[National Palace Museum]
The National Palace Museum has the widest collection of Chinese artefacts, namely Bronze ware, Chinese paintings and calligraphy, pottery, ancient books and records, hand crafts and ancient palace artefacts etc. The most renowned bronze ware are the cauldron of Duke Mao, San’s family plate and the Zhong-Zhou Bell; the 3 most famous paintings or calligraphy of Early Spring by Guo Xi, Travelers Amid Mountains and Streams by Fan Kuan and The Cold Food Observance by Su Shi; and the books on collection includes The Siku Quanshu of the Complete Library in the Four Branches of Literature, the Chizao Tang of the annotated catalogue of the Siku Quanshu etc. The hand crafts on collection are the world famed Jade Cabbages, the Meat Shaped Stone, and thousands more, including many Jade, Japan lacquerware, glassware, gold, silver and ancient Chinese paper, ink and pen.
If this is your first attendance, do spend enough time on the most popular collections on exhibition, if time allows, add others to the list, including: “jade pot with coral K'uei-Hsing standing on a jade dragon-fish”, “Lady of Tang Dynasty”, “The Northern Song Dynasty Ru kiln sky blue glazed hollow lotus”, “Ching dynasty blue glaze revolving vase with gold tracery”, “Zun wine vessel in the shape of animal with malachite and turqoise inlay of the mid Warring States Period”, “Bixie auspicious beast, Eastern Han dynasty” and the “Jade Duck”. The collection rotates within the museum every so often and special exhibits are on display year-round depending on the themes assigned. The museum will sure to satisfy your need to discover the mysteries of ancient Chinese culture.
*The ticket is for the admissions to the National Palace Museum, suitable for all attendees, valid for entry for the main building of the Northern Branch of National Palace Museum. The ticket will also be valid on the day of redemption for you to visit the Zhishan Garden free-of-charge.
