Since most of the collections in the National Palace Museum in Taipei are the essence of the old collections from the National Palace Museum in Beijing, the National Palace Museum in Shenyang, and the original Rehe Palace during the Kuomintang's retreat, it was also named the National Palace Museum.
Taipei National Palace Museum
Name National Palace Museum, formerly known as Sun Yat-sen Museum
Address: Waishuangxi, Shilin District, Taipei City, Taiwan
Established in 1962
Collection of 600,000 items
Overview
Located on the north side of Shuangxi in the suburbs of Taipei City, it was built in 1962 and is modeled after the Forbidden City in Beijing. The palace-style building of the designed building was completed in 1965 and opened in 1966. It was originally named Sun Yat-sen Museum and later changed to the "National Palace Museum". The National Palace Museum in Taipei is a famous museum of history, culture and art in China. Located in Shuangxi, Shilin District, Taipei City, Taiwan. The architectural design absorbs the traditional Chinese palace architectural form. The light blue glazed tile roof is covered with beige walls, and the white stone railings surround the bluestone base. The style is clear and elegant.
The collection of the National Palace Museum in Taiwan includes the essence of the Qing Dynasty National Palace Museum in Beijing, the Forbidden City in Shenyang, and the original Jehol Palace, as well as exquisite cultural relics donated by people from all walks of life at home and abroad, totaling approximately 700,000 pieces. There are 14 categories including calligraphy, ancient paintings, inscriptions, bronzes, jade, ceramics, study utensils, carved lacquers, enamelware, sculptures, miscellaneous items, embroidery and tapestry, books, and documents. The museum regularly maintains about 5,000 paintings, calligraphy and cultural relics on display, and holds various special exhibitions regularly or irregularly. The exhibits in the museum are changed every 3 months.
Exhibition Hall Introduction
The National Palace Museum in Taiwan occupies a total area of ??about 16 hectares. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is magnificent and full of traditional Chinese palace colors. The main building of the museum is divided into four floors. The main courtyard is in the shape of a plum blossom. The first floor is for offices, libraries, and lecture halls; the second floor is for exhibitions of calligraphy and painting, bronzes, porcelain, models of Houjiazhuang Cemetery, and cultural relics unearthed from the tomb; The third floor displays calligraphy and painting, jades, religious instruments, sculptures, books, documents, inscriptions, weaving and embroidery, etc.; the fourth floor is for various special exhibitions. There is a 26-meter-long corridor behind the third floor that leads directly to the cave in the middle of the mountain. The cave is 50 meters above the ground. There are three arched caves inside, each 180 meters long, 3.6 meters high and 3.6 meters wide, divided into There are many small warehouses with passages in the middle, where various cultural relics are stored in categories.
Historical evolution
On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, the Palace Museum selected important cultural relics to move south. At the end of 1948, with the victory of the People's Liberation War imminent, the Nationalist Government ordered the Palace Museum to select valuable cultural relics for transfer to Taiwan on warships. 2,972 boxes of cultural relics from the original Palace Museum were transported in three batches. Also transported to Taiwan were 852 boxes of cultural relics from the Preparatory Office of the Central Museum and cultural relics from other units. After the cultural relics were transported to Taiwan, they were first stored in Taichung City and rented to the Taichung City Sugar Factory Warehouse for storage. In April 1950, the warehouse in Jifeng Village, Wufeng Township, a suburb of Taichung, was completed, and the cultural relics transported to Taiwan were immediately moved into the new warehouse for storage. In 1957, with the sponsorship of the Asia Society, a small exhibition room was built outside the warehouse to publicly display the cultural relics. In 1965, a new museum was built at the current location. The new site was named Sun Yat-sen Museum in commemoration of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's 100th birthday. Taiwan's "Executive Yuan" promulgated the "Provisional Organizational Regulations of the National Palace Museum", stipulating the establishment of the National Palace Museum. The cultural relics of the Central Museum Preparatory Office will be kept and used by the National Palace Museum. After the country is unified in the future, the cultural relics moved to Taiwan will still be returned to the original museum. After the National Museum of China merged with the National Palace Museum, all the cultural relics of the National Palace Museum were transported from Taichung to the Zhongshan Museum in Taipei, which was used as the site. It was officially opened on November 12, 1965. At this point, the cultural relics transported to Taiwan have been given a proper preservation environment. The cultural relics shipped to Taiwan mainly include calligraphy and painting, bronzes, porcelain, jade, lacquerware, enamel, sculptures, stationery, books, documents and other handicrafts. There were 230,863 pieces at the beginning. After the Central Museum was merged, the number increased to 242,592. Together with more than 300,000 archives that have been sorted out and more than 10,000 donated or acquired archives, there are currently 600,000 archives.
Introduction to the treasures
Among the treasures collected by the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, there are more than 20,000 pieces of oracle bone files. The number of oracle bone files collected by the museum ranks second among the world's oracle bone collection institutions; There are more than 20,000 pieces of porcelain, including primitive pottery to Ming and Qing porcelain. The ancient Chinese porcelain in the institute is the most exquisite and largest among all museums in the world. There are more than 10,000 pieces of bronze ware, including coins from all dynasties, including those from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There are more than 4,300 pieces of bronzes, such as Shang Dynasty dragon-patterned plates, animal-faced pots, Western Zhou Dynasty Mao Gong tripod, Warring States sacrifice statues, etc.; more than 50,000 jades, including the famous Neolithic jade bis, jade guis, jade huangs and The famous Qing Dynasty jade carvings "Jade Jade Cabbage", "Evil Carving", "Three Inlaid Jade Ruyi", etc.; there are nearly 10,000 authentic calligraphy and painting pieces, including representative works by famous artists from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, such as Wang Xizhi's "Kuai", one of the three rare There are nearly 20,000 rare and ancient books such as Huang Gongwang's "Residence in the Fuchun Mountains", Huang Gongwang's "Residence in the Fuchun Mountains", Huai Su's "Autobiography", Yan Zhenqing's "Liu Zhong Envoy", Su Dongpo's "Han Shi Tie", etc. volumes, including the relatively complete "Sikuquanshu", which is only four volumes in China; nearly 400,000 pieces of Ming and Qing archives, including memorials approved by emperors of the Qing Dynasty (Shi + Zhu), Military Aircraft Department archives, Qing History Museum archives, and true records , daily life notes, etc., as well as 40 huge volumes of Manchu old documents that are rare in the world.
Collection protection
Various measures have been taken to prevent moisture and insects. The cultural relics warehouse has constant temperature and humidity, is fire-proof and anti-theft, and uses modern technology for automatic control to ensure the safety of cultural relics. Inherit and utilize traditional craft techniques and introduce new achievements in natural science to restore damaged cultural relics.
Exhibitions
The hospital’s exhibitions emphasize the principle of cooperating with tourism and serving the public. There are various showrooms for bronzes, porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting, etc. in the hospital. It has successively held exhibitions such as "Exhibition of Bronze Ritual Instruments of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties", "Development of Chinese Porcelain", "Special Exhibition of Essences of Calligraphy and Painting", "Jade Collection in the Forbidden City", and "Exhibition of Historical Materials of the Founding of the Republic of China". On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the institute, a large-scale comprehensive exhibition "Special Exhibition on the Relationship between Chinese Culture and World Culture" was held. The "Sanxi Hall Classical Tea Art Seating" and the "Zhishan Garden" imitating the gardens of the Song and Ming Dynasties were also opened in the courtyard. In order to facilitate people from other places to visit, itinerant cultural relics exhibitions were also held in many cities and counties.
The National Palace Museum in Taipei is a famous museum of history, culture and art in China. Located in Shuangxi, Shilin District, Taipei City, Taiwan. The architectural design absorbs the traditional Chinese palace architectural form. The light blue glazed tile roof is covered with beige walls, and the white stone railings surround the bluestone base. The style is clear and elegant.
The cultural relics transported to Taiwan mainly include calligraphy and painting, copperware, porcelain, jade, lacquerware, enamel, sculptures, stationery, books, documents and other handicrafts. The initial number was 230,863 pieces. After the Central Museum was merged, the number increased to 242,592 pieces. Together with more than 300,000 archives that have been sorted out and more than 10,000 donated or acquired archives, there are currently 600,000 archives.
The display and exhibition of the hospital emphasizes the principle of cooperating with tourism and serving the public. There are various showrooms for bronzes, porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting, etc. in the hospital. It has successfully held several large-scale exhibitions. In order to facilitate people from other places to visit, the institute also holds traveling cultural relics exhibitions that go to many cities and counties.
Document Publishing
The institute publishes "Collection of Five Thousand Years of Chinese Civilization", "National Treasure", "Blessing Wind and Smooth", "Glory of Cultural Relics", "Treasures of the Forbidden City", "The Four Great Masters of the Yuan Dynasty", "Research on Tang Yin", "Research on the Methods of Landscape Painting", "Tongjian Changbian of the Qing Dynasty" and other works, and also photocopied and published Wenyuange's "Sikuquanshu". The hospital also publishes regular periodicals such as "Forbidden City Cultural Relics Monthly" and "Forbidden City Academic Quarterly".