The Palace Museum

Established in 1925, the Palace Museum is located inside the Forbidden City from where Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasty emperors administered China. Situated in the heart of Beijing, the Palace     

The Lianyungang Museum

THE LianyungangMuseum, in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, used to be an undiscovered treasure trove of cultural relics. Since the discovery of a mysterious female corpse, preserved for 2,000 years in the moist sands of eastern China, this has changed.     

The National Museum of China

Ten National TreasuresTo celebrate the new millennium, the National Museum of China has selected 10 bronze vessels from its class-l artifacts collection for duplication by bronze experts. A total of 2,000 sets of the bronze vessels have been     

The Poly Art Museum

THE Poly Art Museum isnear the Dongsi ShitiaoOverpass in Beijing.Since its opening inDecember 1999, the museumhas been active in its pursuit ofprecious cultural relics lost bothdomestically and abroad, fol-lowing the principle of "pursu-ing neither quantity nor diversi-ty, but rather exquisiteness,rari-ty and preciousness."In the spring of 2000, themuseum retrieved and housedthree treasures originating fromthe Yuan Ming Yuan (the OldSummer Palace)─ the bronzeheads of an ox, a tiger and …     

Unpleasant Nights at The Museum

<正>A slew of scandals involving the Palace Museum has drawn attention to the plight of China’s public museums The curator of Beijing’s Palace Museum,Zheng Xinmiao,has been a largely low-profile figure,and his name only became known to most average Chinese citizens after the Xinhua News Agency released an interview with him in August,in which Zheng apologized for a string of mishaps in the institution that houses the largest collection of China’s national treasures.     

Zhu Yafen:The Elegance of Piano Education

正THE piano and music are what I love most,"said Professor Zhu Yafen about her lifework.Hearing Zhu speak about her creative life is like listening to an elegant and melodious piece of piano music–it evokes a sense of calm,making one feel soothed and relaxed.     

The Ancient Bell Museum in Dazhong Temple

THE Ancient Bell Museum in Dazhong Temple is in northern Haidian District, Beijing. Built in 1733 during the Ming Dynasty, the Dazhong (giant bell) Temple was originally named Juesheng Temple and was where emperors presided over rituals praying for rain. The local people preferred to call it the Dazhong Temple because it housed a giant Buddhist bell cast in the Yongle Period (around     

Zhenjiang Museum

THE Zhenjiang Museum, constructed in 1958, consists of a group of five East Indian garden style buildings. It houses more than 30,000 Chinese historical relics, from the Neolithic Age to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911),     

Tibet Museum

THE Tibet Museum,located in the southeastern corner of NorbuLingka, Lhasa, is thefod of its kind in Tibet to be pro-vided with the latest in equipmentand facilities. One of 62 aid-Tibetprojects, it was completed andopened in October 1999.The Tibet Museum has a hugecollection of art treasures. Itsexhibits include prehistoric cultural relics, Buddhist,statues Carvedin various materials and in different postures, and Tibetan sutrashand written in powdered gold,silver and coral. There are al…     

Shanghai Museum

THE Shanghai Museum,founded in 1952, and nowlocated at the ShanghaiRenmin Square, is a largemuseum exhibiting ancient Chinese arts. It houses a collectionof 120.000 cultural relics, includ-ing bronzeware, ceramics,Ming and Qing dynasty furniture, calli-graphic works. paintings, jade and ivory articles, bamboo, wood and lacquer ware, inscribed bones andtortoise shells, seals. and ethnicminority handicrafts. Amongthem, the bronzeware. ceramicsand Ming and Qing furniture are the most characte…     

Piano Recital by Stephen Kovacevich

Date:April 3,2015Place:Shanghai Oriental Art Center Price:RMB 150/220/300/380Born in Los Angeles,Stephen Kovacevich made his concert debut as a pianist at the age of eleven.He moved to the UK when he was 18 to study with Dame Myra Hess.Kovacevich’s collaboration with EMI on 32 Beethoven     

Blind Piano Tuner Li Renwei

LI Renwei is one of61 senior pianotuners in China,and yet he has never once seen apiano. Li Renweihas been blind since birth. Hisblindness has not stopped him,though, from earning his keep andoffering the best service for pianousers with his sharp ears andclever hands. "Unlike those whoknow the world with their eyes, Iknow it through listening andtouching," he says proudly. Whenasked how he got into pianowork, he'll reply with smile, "It isa long story)." Li Walked into the musicalworld af…     

The Taipei Palace Museum： A Collection of Unique Treasures

To avoid chaos caused by war, nearly 20,000 cases of cultural relics from the Forbidden City in Beijing were moved southward in the 1930s. Parts of the imperial collection were then relocated to Waishuanghsi in Taipei. Many people do not know that there are two palace museums in China： one in Beijing and another in Taipei.     

Suzhou Silk Museum

SILK production in China has a history of 6,000 years. As early as the fifth century B.C., silk was exported to Asia, Europe and Africa along the Old Silk Road, making an outstanding contribution to world civilization. Suzhou has been a silk producer for centuries, and China's first silk museum was built in this ancient city.Suzhou Silk Museum is multi-functional, and combines exhibits with demonstrations of silk weaving. Exhibits on display in its various exhibition halls reflect the or…     

Shaanxi History Museum

NORTHWEST China’s Shaanxi Province has arich historical and cultural background.Astwelve of China’s feudal dynasties chosecities in Shaanxi as their capital,many cultur—al relics reinain there,earning Shaanxi the epithet“natural museum of Chinese history.”The ShaanxiHistory Museum,in the southern suburbs of Xi’an,     

China Sports Museum

THE China Sports Museum,inside the NationalOlympic Sports Center on3A Anding Road,Andingmenwai, Beijing, isChina's first museum dedicatedto the nation's sporting history.Its exterior is in the shape of anoctagonal spiral, with whitewalls and a red roof, and itsexhibits record the developmentof sport in China through theages.     

Tianjin Folklore Museum

TIANJIN Folklore Museum is a specialized museum that follows the principle of "studying and displaying the folklore of Tianjin, and collecting and preserving historical relics of folklore that are characteristic of Tianjin."Located on the former site of the Palace of the Goddess of the Sea (Tianhou Gong) in Tianjin, one of China's three largest of this kind, (the other two being the Ma Zu Temple in Meizhou, Fujian Province and the Chaotian Temple in Beigang, Taiwan), the Tianjin Fol…