Beijing Palace Museum

Beijing Palace Museum was established on October 10, 1925, located in the Forbidden City. It is a comprehensive museum of China built on the basis of the imperial palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and their collections. It is also the largest museum of ancient culture and art in China. Its cultural relics collection mainly comes from the old collections in the palace of the Qing Dynasty. It is the first batch of national patriotic education demonstration bases. Since January 1, 2014, Beijing Palace Museum has been closed almost every Monday. Beijing Palace Museum is one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, the first batch of national 5A scenic spots, and the national advanced unit of Ideological and moral construction for minors. It was selected into the world cultural heritage list in 1987. In October 2018, the Palace Museum released the first theme game and the first album of ancient painting theme music, which opened the curtain of "wisdom palace museum". In October 2019, the Palace Museum will launch the drama "the Forbidden City is like a dream", which tells the story of young craftsman Kuai Xiang's participation in the construction of the Forbidden City in an innovative form. In October 2019, the National Palace Museum and the Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two sides will jointly carry out scientific research on the palace cultural relics of traditional Chinese medicine in the Qing Dynasty, reveal their cultural connotation and tap their scientific value. On October 19, 2019, the V Palace Museum of the National Palace Museum won the VR / AR innovation Gold Award.

the Hall of Supreme Harmony

The hall of Supreme Harmony is the supreme Golden Hall in the Forbidden City, which is the so-called "golden Luan hall" in the imperial palace. It is the place where the emperor held important ceremonies. It was first built in Yongle year of Ming Dynasty (early 15th century), and then destroyed and rebuilt several times. In the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Huangji hall. After the establishment of the capital of the Qing Dynasty, Beijing was renamed today, which contains the grand purpose of world harmony. The present Taihe hall was rebuilt and preserved in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty.

the Hall of Central Harmony

The Zhonghe hall was built in 1420 AD and suffered three fires. It is now rebuilt in 1627 ad. it was originally named Huagai hall and later changed to Zhongji hall. It was named Zhonghe hall in 1645 ad. The top of Baohe hall is a double eaves Xieshan style, and the hall follows the song and Yuan Dynasty's "reduced column building" method, with open space. In the Qing Dynasty, it was a place for feasting princes and holding palace examinations.

the Hall of Preserving Harmony

Baohe hall was built in 1420, the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, and was initially named Jinshen hall. During the reign of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, it was burned and rebuilt and renamed Jianji hall. In 1645, it was changed into Baohe hall, which means "to keep the harmony in the world, to be happy and peaceful". Baohe hall plaque "Huang Jian You Ji" plaque, for Qianlong imperial pen. According to the classic: Jizi's Hongfan "Huangjian has its own extreme". A couplet was hung in the hall of Baohe: "zuxunzhaochui, my son and grandson shangkeqin, will inherit forever; heaven's heart will draw lessons, but all nations and ministers should think of protecting forever.".

Yangxin Hall

It was built in the year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty and is located on the west side of Qianqing palace. In the Qing Dynasty, eight emperors lived here one after another. They were empress dowagers Cixi and Ci'an.

Palace of Heavenly Purity

Qianqing palace was built in 1420, the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty. The existing building was built in 1798, the third year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty. It was the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties lived and dealt with government affairs.

Delivery Thai Temple

Jiaotai hall was built in the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the Shunzhi, Kangxi and Jiaqing periods. It was originally the place for the empress to receive celebrations on Qianqiu Festival. It was used to store the imperial seal of "Qing 25 Bao" in Qing Dynasty.

Kunning Palace

Kunning palace was built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420 AD). In the Ming Dynasty, the palace of the empress was rebuilt in 1655. The four rooms in the west end are the places for Shamanism to worship gods, and the two rooms in the east end are the bridal chamber for the emperor's wedding. The three emperors Kangxi, Tongzhi and Guangxu, who ascended the throne at a young age, all got married here.

Wenhua Hall

The Wenhua hall was originally the emperor's hall. In the Shunhua and Chenghua dynasties tomorrow, before the prince Jianzuo, the Wenhua hall was first used as the emperor's hall. It was changed into the emperor's Hall in 1536, and rebuilt in 1683, the 22nd year of Emperor Kangxi's reign.

Wuying Hall

Wuying hall was built in the early Ming Dynasty, located in the west of Xihe gate. Forty years after the reign of Emperor Kangxi, a large number of books were printed in wuyingdian. The pictures were perfect and exquisite, and the quality of the books was very high.

Jinshui Bridge

Located in taihemen square, there are 5 single hole arches. In the south of the square, there is a bow shaped Jinshui River winding from west to East, which is the so-called "neijinshui bridge". This is the largest, most spectacular and most beautiful group of stone bridges in the Forbidden City. In the middle is the royal road bridge for the emperor. Wanggong bridge is built on both sides of the East and West for royal family members and ministers. On both sides of the bridge are grade bridges for officials above grade three to walk. It has the same function as the waijinshui bridge in front of Tiananmen Square.

Although some of the old cultural relics of the Qing Dynasty were moved to the Palace Museum in Taipei from 1948 to 1949, the Palace Museum further enriched its collection after 1949 by taking back the treasures Puyi brought out of the palace, accepting donations from the people, and participating in archaeological excavations. The total number of cultural relics reached 1807558, including 1684490 precious cultural relics, 115491 ordinary cultural relics, and 7577 specimens, covering almost the whole ancient history The history of Chinese civilization and almost all kinds of cultural relics.

Ancient painting and calligraphy

The Palace Museum has a total collection of about 140000 paintings, murals, prints, calligraphy, letters and steles, accounting for about one fourth of the total amount of ancient Chinese paintings and calligraphy collected by public museums in the world. The Palace Museum of calligraphy and painting is located in wuyingdian District, and holds two to three permanent exhibitions of calligraphy and painting from spring to autumn every year.

Paintings: nearly 420 paintings of the Yuan Dynasty and before were collected in the Palace Museum, of which 17 were selected into the second batch of cultural relics catalogue (calligraphy and painting category) banned from going abroad by the State Administration of cultural relics. There are many unique and unique paintings in the history of Chinese painting in the Palace Museum

The Song Dynasty copy of Gu Kaizhi's representative works is the best copy of the same theme. It has become a valuable material for the study of early Chinese painting when Gu Kaizhi has no authentic works.

The painting of spring outing by Zhan Ziqian of Sui Dynasty: Zhan Ziqian's only authentic work handed down from generation to generation (though controversial) is the earliest scroll painting known in China so far. It is the pioneering work of green landscape painting and occupies an important position in the history of landscape painting. It is recognized by the State Administration of cultural relics as a cultural relic prohibited from going abroad for exhibition.

The painting of five oxen by Han Fu in the Tang Dynasty volume: Han Fu's representative works are the earliest paper painting works known in China so far, which have been recognized as cultural relics prohibited from going abroad by the State Administration of cultural relics.

The painting of walking chariots by Yan Liben of Tang Dynasty: the Song Dynasty copy of Yan Liben's representative works retains the lines and charm of Tang Dynasty figure paintings, truly records major historical events, and is recognized by the State Administration of cultural relics as a cultural relic prohibited from going abroad for exhibition.

The painting of Gao Shi by Wei Xian in the Five Dynasties: Wei Xian's only authentic work handed down from generation to generation, with wonderful landscapes and figures, has been recognized by the State Administration of cultural relics as a cultural relic prohibited from going abroad for exhibition.

Huang Quan's painting of rare birds from life in the Five Dynasties: the representative work of Huang Xun, the founder of flower and bird painting, occupies an important position in the history of flower and bird painting, and has been recognized by the State Administration of cultural relics as a cultural relic prohibited from going abroad for exhibition.

Gu Hongzhong (Biography of Gu Hongzhong in the Five Dynasties) the painting of Han Xizai's banquet volume: Gu Hongzhong's representative works occupy an important position in the history of figure painting. Although they are recognized by some people as copies of the Song Dynasty, they are recognized as one of the most wonderful copies of the same theme, and they are recognized by the State Administration of cultural relics as cultural relics that are forbidden to go abroad for exhibition.

Zhang Zeduan's Qingming Riverside painting in the Northern Song Dynasty: Zhang Zeduan's only authentic work handed down from generation to generation. It is a huge picture recording China's urban life in the 12th century. It is recognized by the State Administration of cultural relics as a cultural relic that is forbidden to go abroad for exhibition.

Yuan Dynasty: the Palace Museum's Yuan Dynasty paintings and calligraphy are among the best in the collection of museums at home and abroad. There are more than 130 yuan Dynasty paintings in the category of paper and silk. The collection quantity and artistic quality are amazing, which almost represents the artistic achievements of various painting disciplines and schools in the Yuan Dynasty. Zhao Mengfu has a collection of landscape, figures, flowers and birds, pommel horse and other fine paintings, and the four works of Yuan Dynasty can be called a dazzling array.

Ming Dynasty: the painting circle of Ming Dynasty continued to evolve and develop along with the changes of Yuan Dynasty, and literati paintings merged into a torrent, and formed many schools; landscape, flower and bird themes were popular, and figure painting also developed; ink and wash techniques were constantly innovated, which further enriched the expression ability of pen and ink; the creation purpose emphasized the expression of objective taste, and pursued the charm of pen and ink. There are many masterpieces of Ming Dynasty paintings, including Wumen school, among which there are masterpieces of Tang Bohu, a famous painter, which can be called various schools and leading styles.

Address: No.4, jingshanqian street, Dongcheng District, Beijing

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Official website: http://www.dpm.org.cn

Tour time: 3-4 hours

Transportation information: Meridian Gate: one of the most important special exhibition halls of the Palace Museum, located on the upper floor of the Meridian Gate at the South Gate of the Palace Museum, and the entrance to the city is at the northwest corner of the Meridian Gate, which is used for special and temporary exhibitions. The whole exhibition hall is of glass structure, which is built in the city building and independent of the city gate structure. It not only maintains the original appearance of ancient buildings, but also has high-tech content and strong thermal insulation, fire resistance and earthquake resistance capacity.

Shenwu gate: located on the upper floor of Shenwu gate in the north gate of the Forbidden City, it is used for special exhibition and temporary exhibition.

Zhaigong: it is located to the east of the inner court's rear three palaces and to the south of the East six palaces. For special exhibition and temporary exhibition.

On October 22, 2018, the Palace Museum released the first theme game and the first ancient painting theme music album, opening the prelude of "wisdom palace museum". High tech eye movement game "eye · dream" is Tencent's first

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