“The Long Journey: The Forbidden City and Maritime Silk Road” is open to the general public and tourists. The exhibition follows the theme of “One Belt, One Road”, without forgetting the original purpose of the Maritime Silk Road, while reflecting on history and looking to the future. Large in scale and rich in content with a wide array of exhibits, it is indeed one of a kind art event of remarkable significance through Macau’s history.
It features a total of nearly 150 exquisite cultural relics related to the Maritime Silk Road, including porcelains, timepieces, scientific instruments, enameled pieces, calligraphic works, paintings and textiles, leading the audience to reminisce on the boom in cultural exchange which occurred between the East and the West.
What’s extraordinary about this exhibition is that it prompts the public to retrace the history of Chinese and Western cultural exchanges through the maritime Silk Road, a route of civilization. The exhibits include treasures of the Qing palace from the collection of the Palace Museum and newly added cultural relics after the founding of the New China.
In addition, the exhibition shows other original paintings, as well as restorations of scenic illusion paintings (tongjing hua) at the Juanqin Studio, the luxurious building for Emperor Qianlong in his retired years, and cultural relics set in simulated settings. All in all, intertwining classical and modern, time and space, the exhibition allows visitors to understand the wisdom of the different ethnicities as they chased dreams wide and far on the maritime Silk Road, as well as the transformations in science and art brought to the world by the resulting exchanges and interactions.
*In order to allow residents to have more opportunities to appreciate treasures of the Palace Museum, the exhibitions “The Long Journey: The Forbidden City and Maritime Silk Road” and “Cultural and Creative Products from the Palace Museum and Education Area”, jointly organized by the Macao Museum of Art of the Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Palace Museum, is extended until 17 May, 2020.
When: January 11–May 17, 2020
Where: Macao Museum of Art, Avenida Xian Xing Hai, NAPE, Macau
How much: Free admission
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Piece from the Palace Museum
