#北京。 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #August2023 | #ForbiddenCityDairies -The Palace Museum #ForbiddenCity Collections of Chinese intangible cultural heritage. 27th July- 7th August 2023

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 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 describing of the most detail collection that housed within the Forbidden city collection… . 

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.

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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#北京。 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #January2023 | #ForbiddenCityDairies #CCTV #ChinaCentralTelevision celebrating the first snowfall on the Forbidden City Complex like living a real life ancient Snowy #ChinesePainting #AGallery on the 12th January 2023 ..

On the 12th January 2023 marks the first Snow Fall on the more than 603 year old Forbidden City, in which during the Beijing, China, People’s Republic of China in which Brushfully a Chinese Painting anciently of snow view on the bold imperial red walls, snow landings on white snow, on golden yellow jade glazed tiles in which the Forbidden City snowingly has a intriguingly unique view..

Today 12th January 2023, Beijing ushered in snowy weather, and the Forbidden City has once again become a popular spot for snow viewing. Red walls, white snow, glazed tiles… The Forbidden City in the snow has a unique view

From the perspective of aerial photography to see the beautiful Forbidden City in the snow …. Whenever it snows, the Forbidden City will become a popular attraction for enjoying the snow scenery. The layers of snow and the shades of red complement each other, creating a unique scene

The Chinese capital saw its first snow of the year 2023 on Thursday. Join our live broadcast to appreciate the spectacle at Beijing’s one of the most iconic landmarks, the Forbidden City…

……the second decade three from the turn of the century in Beijing the Capital of China also the People’s Republic of China, in which is also the year of the rabbit, marking its six hundred years anniversary of the Forbidden city that marks the transitional point of in between the middle of the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644) transitionally from Nanjing to Beijing towards the Qing Dynasty (1636-1644-1911) …. The Imperial Palace seen so many countless seasonally transitional equinoxes but further its six hundred years is iconic, but it’s five hundred ninety nine years it marks it Autumn Equinox…. In which it only took twelve years to build the same of the Daming Palace of The Tang Dynasty Xian Imperial Capital only it was least twenty times larger……  

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

#北京。 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #October2022 | #ForbiddenCityDairies in an association with #VankeFoundation #UnitedNationsGlobalImpact  on #ZeroWaste #ZeroWasteTours on the grounds of the Forbidden city  of full Zero waste Awareness Bi- weekly activities ….

During these two weeks of from 10th October 2022 the Forbidden City – Beijing China – People’s Republic of China performed Summary of Zero Waste Bi-Weekly Activities in bringing attention to the general public of Zero Waste of Zero Waste Day ….. In collaboration with Vanke Foundation and United Nations Global Impact the awareness of the  Forbidden City Zero Waste Zero Waste Day  Come and review the splendid “‘Zero’ Waste Discovery Fun in the Forbidden City” 2022 Forbidden City Zero Waste Public Experience Bi-weekly event! The newly upgraded ecological composting flower bed, the zero-waste picture scrolls painted by teenagers, the zero-waste tour and biodiversity experience, the game of identifying ancient characters in trash cans… Four themes at a glance! Click on the video to bring you an immersive experience of the fun of zero-waste tours In a association with Vanke Foundation United Nations Global Impact..

Vanke Foundation is a China- People’s Republic of China Vanke Public Welfare Foundation Company Welfare Foundation was initiated by Vanke Enterprise Co., Ltd. and approved by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the State Council. It was established in 2008 and is a national non-public foundation under the supervision of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In 2017, it was recognized as a charitable organization.                      

Vanke Public Welfare Foundation, with the concept of “Facing the Future, Dare to Be the First”, pays attention to issues that have far-reaching influence on the future, and aims at “sustainable community” to promote environmental protection and community development.

Waste management…..It aims to explore and promote a scalable urban and rural community domestic waste management model and promote it, so as to achieve zero waste become a reality in the Chinese community and become everyone’s way of life.

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#北京。 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #September2022 | #文淵閣 #Wenhuadian #HallOfTheLiteraryGlory   #ForbiddenCityExhibitions #ChineseArtworks “Special Exhibition of Figure Paintings from the Palace Museum Collection of Past Dynasties”…

Currently on the now it’s the 1st September 2022, for the up-coming event for the Mid-Autumn festival in which set on the Saturday 10th September 2022. The exhibition “Special Exhibition of Figure Paintings from the Palace Museum Collection of Past Dynasties” will be on display at the Meridian Gate Exhibition Hall of the Palace Museum from August 30 to October 30, 2022.

The exhibition is located in the Forbidden City’s Palace hall in the文淵閣Wenhua Dian- Hall of the Literary Glory.  All Beings and Variations- Special Exhibition of Figure Paintings from the Palace Museum Collection of Past Dynasties (Phase 3)” will be on display at the Palace Museum’s Wenhuadian Painting and Calligraphy Museum from August 30 to October 30, 2022.

This exhibition is the third phase of the special exhibition of figure paintings of past dynasties collected by the Palace Museum. Through 96 figures and genre paintings of the past dynasties, it shows the scenes of ancient life such as farming, mulberry, fishing and hunting, pottery and textile, moon and society celebrations, village and city games, and merchants traveling. Vivid images of ancient beings. This exhibition is free to visit with tickets for the Palace Museum, but you must make an appointment with your real name on the WeChat applet of the Palace Museum- Forbidden City.

You can book tickets and exhibitions of the Forbidden City with real names through the “Forbidden City Museum” WeChat applet. According to the needs of epidemic prevention and control, in accordance with the principles of limited quantity, appointment, and staggered peak, the exhibition hall is limited to 3,000 people per day until the appointment is full. Admission to the hospital requires a nucleic acid test report within 72 hours, and the ID card used for verification of health code, temperature measurement, and ticket purchase.

In this year’s 2022, the second decade from the turn of the century in Beijing the Capital of China also the People’s Republic of China, marking its six hundred and Two years anniversary of the Forbidden city that marks the transitional point of in between the middle of the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644) transitionally from Nanjing to Beijing towards the Qing Dynasty (1636-1644-1911) …. The Imperial Palace seen so many countless seasonally transitional equinoxes but further its six hundred years is iconic, but it’s five hundred ninety nine years it marks it Autumn Equinox…. In which it only took twelve years to build the same of the Daming Palace of The Tang Dynasty Xian Imperial Capital only it was least twenty times larger..

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

#北京。 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #September2022 | #午門 #MeridianGate #Wumen #ForbiddenCityExhibitions #ChineseArtworks “Seeing the Heart of Heaven and Earth – Chinese Study’s Intentions and Images”…

Currently on the now it’s the 1st September 2022, for the up-coming event for the Mid-Autumn festival in which set on the Saturday 10th September 2022. The exhibition “Seeing the Heart of Heaven and Earth – Chinese Study’s Intentions and Images” will be on display at the Meridian Gate Exhibition Hall of the Palace Museum from August 30 to October 23, 2022.

The exhibition is divided into three units, “Wai Huai Qin Shu”, “Zheng Yi Ming Dao” and “Deed Frost Snow”. The theme of the exhibition is the connotation and image of the Chinese study room. A problem of imagery with the zeitgeist. This exhibition is free to visit with tickets for the Palace Museum, but you must make an appointment with your real name on the WeChat applet of the Palace Museum…..

You can book tickets and exhibitions of the Forbidden City with real names through the “Forbidden City Museum” WeChat applet. According to the needs of epidemic prevention and control, in accordance with the principles of limited quantity, appointment, and staggered peak, the exhibition hall is limited to 3,000 people per day until the appointment is full. Admission to the hospital requires a nucleic acid test report within 72 hours, and the ID card used for verification of health code, temperature measurement, and ticket purchase.

In this year’s 2022, the second decade from the turn of the century in Beijing the Capital of China also the People’s Republic of China, marking its six hundred and Two years anniversary of the Forbidden city that marks the transitional point of in between the middle of the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644) transitionally from Nanjing to Beijing towards the Qing Dynasty (1636-1644-1911) …. The Imperial Palace seen so many countless seasonally transitional equinoxes but further its six hundred years is iconic, but it’s five hundred ninety nine years it marks it Autumn Equinox…. In which it only took twelve years to build the same of the Daming Palace of The Tang Dynasty Xian Imperial Capital only it was least twenty times larger..

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