister of Justice, and Emperor Qianlong. For Emperor Qianlong, appreciating the moon was appreciating the heart. Reunion with his family was important, and harmonious relationships with his courtiers were equally important.

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When the red sun is scorching and the heat is unbearable, the refrigerator in which is an invention of China Chinese… is a necessity for modern people 消暑生冷. So, how did the ancients chill melons, fruits and drinks? This cypress refrigerator in the Palace Museum tells us the answer.

The exterior of the refrigerator is cypress wood. There is a layer of grid drawers inside the box, ice cubes are placed under the grid drawers, and food is placed on the drawer boards to play the role of freezing and keeping fresh. At the same time, the four walls inside the box are inlaid with lead skin, which can not only insulate heat, but also maintain low temperature. Two copper lifting rings are installed on both sides of the outside of the refrigerator for easy lifting. Keeping cold and portable, this “can walk at any time” cypress refrigerator is ingeniously designed and quite practical, from which it is not difficult to glimpse the wisdom of the ancients! 古人也太会吧

去我们一起来读历史 The buildings, streamers, Jing, etc. (replicas) in the emperor’s brine book. According to the records, there are Changshou Building, Zi Building, Ni Building, Yu Bao Building, Xin Ban, Jiang Yin Ban, Leopard Tail Banner, Longtou Gan Ban, Jiaoxiao Biao Festival Banner, Ming Xingbi Jiao Banner, Banners, streamers, Jing, etc. of different shapes and colors, such as Shihui Jing for Celebration, Huaiyuan Jing for Praising Merit, Zhenwu Jing, Fuwen Jing, Nayan Jing, Jinshan Jing, Jinjie, Yiqi, Huanghui, etc. Shown here are reproductions of Huanghui, Jinjie, Longtou Ganfan, Nizhu, Yizheng and Jing.

On the eighth of August 2023 Looking from afar, autumn is condensing in the depths of the clouds. Today 立秋Liqiu Tue, 8 Aug 2023 – Wed, 23 Aug 2023 The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. Lìqiū, Risshū, Ipchu, or Lập thu is the 13th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 135° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 150°.

Let us read the calendar together The flag (replica) in the emperor’s brine book. There are more than 120 flags in the halogen book, including the sun, moon, cloud, thunder, wind, rain, twenty-eight mansions, five stars, five mountains, four directions, four dunes, phoenix, luan, wandering Lin, and lion taming, which is the largest number in the halogen book. A class of items.

禁禁欣芳 In the sixth month of the lunar calendar, lotus flowers are used as the order of the month. The ancients endowed the lotus with a clean and elegant character, praised its noble character of “the root is jade in the mud, and the heart bears the bead”. In addition, the lotus flower can be used as a vegetable for meat and meat, porridge for soup, nourishing and health-preserving, and making tea and medicine. It can be described as a good product for refreshing summer heat.

Let us read the calendar together#The weapons (replicas) in the emperor’s brine book. The weapons in the Lubo ceremonial guards all had practical functions at first, and then gradually evolved into symbols of the emperor’s majesty. Shown in the picture include leopard tail spear, halberd, shu, star, standing melon, lying melon and axe.

去我们一起来读计划 Qing, Qingkuan, etc., set up a welcome picture in the album of big wedding pictures. From this picture, the Guangxu Emperor’s wedding welcome team exits the middle gate of the Taihe Gate from the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and then leaves the palace from the middle gate of the Daqing Gate to the Queen’s Mansion. After the ceremony of appointing envoys, the cabinet and the officials of the Ministry of Rites carried out the books and treasures together with the case from the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and then the deputy envoys placed the books and treasures in the Dragon Pavilion of His Majesty Dan respectively. In the picture, the chief envoy Chijie has stepped down from Dan Bi, and the deputy envoy is holding the hand of the king .

Qing, the treasure of Queen Jinlong. The gold books and gold treasures presented to the queen have become the symbol of the queen’s status. This is the “Queen’s Treasure”, made of gold, with a dragon button, attached to a yellow ribbon, and the seal is in Manchu and Chinese jade chopsticks, and the script is the same as the emperor’s imperial treasure.

Modern and modern times, the queen’s gold book. After Puyi forcefully abdicated, according to the “Preferential Treatment Conditions of the Qing Dynasty”, he still lived a life of “little court” in the inner court of the Forbidden City, and married Wanrong as the queen according to the wedding ceremony of the Qing emperor. This is the golden book that canonized Wanrong, with a total of ten pages. It reads: “Xuantong’s fourteenth year…the daughter of Rongyuan…I hereby take Baolier as the queen…” The “little imperial court” still uses the Xuantong year name, “Xuantong fourteen years” is the eleventh year of the Republic of China (1922). This gold book is the only queen gold book in existence in the Palace Museum..

Qing, Qingkuan, etc., set up a welcome picture in the album of big wedding pictures. This picture depicts the wedding procession arriving at the residence of the queen-to-be, and the stepfather leading the children kneeling outside the gate to greet her. In the lead of the imperial battle, Huang Gai accompanied, followed by officials in charge of ceremonies, Honglu Temple Xuban officials and Mingzan officials, then envoys and deputy envoys, followed by Ceting, Baoting and Fengyu carried by 16 people. They entered the courtyard one by one, followed by the queen-to-be’s father and clan members. In the government…

Qing Dynasty Qianlong, Lengjian, Huangmen, etc., the Fengyu page of the Atlas of Imperial Ritual Vessels. In the Qing Dynasty, the emperor used a phoenix to marry the queen’s wedding sedan chair. The body of the Fengyu sedan chair is made of wood, painted with bright yellow lacquer. The dome is double-layered, and each octagon is decorated with a golden phoenix. The hanging eaves are bright yellow satin, painted with golden phoenix. The four curtains are painted with blue stones and golden phoenixes. The interior is painted with red lacquer, the sedan chair is bright yellow satin with golden phoenix painted on it, and the sedan chair cushion is bright yellow satin with colorful phoenix embroidered on it. The shoulder poles are topped with bronze brass and golden phoenix heads and tails. The style of the phoenix was determined in the book “Illustration of Ritual Vessels of the Dynasty” during the Qianlong period. It was used by the empress when she participated in the silkworm ceremony of offering sacrifices to the god of silkworms.

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During the Months of late July towards early August 2023 it has been serve Rainstorms in Beijing in which the 603 year old Forbidden city Drainage has been designed very well in countering those intense weather conditions….

去我们一起来读计划 In the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, a red silk embroidered gold Xi word butterfly pattern single cloak. Cloaks, shirts, waistcoats, etc. are all casual clothes worn by concubines in the Qing Dynasty, and they are also gorgeous and colorful parts of court costumes. According to Guangxu’s “Great Wedding Ceremony Red Documents”, the items prepared by Emperor Guangxu for the queen’s wedding include: a total of 236 pieces of casual clothes such as shirts, cloaks, tights, ragged coats, and mandarin jackets of various materials. Forty-four pieces of clothing, eighty sets of various inner garments, eighty pairs of various shoes and socks, etc. “Red Archives of Tongzhi Wedding Ceremony in the Qing Dynasty” also has records of the colors, textures, patterns and craftsmanship of the various garments in the queen’s dowry. This cloak should be the summer casual clothes of Emperor Guangxu, Empress Xiao Dingjing. The whole body is covered with red silk, mainly with gold thread, and the Chinese character “囍” is embroidered with hundreds of butterflies. Butterflies are a symbol of happiness and love, and the word “囍” in Baidie means a happy marriage for a hundred years….

去我们一起来读计划 In the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, a single cloak with bright yellow silk embroidered with peony circles and longevity patterns. This cloak is the concubine’s summer casual dress, with bright yellow plain silk as the ground, embroidered with lake-colored, white, and light-green silk threads to embroider peony flowers with folded branches, and decorated with flat gold embroidered group “Shou” in between. The neckline, sleeves and hem are all traditional auspicious patterns, woven with gold dancing butterfly tapestry and Yuanqing satin flat gold “Shou” peony border, the color matching is very coordinated, and the embroidery is exquisite, highlighting the imperial royal clothing .

去我们一起来读计划 Qing and Ming yellow silk 囍 word mink fur coat. The Palace Museum has a wide variety of ready-made garments for empresses and concubines of the Qing Dynasty, available in all seasons and in various textures. Manchu people who originally lived in the cold region of Northeast China, their love for fur products has not diminished in the slightest after entering the customs. Wool products such as winter clothing and crown hats occupied an important position in the ceremonial clothing of the Qing Dynasty. What grade and type of fur people of different status levels wore was also determined in the system…..

[The Forbidden City opened a new exhibition in Xinjiang! 】On July 28 2023, “Glory of the Flourishing Age-Exhibition of Qing Dynasty Palace Jade Collected by the Palace Museum” opened in the “Forbidden City Hall” of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum. This exhibition is also the first appearance of the “Forbidden City Hall” of the museum. For thousands of years, the excellent cultures of various ethnic groups have converged and jointly created a brilliant Chinese civilization. Among them, jades in the Qing Dynasty used a large number of unique Xinjiang jade materials, with excellent materials, regular shapes, and designs .

去我们一起来读计划 Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, a small waistcoat with pink and gold 囍 word butterfly pattern on the front. This vest is the queen’s daily casual dress, also known as tight-fitting, round neck, double-breasted, sleeveless, with open skirts on both sides and back. The pink ground on the front and back and the back, as well as the stone-blue garment hem, are woven with the word “囍”, interspersed with a pair of colorful butterflies dancing together, implying happy reunion. The rich and colorful dowry costumes of the empress not only reflect the noble status of the empress and the exquisiteness of the wedding in the emperor’s home, but also show the exquisite craftsmanship of our country’s weaving and embroidery.

Qing, Qing Kuan, etc., the queen’s dowry picture of the big wedding picture. This is the end of the dowry procession in “The Queen’s Dowry Picture”. The scene depicted is the dowry procession walking outside the Donghua Gate, carrying some red sandalwood carved boxes and a pair of red sandalwood carved cabinets as the final push. So far, the queen The 200 dowries carried into the palace were all carried into the palace, and the two-day dowry delivery event came to an end. During the entire process of the dowry entering the palace, in order to protect the safety of the dowry all the way, the troop carrying the dowry is composed of the school lieutenant Luan Yiwei and various personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. , the Ministry of Internal Affairs, etc. will be taken care of along the way.

There is a time to see the end of the day when the clouds are cleared. When the wind stops and the rain stops, enjoy the beautiful sunlight and the fragrance of golden stamens together. Hello August….!

去我们一起来读计划 Qing, Qingkuan, etc., set up a welcome picture (partial) in the album of big wedding pictures. In the evening before the big wedding, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty held a grand canonization ceremony at the queen’s mansion first, and then welcomed the queen into the palace when she was a child. Although registration and welcome are two consecutive etiquettes, they are actually completed over two days. The sixth volume of Emperor Guangxu’s “Big Marriage Picture” “Collecting the Picture of Ingratiation” depicts the process of these two pre-wedding ceremonies, including 16 pages of images and 6 pages of illustrations. The following set of pictures are all taken from this volume. This is part of the page of “Picture of Salutation at the Palace of Compassion and Peace” The wedding ceremony of Emperor Guangxu was scheduled to be held on the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month in the fifteenth year (1889). On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, before the welcoming procession set off, Emperor Guangxu went to the Cining Palace to salute Empress Dowager Cixi and announce that he was about to become a queen. The eight pieces of gold in the empress dowager’s ceremonial car are located in Ciningmen Square. On the east side are the gold furnace, gold incense box, gold spit pot, and gold bottle; , Jinping, and the golden chair in the south.

去我们一起来读计划 Qing, Qingkuan, etc., set up a welcome picture in the album of big wedding pictures. These two pages show spectacular scenes, collectively known as “Pictures of Reception and Reception in the Palace of Imperial Harmony”. After Emperor Guangxu saluted the Empress Dowager in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, he was led by officials from the Ministry of Rites to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, where he first received the congratulations from the ministers, and then appointed envoys. In the picture, the senior scholar stands under the east eaves of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the cabinet officials, publicity officials, and officials of the Ministry of Rituals stand behind the senior scholar, the envoys, deputy envoys, and saluting princes and ministers kneel on Majesty Dan, and His Majesty Dan is more Saluting civil and military officials ranked according to the grade level according to the grade mountain mark, waiting for the emperor to come…..

去我们一起来读计划Qing , Qingkuan, etc., the album of the big wedding picture sets up a welcome picture (partial); the interior view of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This is a part of the “Picture of the Welcome Ceremony in the Book of the Palace of Imperial Harmony”. On the screen, there is a festival table in the middle of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, with a red lacquer festival frame on the table. There are book cases and treasure cases on the left and right, and a gold box on the top, which is used to hold the gold book and the queen’s treasure. Under the eaves of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there are eight pieces of gold from the Emperor’s Fajia brine book, namely, two gold furnaces, two gold vases, two gold incense boxes, one gold spit pot, and one gold washbasin. Under the east and west eaves of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there are Zhonghe Shaoyue chime bells, chime chimes and other musical instruments.

The umbrella cover (replica) in the emperor’s brine book. The umbrella covers in the emperor’s law driving brine book include: curved nine-dragon cover, emerald green cover, purple sesame cover, straight handle nine-dragon cover, five-color flower cover, five-color dragon cover and red and purple two-color square umbrellas. The picture shows the five-color flower cap with straight handle.

The fan (replica) in the emperor’s brine book. The fans in the emperor’s law driving brine book include longevity fans, double dragon fans, single dragon fans, peacock fans, pheasant tail fans, and phoenix fans. They are square and round in different shapes, and red, yellow, and green. The four pieces shown in the middle are fans, the one on the right is a battle-axe, and the one on the left is a leopard-tailed gun used by the leopard-tailed squad.

去我们一起来读计划 Qing, Qingkuan, etc., set up a welcome picture (partial) in the album of big wedding pictures. This is a part of the “Picture of the Welcome Ceremony in the Book of the Palace of Imperial Harmony”. It depicts princes and ministers, civil and military officials, and chief and deputy envoys standing in sequence, waiting for the emperor to preside over the ceremony in person, and appointing envoys to go to the queen’s residence for registration and welcome ceremony. The details in the picture can be seen in various fans, buildings, flags, banners, Jing, flags, weapons, etc. in the ceremonial guard of the halogen book, and the musical instruments of Danbi Dale are placed under the eaves on both sides of the Taihe Gate.

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In the Qing Dynasty, gold-plated copper dots emerald inlaid with jewelry and the word Tianhua; in Qing Dynasty, gold-plated jewelry with two dragon knots. Tin flowers are the main decoration on the tin, and the number of tin flowers is one of the factors that determine the grade of the tin. Tin flowers come in a variety of shapes, and depending on their location, they are called knots, face hairpins, green strips, tin tails, head faces, etc. Gold-plated copper dot emerald jewels inlaid with the word “囍” is a set of thirteen pieces, with gold-plated copper dot emerald as the base, and a bead embedded in the character “囍” made of red coral rice beads. Judging from the decorative theme, this tin is made for a big wedding. Another piece of gold inlaid jewelry is a two-dragon knot, in the shape of two dragons playing with gold silk. The center of the fire bead is inlaid with a large ruby, surrounded by green and auspicious clouds. The pendant is made of pearls threaded into eleven strings of tassels, and the corners of the pendant are red sapphires. This kind of decorative knot has the highest standard and is exclusively used by empress dowagers and empresses.

Qing Daoguang, silver-plated hairpin with gold-plated emerald dots inlaid with gemstones, and Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, silver-plated hairpin with gold-plated gemstones and fake beads and phoenix pattern. In the jewelry of concubines, there are a large number of hairpins of various types, and although they have different themes, they all have auspicious meanings. The number of pearls and the types of gemstones on these jewelry reflect the rank and status of the jewelry owner. Three pieces of silver – plated emerald “囍” character hairpins, with pearls inlaid on the center “囍” character, “囍” character above and below…

In the Qing Dynasty, the golden chiseled word butterfly pattern is flat and square. Bianfang is a unique headdress for Manchu noblewomen in the Qing Dynasty, and it is also a bracket used for dressing up the “two heads”. It has a similar function to the long hairpin used by Han women. This flat square is made of gold, chiseled with sesame seeds as the ground, with a circle of flowers and grass patterns chiseled on the frame, six dancing butterflies and five “囍” characters chiseled inside the frame, and a bat chiseled on the head, implying the double arrival of happiness and happiness. It is a special decoration for the queen’s wedding…

Clear, silver-plated dots emerald beads tassels. Tassels usually refer to drooping tassels, threaded by silk threads, feathers or beads, used on clothes or hair ornaments, also known as step shakes. This tassel is composed of silver-plated dot emerald poles and three strings of pearls. The red coral is embellished with seven “囍” characters, and the pendant corners are three rubies. The head of the pole and the knot in the middle are dotted emerald chiseled bats and money patterns, which means “blessings come to you”. This tassel should be used for the queen’s wedding. Every auspicious festival in the palace, concubines have to wear such ornaments.

Qing Guangxu, stone blue silk embroidered with eight groups of magpies, plums, coral beads and Chinese characters, with water and auspicious clothing materials. The queen’s dowry includes all kinds of ready-made clothes and materials for the four seasons, all of which are woven by Jiangnan Sanzhi, which is prepared in advance several years before the emperor’s wedding ceremony. The pattern of the fabric has always been drawn up by the Ministry of Rites, and the artist draws a sample draft. After the emperor approves, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sends it to Sanzhizao for purchase. The wedding patterns woven for the royal family are all traditional patterns that are related to marriage customs in the palace and contain auspicious meanings, such as Fulu Bandai, Dragon and Phoenix Bringing Good Fortune, etc. The seawater river cliff pattern of this gown is embroidered with a magpie and a plum pattern on the upper part, and decorated with red coral and rice beads to form the character “囍”. The purpose is very clear.

Qing Guangxu, bright yellow silk embroidered with eight groups of magpies, plums, coral beads and 囍 characters, with Shui Jifu gowns. This gown is embroidered with bright yellow silk, with eight embroidered plum blossoms in full bloom, four magpies jumping on the branches, and red coral rice beads in the middle to form the character “囍”, with distinct layers and echoing up and down. Bright yellow is the imperial color exclusively used by the royal family. The magpie and plum blossoms imply happy brows, and the word “囍” pressed on the top implies happiness on top of happiness, highlighting the joy and peace of the emperor’s wedding. Plum blossoms have strong cold resistance, and they can brave the severe cold and bloom alone in the middle of winter when all the flowers are withered. Emperor Guangxu’s wedding coincided with the midwinter when plum blossoms were in full bloom, and such patterns added a festive atmosphere to the wedding..

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On July 19^th 2023 , the multilingual website of the Forbidden City Palace Museum- Beijing, China, People’s Republic of China was 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. The multilingual website of the Palace Museum is committed to establishing an international website that is concise, clear, easy to use for overseas audiences, and fits the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, including tour guides, information, panoramic tours, online exhibitions, collection appreciation, cultural topics, etc. Rich immersive content.

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