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#北京 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #October2024 | #ForbiddenCityDairies -The Palace Museum #ChineseIntangibleCulturalHeritage Special Exhibition  #午門 #MeridianGate – The Journey of the Great Road… Tracing the Past and Searching for Confucianism….

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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.

The Journey of the Great Way: Special Exhibition on Confucian Culture Exhibition location: Meridian Gate and East and West Wings Exhibition Hall….  In  which the Exhibition runs from  time: 2024/ November 1st- 2025 January 5th..

The Journey of the Great Road… The first unit of the exhibition is “Tracing the Past and Searching for Confucianism”. It uses archaeological evidence to show China’s ritual and music civilization before the birth of Confucius and Confucianism, and to explore the historical formation of Confucian culture. Representative exhibits include the earliest image of Confucius found in archaeological unearthed cultural relics – Confucius’s Clothing Mirror (replica) from the Tomb of Marquis Haihun of the Western Han Dynasty; pottery fragments from the Wannian Xianren Cave in Jiangxi, which are 20,000 years old, and the Jiahu bone flute that pioneered the ritual and music civilization; there are also bronze bans with animal faces from Shigushan, Baoji, which reflect the Zhou people’s prohibition system, and the renamed Fang, which reflects the “same writing system” after the Qin Dynasty unified the world. With Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty choosing Confucianism as the official orthodox thought, it laid the tone for traditional culture for more than two thousand years..

The Journey of the Great Way The second unit of the exhibition, “Transformation into the World”, extracts the development trajectory of Confucian culture from the perspectives of Confucian inheritance, the continuation of classics, and ideological tolerance, and displays the core civilization concepts of Confucian culture from the personal, social, and national levels.

The core of Confucian culture concerns the world and is sought in the heart. Confucianism advocates the family and country feelings of self-cultivation, family harmony, governance of the country, and peace in the world, with the ideal of establishing a “Great Harmony” society where the world is for the public, the virtuous and the capable are selected, and trust and harmony are emphasized. The Confucian pursuit of a better social order and moral customs is constantly endowed with the connotation of the times, reflecting the Chinese nation’s unique understanding and mission of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

午門 #MeridianGate- Wumen is the southern and largest gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, People’s Republic of China….. Unlike the other gates of the Forbidden City, the Meridian Gate has two protruding arms on either side, derived from ancient que towers traditionally used to decorate the main entrances of palaces, temples and tombs. The gate has five arches. The three central arches are close together in the main, central section; the two flanking arches are farther apart from the three central arches, and are located between the central section and the protruding arms. The centre arch was formerly reserved for the Emperor alone; the exceptions were the Empress, who could enter it once on the day of her wedding, and the top three scholars of the triennial civil service examinations, who left the exams through the central arch. All other officials and servants had to use the four side arches.

A series of buildings form the superstructure of the gate. The central one is a pavilion of nine bays wide, with double eaves. On each of the protruding side, a 13 bays-long building with a single eave, connects the two pyramidal-roofed pavilions that represented the que towers.

Images and visuals are from – Forbidden City –Palace Museum Beijing- China –People’s Republic of China…..

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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.

On August 30th 2024 at the Wenhua Hall, Forbidden City Beijing , China, People’s Republic of China, the  千秋佳人 ——Special Exhibition of Figure Paintings from Past Dynasties in the Collection of the Palace Museum (Fourth Phase)” opened in the Wenhua Hall of the Palace Museum which 30the August  to 31st October 2024. Paintings of ladies are a classic genre in traditional Chinese painting with a long history and important influence, including the graceful and elegant figures of the Six Dynasties, the gorgeous and plump figures of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the dignified and beautiful figures of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the slender and delicate figures of the Ming and Qing Dynasties… The faces of the people in the paintings have significant characteristics of the times, reflecting the changes in the social status and living conditions of women in different eras as politics, customs, and fashions changed. Through the 83 precious paintings in the museum collection exhibited in this exhibition, one can not only appreciate the peerless grace of women painted by painters of all ages, but also understand the spiritual strength and daily life interest of ancient women from the moving stories that have been passed down through the ages and are related to the country .

文华殿 Wenhua Hall The Hall of Literary Brilliance , or the Hall of Literary Glory or Wenhua Hall, is a hall in the outer court of the Forbidden City, located far east of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. In the early Ming Dynasty, the hall was originally used as the residence of the heir apparent. However, starting in 1536, Ming emperors began to use the building as a secondary hall. During both the Ming and Qing Dynasty, the hall hosted grand imperial lectures on Confucian classics and served as a place for the emperor to meet his scholars and officials. The hall was also where palace examinations papers would be reviewed and marked by nine readers who would be sequestered in the hall for two days. The hall gave its name to one of the seven different titles of grand secretary in late-imperial China. Becoming Grand Secretary of Wenhua Hall was considered to be an especially prestigious honour for high-ranking Officials ….

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#北京 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #August2024 | #ForbiddenCityDairies -The Palace Museum #ChineseIntangibleCulturalHeritage. #Hohhot #InnerMongolia 中國 – International The 10th China Museum and Related Products and Technology Expo…..

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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.

在呼和浩特看第十届博博会

On the week 26th August 2024.. The 10th China Museum and Related Products and Technology Expo is being held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, People’s Republic of China..  In addition to the Expo, there are also these museums in Hohhot, which are worth visiting …… Introduction: From August 23 to 26, the 10th “China Museum and Related Products and Technology Expo” (referred to as “Expo”) will be held at the Chilechuan International Convention and Exhibition Center in Hohhot. Let’s come to Hohhot to experience the excitement of “checking in 300 museums in one day and spanning five thousand years in one day”!

This year’s “Museum Expo” lasts for 4 days. 394 domestic museums including the Palace Museum, the National Museum of China, and the Shanghai Museum make a collective appearance. The total exhibition area exceeds 50,000 square meters, showcasing the fruitful achievements of China’s museum industry. The series of academic activities and more than 40 public activities held in conjunction with it also open a window for the public to understand cultural heritage and get in touch with historical civilization.

　At the “Museum Expo”, intelligent and digital technologies have become a highlight of the exhibition. Cutting-edge technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and artificial intelligence (AI) are gradually being integrated into the exhibition and management of museums, opening up a new dimension of cultural display.

During the four days, the exhibition hall was packed with people, the interactive exhibition area formed long queues, and various academic lectures, forums and cultural activities were packed with people. The discussion about the “Museum Expo” on social media also continued to rise, and various short videos, graphic reports emerged, stimulating more people’s interest in museums and cultural heritage.

“You can’t see the real thing in such detail.” In the exhibition hall of the Palace Museum, visitors can not only see the real scene of the Palace Museum through the big screen, but also “play” with exquisite cultural relics at their fingertips. The 360-degree rotating cultural relics are clearly visible on the high-resolution screen, and the text explanation of their origins and development easily brings people into the story of the cultural relics. “Currently, more than 100,000 of the 1.86 million pieces (sets) of cultural relics have been digitized, and this number increases by at least 20,000 every year.” Li Yingchong, section chief of the public education group of the Palace Museum, told reporters that the transformation of physical collections into digital collections will not reduce the value of cultural heritage, but will be more conducive to the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage.

The 10th “Museum Expo” held in Hohhot came to a close today On the 26th August 2024…! During the four-day exhibition, the exhibition area of ​​the Palace Museum provided visitors with professional and meticulous viewing, experience and explanation services. The exhibition area was crowded with people. Various digital cultural content, educational activities and cultural and creative products attracted visitors to stop and experience and check in. It also attracted many museum colleagues to visit and exchange ideas, and conduct in-depth discussions in the fields of digital applications, social education activities, and cultural and creative publishing. The exhibition area of ​​the Palace Museum won three awards in this “Museum Expo”: “Best Display Gold Award”, “Best Education Activity Display Case”, and “Best Digital Display Case Award in Digital Exhibition Area”. We will continue to focus on promoting the social sharing services and effective revitalization of high-quality digital cultural resources!

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#北京 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #August2024 | #ForbiddenCityDairies -The Palace Museum Collaboration #ChineseIntangibleCulturalHeritage. Inspired through #周大福珠寶#ChowTaiFook #Jewellery ….

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On July 19th 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 symphony of gold and jade, the auspicious dragon shows its elegance,

the golden dream is woven, and the prosperity is reflected on the neck
Listen to the drums and recount the old dreams of the Forbidden City.

Travel through time and encounter the splendor and grandeur.
The symphony of golden drums and the rhythm of leaping

fashion and classics complement each other

to extol the glorious chapter of a thousand years

This month of  August 2024 launches a new collection in Collaboration with the Forbidden City- Palace Museum- Beijing with one of Asia Largest Jewellery companies周大福珠寶Chow Tai Fook Jewellery  with international Iconic Chinese Designed elements   A Living Legacy. Introducing our brand-new Palace Museum Collection. Featuring a reverberating display of Chinese drums and spirited twirls of cultural dance, our House collaborates with the iconic Palace Museum to showcase the contemporary allure of Chinese heritage through modern forms.

The butterfly wings dance lightly, blooming with lively and colorful

soft patterns, flowing in various and interesting ways

Reimagining Traditions.

Inspired by the Palace Museum’s exhibition piece of Qing Dynasty imperial drums and treasures, this intricate creation is a modern interpretation of Chinese prowess. Blending a multitude of ancient Chinese gold crafting techniques and colourful gemstones, the pendant symbolises good fortune and is the ultimate expression of grandeur.

A Living Legacy.

Introducing our brand-new Palace Museum Collection. Featuring a reverberating display of Chinese drums and spirited twirls of cultural dance, our House collaborates with the iconic Palace Museum to showcase the contemporary allure of Chinese heritage through modern forms.

The Cultural Era Awaits.

Prepare to venture into the wonderous world of The Palace Museum. Home to countless Chinese treasures and untold stories, our House pays homage to this iconic wonder with the Palace Museum Collection — a series of masterpieces that brings art to life.

開啟文化傳承之旅

期待探索故宮博物院的文化藝術之美。作為中華優秀傳統文化的匯聚地，品牌透過「周大福故宮系列」將藝術融入當代魅力，展現雋永之美。

傳世佳作

與故宮博物院攜手推出的全新周大福故宫系列，傳承悠久文化，以中國大鼓和傳統舞蹈結合時尚的黃金設計，展現中國宮廷之美，同時煥發耀目的現代氣派，引領時尚潮流。

煥發傳統新魅力

以故宮博物院清朝宮鼓藏品為設計靈感，「龍騰鼓樂」黃金吊墜結合多種中國傳統工藝，以及色彩斑斕的寶石，詮釋現代中式美學，象徵吉祥如意，承載著美好的祝願。

傳世佳作 與故宮博物院攜手推出的全新周大福故宫系列，傳承悠久文化，以中國大鼓和傳統舞蹈結合時尚的黃金設計，展現中國宮廷之美，同時煥發耀目的現代氣派，引領時尚潮流。

周大福珠寶 Chow Tai Fook Jewellery – Chow Tai Fook group is a Chow Tai Fook group is a Hong Kong–based, privately-owned conglomerate with holdings in the jewellery, property development, hotel, department store, transportation, energy, telecommunications, port, casino, and other businesses

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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.

 According to the Palace Museum, the “景福宫 Jingfu Palace” area in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City has officially started a two-year substantial renovation. This is also the first renovation of 景福宫 Jingfu Palace in more than 120 years. The currently determined scope of repairs includes the main hall of景福宫 Jingfu Palace, the East Gate Room, 景福宫 Jingfu Gate, verandah, southwest gate, cross-hall gate, courtyard walls, courtyard floors, etc. The focus is to eliminate potential safety hazards of cultural relic’s buildings. It is reported that Jingfu Palace was a retirement residence carefully built by Emperor Qianlong for himself. It is located in the northeast of the Ningshou Palace area of ​​the Forbidden City. The palace is dotted with ancient trees and rockeries, and has unique porches and courtyards. After the Jiaqing period, it was used as a warehouse for storing antique treasures….

During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) built Jingfu Palace in the Forbidden City as his retirement retreat. The Jingfu Palace region has begun a two-year renovation project, the first in almost 120 years.

The Jingfu Palace of the Forbidden City, never open to the public since it was built more than 200 years ago, has begun renovations…

This is a group of buildings with green glazed tiles and yellow sheared roofs. It was the residence of the Queen Mother during the Kangxi period, and was rebuilt during the Qianlong period to serve as a banquet for Emperor Qianlong after his return to power. This is景福宫 Jingfu Palace located in the northeast of Yeongsugung District.



With the launch of the “景福宫 Jingfu Palace Research Conservation Project”, the architectural form, materials, craftsmanship, etc. of the cultural relics here have gradually become clear during the research process. At the same time, image collection and recording work is also underway, and the protection and repair work of the cultural heritage buildings in the景福宫 Jingfu Palace area will eventually be shown in the form of a documentary. A trailer allows you to first experience the confusion, thinking and breakthroughs in the research and restoration process, and appreciate the infinite charm of dialogue with history!

“景福宫 Jingfu Palace” area in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City has officially started a two-year substantive renovation. This is also the first renovation of景福宫 Jingfu Palace in more than 120 years.

景福宫 Jingfu Palace is the retirement home carefully built by Emperor Qianlong for himself. It is located in the northeast of the Ningshou Palace area of ​​the Forbidden City. The palace is dotted with ancient trees and rockeries, and has unique porches and courtyards. After the Jiaqing period, it was used as a warehouse for storing antique treasures.

In 1910, 13 plaques were updated at景福宫 Jingfu Palace, and the calligraphy and paintings on the inner eaves were re-inscribed and framed. From then until Puyi announced his abdication, there was no record of renovation of景福宫 Jingfu Palace in the Forbidden City.

The scope of repairs currently determined includes the main hall of景福宫 Jingfu Palace, the east gate room, 景福宫 Jingfu Gate, verandah, southwest gate, hall door, courtyard wall, courtyard floor, etc. The focus is to eliminate safety hazards of cultural relics buildings, such as the three arched roofs. “Troughs,” or gutter repairs.

While景福宫 Jingfu Palace is being renovated, the National Palace Museum will also carry out digital recording, research and systematic application of the national intangible cultural heritage “Official Ancient Architecture Construction Techniques”, and will use three-dimensional laser scanning, close-up photography results combined with traditional manual measurements to complete the work Surveying and mapping of the current status of cultural relic buildings, and conducting architectural survey and current survey of information such as shape, materials, construction techniques, etc. to build a digital景福宫 Jingfu Palace.

Images and visuals are from – Forbidden City –Palace Museum Beijing- China –People’s Republic of China…..