HONG KONG, June 22 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s new Palace Museum, a present from Beijing to marks twenty fifth anniversary of the territory’s return to Chinese language rule, goals to interact town’s youthful era with Chinese language tradition, its director mentioned on Wednesday.
Spanning greater than 30,000 sq. metres, the museum showcases greater than 900 artefacts on mortgage from Beijing’s Palace Museum within the Forbidden Metropolis, together with portraits from the Qing dynasty, calligraphy and ceramics.
Of these, 166 works are thought of “nationwide treasures”.
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“We have to promote the transmission and dissemination of Chinese language tradition,” museum director Louis Ng mentioned forward of the museum’s opening on July 2, a day after Hong Kong marks the anniversary of its handover from British to Chinese language rule. “Particularly for younger folks, we have to give them extra alternatives to grasp and admire Chinese language tradition.”
A employees member stands subsequent to exhibit objects displayed throughout a media preview on the Palace Museum in Hong Kong, China June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik
The museum sparked controversy when plans have been unveiled in 2016, with critics saying there was an absence of transparency over the multibillion-dollar challenge and that it was offered as a executed deal with out public session.
A session interval adopted after the deal was introduced.
Among the many highlights on the museum, which contains 9 galleries, are work from the Tang and Music dynasties.
Funded by a HK$3.5 billion ($446 million) donation from the Hong Kong Jockey Membership, the museum subsequent to the Kowloon waterfront can even exhibit 13 items on mortgage from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
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Reporting By Kiki Lo; Enhancing by Anne Marie Roantree and Gerry Doyle
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