The Palace Museum, the world-famous museum based in the Forbidden City in Beijing, is opening a branch in the coastal city of Xiamen, Fujian province, in May to house its collection of foreign artifacts.
A first batch of 219 exhibits arrived at their new home on Xiamen’s Gulangyu Island on April 10.
Experts examine a vase, which will be exhibited at the Palace Museum’s new branch in Xiamen, Fujian province. [Photo/xmnn.cn]
Selected from the Palace Museum’s prodigious imperial collections from the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911), the artifacts originated from a dozen different countries and regions, including the US, Japan, Korea, and Europe, and cover a wide range of areas, from lacquer ware and ceramics, to paintings and books, to sculptures, furniture and scientific instruments.
A clock made of wood and lacquer in the shape of a birdcage, one of the new exhibits at the Palace Museum’s Xiamen branch. [Photo/xmnn.cn]
Representing a high level of artistic achievement and serving as a manifestation of cultural exchange between east and west, these relics were previously hidden in the storage of the Palace Museum for many years.
A vase of blue field and floral patterns, soon to be displayed at the museum on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, Fujian province. [Photo/xmnn.cn]
China has decided to extend its visa waiver policy to ordinary passport holders from Canada and the United Kingdom starting from Feb 17.
Forty-one new port-of-entry duty-free shops have been established nationwide, with Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport, Xiamen Wutong Passenger Wharf, and Xiamen International Cruise Center included on the list.
