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The Forbidden City as museum: imperial collecting, conservation, and exhibitions that reopen court culture.
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Geng Baochang
Ceramics appraiser Geng Baochang, 103
Remembering Geng Baochang—Palace Museum researcher and dean of ancient Chinese ceramics appraisal.
Palace Museum
Today is the 100th birthday of the Palace Museum. Let us review its epic history over the past century.
October 10, 2025, is the centenary of the Palace Museum. A special exhibition titled "A Century of Guardianship: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Muse...
The Forbidden City's cultural relics were moved south
Palace Museum at 100: the 4,000-mile wartime trek
On the Forbidden City’s centennial, revisiting the wartime migration that carried treasures 4,000 miles.
Palace Museum
Qingming scroll and Five Oxen return to view
Along the River During the Qingming Festival and Five Oxen reunited for a rare public hang.
Tanabata
Qixi: stars, needles, and the most romantic Chinese festival
Chinese Valentine’s Day in tradition—expressing love through stars and threading a needle.
Museum reservations are difficult
Should museums keep a door for walk-in visitors?
Reservation culture vs open entry—can galleries welcome unbooked visitors and still stay safe?
Palace Museum
Thousand Years of Colored Paintings at the Palace Museum
Yongshou Palace survey of official architectural color painting—carved beams across a millennium.
Forbidden City
Huizong’s Hibiscus and Peacock and Palace Museum animals
Song Huizong’s Hibiscus and Peacock unveiled beside animal paintings in the Forbidden City.
Wang Shen
Monet’s garden arrives at the Forbidden City gate
Impressionist gardens at Meridian Gate—Monet’s light staged against the Palace Museum walls.
Palace Museum
Song Huizong's strange rocks and Monet's water lilies are juxtaposed in the Forbidden City's new exhibition of garden culture
Huizong’s Auspicious Dragon Stone and Monet’s Water Lilies share a Palace Museum garden-culture exhibition.
Wu Culture Museum
Horse culture from the Mediterranean to Jiangnan
A millennium of equine power—horse culture exhibition linking Mediterranean and Jiangnan worlds.
Zhejiang Provincial Museum
Song Huizong and four Song masterpieces in Zhejiang
Huizong and four Song landmarks in one Zhejiang room—court taste and masterpiece status.