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The Palace MuseumAnnual Report 2013The Forbidden City Publishing House

定价: 86.00元

The Palace Museum

Annual Report 2013

The Palace Museum Annual Report 2013 Director: Shan Jixiang

Executive Deputy Director: Li Ji

Deputy Directors: Ji Tianbin, Wang Yamin, Chen Lihua,

Song Jirong, Feng Nai’en, Lou Wei

※Address: No. 4 Jingshan qianjie, Beijing

※Postal code: 100009

※Website: http://www.dpm.org.cn

Contents

Work in the Year 2013 8

‘Safe Palace Museum’ Project 12

Collection Management and Preservation of

Ancient Architecture 20

Exhibitions 28

Academic Research and Publications 46

Education and Publicity 58

The Digital Palace Museum 68

Cooperation and Exchanges 74

Financial Statement 84

Work in the Year 2013

10 11The Palace Museum Annual Report 2013

The year 2013 marked the approval and implementation of the ‘Safe

Palace Museum’ project. While carrying out our routine work, the

Palace Museum also applied a high level of cultural awareness to this project

and its museum construction work, ensuring the sustainable development of

cultural heritage conservation. In 2013, the Palace Museum received a total

of 14.56 million visitors, with ticket revenue reaching RMB 690 million.

The ‘Safe Palace Museum’ project was approved and implemented in

April.

The Inventory of the Palace Museum Collection, the result of the fifth in-

ventory checking of the collection, was released to the public on the official

website for the first time.

Postscript by Zhang Dashan of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) to

Ode to an Expedition by an anonymous artist of the Sui Dynasty (581-618)

entered the museum collection, bringing the scroll and the postscript to-

gether.

Work began on several projects: conserving the Wild-goose-wing-

shaped Tower (Yanchi lou) heritage building complex at the Meridian Gate

(Wu men), rebuilding the carriage warehouse at the Imperial Stables (Shangsi

yuan), and building the house for cultural heritage protection and manage-

ment at South Grand Storage.

We implemented new visitor policies which included closing the Pal-

ace Museum every Monday afternoon and prohibiting cars, smoking and

fire.

The ICOM International Training Centre for Museum Studies, the

Palace Museum Academy, and the Palace Museum Institute were established.

The Palace Museums in Beijing and Taipei reached a consensus on

deepening cooperation.

The Forbidden City Publishing House obtained approval for publish-

ing audio-visual and electronic products.

Work in the Year 2013


‘SAFE PALACE MUSEUM’ PROJECT


After Vice Premier Liu Yandong presided over the meeting to launch

the ‘Safe Palace Museum’ project at the Palace Museum’s Xiyuhe Base

on April 16, the seven parts of the project made varying degrees of progress

thanks to the leadership and coordination of the Ministry of Culture. These

parts were launched in succession and the results achieved in stages.

I. Construction of the Northern Part of the Palace Museum

Projects in the northern part of the Palace Museum aimed to solve

two problems: furniture, carpets and other large artefacts in the collection

of the Palace Museum could not be conserved appropriately, and artefact

displays suffered from limited space. We also sought to give the public a

view of traditional artefact restoration techniques. In 2013 we focused on

researching and compiling proposals for these projects. We also finished the

construction of the greenhouse at Xiyuhe Multi-purpose Base, and com-

menced the garden and landscaping project for the Palace Museum’s Court

Gardening Research Centre.

II. Redevelopment of the Underground Artefact Storerooms

The redevelopment of the underground storerooms sought to elimi-

nate potential safety hazards, increase the area used for storage, and vacate

Aerial view of the northern part of the Palace Museum Exterior of the greenhouse

and protect the Palace Museum’s heritage buildings. In 2013, we submitted

the plan for the project and conducted a review of the project proposal.

III. Redevelopment of InfrastructureWith the aim of ensuring the absolute safety of cultural heritage and

heritage buildings, we sought to redevelop the museum’s infrastructure in

order to carry out seamless monitoring, eliminate safety hazards, prevent

theft, damage and fire, and strengthen the effective preservation and man-

agement of cultural heritage and heritage buildings. In 2013, we compiled

and reviewed the project proposal for phase 1 of the maintenance and rede-

velopment of infrastructure.

IV. Monitoring of World Cultural HeritageThe Palace Museum World Cultural Heritage Monitoring Centre

conducted monitoring work as planned. Monitoring projects fell into two

categories: firstly, projects which were approved in 2013, including publish-

ing The Palace Museum World Cultural Heritage Monitoring Report (2012) and

monitoring the dynamic visitor flow, termite and lightning proofing. Sec-

ondly, projects which were approved before 2013 and conducted in 2013,

including collection of basic information on outdoor displays.

The Palace Museum World Cultural Heri-

tage Monitoring Report

Monitoring temperature and humidity in exhibition hall

‘Safe Palace Museum’ Project


3D data collection on outdoor objects

Survey of heritage buildings

V. New Palace Museum Security System Security and fire fighting systems were redeveloped, and the wire-

less intercom system put into use. Projects for redeveloping the fire fighting

system and constructing security facilities were conducted at the same time,

and 70% of these projects were completed by the year’s end. We started

technological R&D and review of the Access Control System, and made

plans to conduct localised tests. We installed security sprayers in some key

areas for testing. The redevelopment project for the security system in the

Gate of Correct Deportment (Duan men) entered the system debugging

stage.

The new central control room for security at the Gate of Correct Deportment



Testing for earthquake resistance of

structure and cultural artefacts at the

Belvedere of Raining Flowers (Yuhua ge)

Launch ceremony for the project to construct an integrated space for cultural heritage conservation

VI. Seismic Protection for the Palace Museum Collection

Phase 1 of the cultural heritage seismic protection evaluation was

completed. Staff conducted simulated tests of the anti-earthquake capability

of movable rack samples and object containers, and carried out a prelimi-

nary survey for Phase 2 of the seismic protection evaluation, testing the

museum’s capacity to handle emergencies.

VII. Rescue Conservation and Restoration of the Palace Museum Collection

The Palace Museum conducted a cultural heritage restoration project

in collaboration with Dongcheng District People’s Government. In 2013,

we restored ten wooden artefacts, restored a silk tapestry with supplemen-

tary material, and completed preliminary surveys and experiments for the

restoration of the Goryeo knife. In December we held the launch ceremony

for a project aimed at building an integrated space for cultural heritage con-

servation, including a cultural heritage restoration workshop, cultural herit-

age warehouse, laboratory, and photography workshop.



COLLECTION MANAGEMENT AND

PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE


In 2013, the Palace Museum released The Inventory of the Palace Museum

Collection to the public, with the aim of fully performing our function of

serving society, promoting culture and being receptive to public supervision.

The Palace Museum was the first large multi-purpose museum in China

to do so, marking the first step in making information about the museum

collection public. Over the same period, the museum steadily continued its

follow-up work on inventory checking of its collection and facilitated con-

servation, restoration, and acquisition.

I. Collection ManagementMuseum staff carried out the inventorying and protection of original

tieluo (affixed hangings) in the palace buildings. Following collection man-

agement requirements, we successfully transferred 461 international gifts.

With the fifth inventory checking of the artefacts as a basis, we completed

The Inventory of the Palace Museum Collection. On January 1, the first list of

660,000 artefacts across eighteen categories was released on the Palace

Museum website; in June, the list of historical books and documents was

released, including 1,265,037 items and sets of items in total, split over 19

categories. We restored 207 artefacts, the movable type edition of the Com-

mentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu shili) (14 volumes) from

the Hall of Martial Valour (Wuying dian) and the Jiaxing Edition of the Tripi-

taka (Jiaxing zang) (12 volumes).

The following items from the collection were included in the fourth

batch of the National Rare Books of China: the Jianning Prefecture edition of

Four Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu sizhuan) (38

chapters), together with ‘Outline’, ‘Abstract’, ‘Dongpo’s Commentaries on

the States’, ‘Chronicles of Twenty States in the Spring and Autumn Period’

and ‘On the Rise and Decline of States’, published in the eleventh year of

the Jiajing reign (1522-1566) during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); Po-

ems of Previous Ages Selected by the Emperor (Yu xuan lidai shi yu) (120 chap-

ters), the imperial edition from the 46th year in Kangxi reign (1662-1722);

the Nine Scholars’ Collections of and Commentaries on Du Fu’s Poems (Jiu jia ji

zhu du shi) (36 chapters), the Hall of Martial Valour edition.

In 2013, the Palace Museum received eighteen items through pur-

chase, donations or transfer from elsewhere:

Ma Shouhua’s painting hanging scroll of Bamboos in Ink donated by

Ms. Yang Luona from Hong Kong;

Pasting tieluo reproduction in the Hall of Mental Cultivation (Yangxin dian) Collection inventory released on the Palace Museum website

Certificate of inclusion in the National

Rare Books of China

Collection Management And Preservation Of Ancient Architecture


Impressions of the Palace Museum calligraphy scroll and ‘Tian’anmen’

and ‘Beijing Palace Museum’ seals donated by Mr. Li Lanqing;

Postscript by Zhang Dashan of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) to

Ode to an Expedition by an anonymous artist of the Sui Dynasty (581-618),

donated by China Guardian Auctions and Mr. Lu Mutao;

Three works: Seated Avalokitesvara, Su Wu Herding Sheep, and Kshiti-

garbha donated by the couple Chen Guiyu and Ke Hongrong;

Three works: Maitreya Sitting on a Rock, Happy Maitreya, and Dance

Extolling Peace donated by Mr. Qiu Shuangjiong;

Three works: Avalokitesvara on a Lotus Base, Seated Avalokitesvara, and

Crowned Avalokitesvara donated by Mr. Xu Xingze;

Three works: ‘Huanghaisongjing’ Inkstick, ‘Minguoqianqiu’ Inkstick,

and ‘Wubaijinyou’ Inkstick, made by Hu Kaiwen and donated by Mr. Hu

Yuhua;

Purchased Gilt Copper Statue of Buddha of Infinite Life commis-

sioned by the Sixth Panchen Lama.

Purchased Gilded Copper Statue of Buddha

of the Infinite Life commissioned by the

Sixth Panchen Lama

‘Wubaij inyou’ Inkstick

made by Hu Kaiwen and

donated by Mr. Hu Yuhua

‘Minguoqianqiu’ Inkstick



‘Huanghaisongjing’ Inkstick



II. Preservation of Ancient ArchitectureIn this year we started work on compiling the Master Conservation Plan

for the Palace Museum, carrying out an on-site survey and organising a sym-

posium on the plan framework. Following the five-year plan for the Palace

Museum (2011-2015), in 2013 we conducted survey and design work on

twenty historic buildings including the Gate of Heavenly Purity (Qianqing

men), Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohe dian), Palace of Universal Happi-

ness (Xianfu gong), Hall of Embodied Treasures (Baoyun lou), Hall of Exuber-

ance (Yinghua dian), and the area of the Belvedere of Viewing Achievements

(Fuwang ge) in the garden of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity (Ningshou

gong). We checked the lightning proofing devices, completed Phase 1 to

Phase 3 termite prevention and treatment monitoring, established a com-

prehensive pest and disease monitoring system and strengthened pest and

disease prevention and treatment.

A total of eight maintenance projects were carried out in the mu-

seum. Of these, six were to conserve heritage architecture, three were multi-

year projects, and two were completed. The project to conserve the garden

Symposium on the framework of the Master Conservation Plan for the Palace Museum



of the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility (Cining gong) began in April

2011, and was completed in September 2013. Similarly, the project to

conserve the East Prosperity Gate (Donghua men), which began in Decem-

ber 2011, was completed in December 2013. The project to conserve the

Lingzhao Belvedere at the Palace of Prolonging Happiness (Yanxi Gong),

started in August 2011, was suspended because the design plan needed to

be adjusted, while eighty percent of the project to conserve and restore the

area of the Belvedere of Viewing Achievements (Fuwang ge) in the garden of

the Palace of Tranquil Longevity (Ningshou gong) was completed by the end

of 2013. Thirty percent of the project to conserve and maintain the Wild-

Installing lightning proofing equipment on roof in the garden of the

Palace of Compassion and TranquilityTower of the East Prosperity Gate after conservation project

Construction site of Wild-goose-wing-shaped Tower at the Meridian

GateLaunch ceremony for redevelopment and conservation of the Hall of

Embodied Treasures

goose-wing-shaped Tower heritage building complex at the Meridian Gate

was completed, and it is estimated that the whole project will be finished in

2015. The same is true of the project to redevelop the Hall of Embodied

Treasures, which began in December. The project to rebuild the carriage

warehouse of the Imperial Stables started in September and completion

is also expected in 2014, while the project to build the house for cultural

heritage protection and management at South Grand Storage started in Oc-

tober and completion is expected in 2015.

With regard to the Qianlong Garden conservation project, staff com-

pleted the indoor damage survey and data input, as well as the initial design

of electrical and security systems, and restored the interior decoration. Staff

also conducted a survey of indoor hanging panels and formulated a restora-

tion plan, and some stages of the restoration of the qisha (‘lacquered gauze’)

were completed. The first group of staff began their internship at the Met-

ropolitan Museum of Art in the USA, while ceremonies marked gradua-

tion from the first session of the wood conservation training course and the

opening of the second session. Staff completed reports on interior decora-

tion and wood conservation training projects.

Museum staff completed the application to the State Administration

of Cultural Heritage’s Key Base for Scientific Research for Research and

Conservation of Ming and Qing Dynasty Official Architecture, and responded

to the organisation’s comments. Compilation work for Ancient Architecture

Conservation Projects in the Palace Museum: the Hall of Supreme Harmony and

Ancient Architecture Conservation Projects in the Palace Museum: the Gate of Di-

vine Prowess began, and the Maintenance Report on the Hall of Imperial Peace

(Qin’an dian) entered the publishing stage. Research work was carried out

for Research on Official Coloured Paintings in the Ming Dynasty: Forbidden City

Case Study.

Work started on courses aimed at inheriting construction skills for

official heritage architecture, with a winter course organised for technical

training. The course included two parts: fourteen classes on basic theory, and

practical training inside the workshop. Trainees were examined on stage one

of the course, and the second stage of practical skills training began. A train-

ing course was organised on construction skills for woodwork in the For-

bidden City’s official heritage architecture, and paving work at the Gate of

Heavenly Purity, the first practical application of these skills, was completed.

Examination for stage one of the con-

struction skills for official heritage archi-

tecture course



EXHIBITIONS


The Palace Museum held a total of ten exhibitions. Among these, ‘The

Splendour of India’s Royal Courts: Collection of the Victoria and

Albert Museum’ was a collaboration with a foreign museum. Moreover,

the Bronze Gallery and ‘Qing Imperial Birthday Celebrations (1644-1911)’

were reopened to the public after redevelopment and upgrading, and the

furnishings of the Pavilion of Literary Profundity (Wenyuan ge) in original

style was shown to the public for the first time. The Palace Museum also

held or participated in 21 exhibitions at other museums or cultural heritage

institutions in China, and continued three cross-year loan exhibitions. We

also designed the promotional catalogue Splendours from the Forbidden City:

Highlights from the Palace Museum’s Touring Exhibitions in China, including ten

exhibitions, to meet demand from domestic museums for loaned items.

Exhibition hall for ‘Qing Imperial Birthday Celebrations (1644-1911)’ Exhibits from ‘Qing Imperial Birthday Cel-

ebrations (1644-1911)’

Splendours from the Forbidden City:

Highlights from the Palace Museum’s

Touring Exhibitions in China

Poster and banners for ‘The Splendour

of India’s Royal Courts: Collection of the

Victoria and Albert Museum’

Panorama of ‘The Splendour of India’s

Royal Courts: Collection of the Victoria

and Albert Museum’

I. Thematic Exhibitions in the Palace Museum

1. The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts: Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum

Date: April 25 – July 31, 2013

Venue: Meridian Gate Gallery

Number of exhibits: 113 items (or sets)

Exhibitions


2. Calligraphy and Paintings Created by Zhang Boju and Pan Su: An Exhibition Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Mr. Zhang Boju’s Birth

Date: April 24 – July 10, 2013

Venue: Gate of Divine Prowess

Number of exhibits: 45 items

Poster for ‘Calligraphy and Paintings

Created by Zhang Boju and Pan Su: An

Exhibition Commemorating the 150th An-

niversary of Mr. Zhang Boju’s Birth’

Exhibition hall for ‘Calligraphy and Paintings Created by Zhang Boju and Pan Su: An Exhibi-

tion Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Mr. Zhang Boju’s Birth’

3. Dynastic Paintings and Calligraphy in the Palace Museum Collection

Date: May 17 – July 16, 2013 (sixth selection, second rotation)

September 4 – November 13, 2013 (seventh selection, second

rotation)

Venue: Hall of Martial Valour


4. Here Comes the Gentle Breeze: Qing Court Fans in the Palace Museum Collection

Date: August 23 – November 24, 2013

Venue: Palace of Prolonging Happiness


Poster for ‘Dynastic Paintings and

Calligraphy in the Palace Museum

Collection’

Sign for ‘Dynastic Paintings and Calligraphy in the

Palace Museum Collection’

Entrance to the exhibition hall for ‘Dy-

nastic Paintings and Calligraphy in the


Exhibition hall for ‘Here Comes the Gentle Breeze: Qing Court Fans

in the Palace Museum Collection’

Exhibits for ‘Here Comes the Gentle Breeze: Qing Court Fans in the


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5. Selection of Sun Yingzhou’s Donations: An Exhibition Held in Memory of the 120th Anniversary of Mr. Sun Yingzhou’s Birth

Date: September 13, 2013 – May 12, 2014

Venue: Palace of Great Benevolence


Exhibition hall for ‘Selection of Sun Yingzhou’s Donations: An Exhibition

Held in Memory of the 120th Anniversary of Mr. Sun Yingzhou’s Birth’Manuscript and warehouse access permit for Mr. Sun Yingzhou

Preface and poster for ‘Dazzling Brilliance: Palace Museum Exhibi-

tion of Jun Porcelain’Exhibition hall for ‘Dazzling Brilliance: Palace Museum Exhibition of

Jun Porcelain’

7. Finger Paintings by Qing Artist Gao Qipei in the Palace Museum Collection

Date: December 20, 2013 – February 2014



6. Dazzling Brilliance: Palace Museum Exhibition of Jun Porcelain

Date: October 16, 2013 – August 25, 2014



Exhibit for ‘Finger Paintings by Qing Artist Gao Qipei in the Palace

Museum Collection’

Exhibits for ‘Finger Paintings by Qing Artist Gao Qipei in the Palace

Museum Collection’

Bronze Gallery Exhibits in the Bronze Gallery

8. Bronze GalleryDate: From July 2013

Venue: Palace of Celestial Favour (Chengqian gong), Palace of Eternal

Harmony (Yonghe gong) and Studio of Equal Obedience (Tongshun zhai)


Exhibitions


II. Touring Exhibitions (with the Palace Museum as the Sole Lender or One of the Lenders) in China

1. Treasures of the Palace Museum: Empress Dowager Cixi’s Porcelain

Date: January 15 – October 13, 2013

Venue: Capital Museum


Exhibition hall for ‘Treasures of the Palace Museum: Empress Dowager Cixi’s Porcelain’

Exhibition hall for ‘Treasures of the Palace Museum: Empress Dowager Cixi’s Porcelain’

Exhibits for ‘Treasures of the Palace Museum: Empress Dowager Cixi’s Porcelain’

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5. The Splendors of Costume: Special Exhibition of Attire from Ming and Qing Dynasties

Date: May 18 – August 18, 2013

Venue: Shandong Museum


Exhibition hall for ‘The Splendours of

Costume: Special Exhibition of Attire from

Ming and Qing Dynasties’

Exhibits for ‘The Splendours of Costume:

Special Exhibition of Attire from Ming and

Qing Dynasties’

Exhibition of ‘Celebrations With Palace Opera: Empress Dowager Cixi and Opera Exhibition

at the Garden of Virtuous Harmony (the Grand Theater)’

2. Celebrations with Palace Opera: Empress Dowager Cixi and Opera Exhibition at the Garden of Virtuous Harmony (the Grand Theater)

Date: March 16 – September 16, 2013

Venue: Administrative Office of Beijing Summer Palace

Number of exhibits: 93 items (including written materials and replicas)

3. The Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection Returns Home (joint exhibition)

Date: April 10 – 16, 2013

Venue: Shaoxing Museum


4. Impressions of History: Qing Dynasty Emperors’ and Empresses’ Seals

Date: May 1 – July 1, 2013

Venue: Xiamen Museum


Exhibitions


6. Flying Dragons and Dancing Phoenixes: Selected Cultural Relics with Dragon and Phoenix Designs in the Palace Museum Collection

Date: June 8 – July 7, 2013

Venue: Chinese National Artistic Treasure Gallery, Dongcheng Dis-

trict, Beijing


7. Chengde Mountain Resort in Its Prime (joint exhibition)Date: August 1, 2013 – July 31, 2016

Venue: Museum of Chengde Mountain Resort

Number of exhibits: 1 item

8. Best Wishes: Exhibition of Ruyi Sceptres in the Palace Museum Collection

Date: August 15 – November 15, 2013

Venue: Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King


Exhibition hall for ‘Best Wishes: Exhibition of Ruyi Sceptres in the


Exhibition hall for ‘Best Wishes: Exhibition of Ruyi Sceptres in the


Exhibition hall for ‘Wall Vase Decoration Art: The Appreciation of

Chinese Ancient Wall Vase’Exhibition hall for ‘Wall Vase Decoration Art: The Appreciation of

Chinese Ancient Wall Vase’

9. Wall Vase Decoration Art: The Appreciation of Chinese Ancient Wall Vase

Date: August 20, 2013 – March 20, 2014

Venue: Ningbo Museum


10. Foshan Ceramic Treasure ExhibitionDate: August 22 – September 3, 2013

Venue: National Museum of China


11. White Mountains, Black Waters and Gyrfalcon: Special Exhibition of the 860th Anniversary of Beijing Being the Capital of China

Date: September 17, 2013 – March 16, 2014

Venue: Capital Museum


Exhibitions


12. Dazzling Filigrees and Brilliant Colours: Special Exhibition of Selected Enamels in the Palace Museum Collection

Date: September 20, 2013 – September 20, 2014

Venue: Museum of the Imperial Palace of ‘Manchukuo’


13. Chinese Ding Culture (Joint exhibition)Date: September 25, 2013 – January 5, 2014

Venue: Henan Museum


14. Inheriting the Essence: Exhibition Commemorating the 180th Anniversary of Qian Hui’an’s Birth (joint exhibition)

Date: October 9 – October 30, 2013

Venue: Yu Garden, Shanghai


15. The China Guardian Age: Major Retrospective Exhibition of China Art Auctions Guardian Auctions in the Past 20 Years (joint exhibition)

Date: November 10 – November 30, 2013

Venue: National Museum of China


16. Wu School Painting Series: The Art of Wen ZhengmingDate: November 12, 2013 – February 16, 2014

Venue: Suzhou Museum


17. Shining Brilliance: Special Exhibition of Gold and Silver Articles from the Qing Court in the Palace Museum Collection

Date: November 14, 2013 – February 16, 2014

Venue: Anhui Museum


18. Exhibition of “Fu-Good fortune” Cultural Treasures Collected in the Palace Museum

Date: December 5, 2013 – March 9, 2014

Venue: Ningbo Museum


Exhibition hall for ‘Dazzling Filigrees and Brilliant Colours: Special Exhibition of Selected

Enamels in the Palace Museum Collection’

Exhibition hall for ‘Exhibition of “Fu-Good

fortune” Cultural Treasures Collected in

the Palace Museum’

Exhibitions


19. The Art of Classical Chinese Chairs (joint exhibition)Date: December 12, 2013 – January 5, 2014

Venue: China Millennium Monument - Beijing World Art Museum

Number of exhibits: 1 item

20. Immersive Wonderland: Imperial Court Opera Relics of the Qing Dynasty in the Palace Museum


Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts


Poster for ‘Immersive Wonderland: Imperial Court Opera Relics of the Qing Dynasty in the

Palace Museum’

Exhibition hall for ‘Immersive Wonder-

land: Imperial Court Opera Relics of the

Qing Dynasty in the Palace Museum’

Theatrical costume trunk with the Chi-

nese character shou (longevity) and cloud

patterns on a red lacquered ground, ex-

hibit for ‘Immersive Wonderland: Imperial

Court Opera Relics of the Qing Dynasty in

the Palace Museum’

21. Meeting the Ethereal: Exhibition of Chinese Agalwood Culture (joint exhibition)

Date: December 25, 2013 – July 5, 2014

Venue: Shandong Museum


Exhibition hall for ‘Meeting the Ethereal: Exhibition of Chinese Agalwood Culture’

Exhibitions


ACADEMIC RESEARCH

AND PUBLICATIONS


The Palace Museum has aimed to build the ‘Academic Palace Museum’

to continuously extend our international academic influence. In 2013

the Palace Museum Academy and the Palace Museum Institute were set

up and began their research and training activities. The postdoctoral pro-

gramme station was established, and the first postdoctoral fellow admitted

to the station. The Forbidden City Publishing House acquired approval for

publishing audio-visual and electronic products, book publication projects

received national assistance, and published books won a series of awards in

the publishing field.

I. Academic ResearchResearch activities were conducted under the guidance of the Scientific

Research and Publishing Plan for the Palace Museum (2011-2015). With Gugong

Studies as a starting point, the Palace Museum Academy was established,

and the Palace Museum Institute was set up and organised the first session

of the ‘Elementary Training in the Manchu Language’ course. The ICOM

International Training Centre for Museum Studies was established and also

carried out its first training course. The postdoctoral programme station was

set up and the first postdoctoral fellow was admitted to the station, while

Beijing Foreign Studies University established the Research Centre for Gu-

gong Studies and Western Studies.

In 2013, twenty-six museum-level research projects were approved

and established, and four museum-level research projects were completed.

The ‘History of the Palace Museum during the Republic of China’ proj-

ect was included in the 2013 Beijing Municipality Philosophy and Social

Science Research Programme. Six projects, including ‘Historic Wooden

Furniture Restoration Techniques’, ‘Artefact-container-making Techniques’

and ‘Lacquerware Restoration and Reproduction Techniques’ were rec-

ommended for inclusion in the fourth group of model national intangible

cultural heritage programmes. The Palace Museum and other organisations

jointly conducted surveys on Tibetan Buddhism in Ngawa Tibetan and

Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, studying its grottoes,

temples, and scripture halls, and achieved fruitful results. The museum or-

ganised over forty symposia and academic lectures.

The Palace Museum postdoctoral pro-

gramme station was approved and estab-

lished.

Palace Museum research projects approved and established in 2013

No. Research projects Implemented by Headed by

1 Research on the ‘Four Wangs’ in the Early Qing Dynasty Panel Tian Yimin

2 Further Studies on ‘Along the River during the Qingming Festival’ Panel Yu Hui

3 Imitations of Calligraphy and Paintings in the Palace Museum Col-lection Panel Zhang Zhen

4 The Palace of Longevity and Health (Shoukang gong) – Focusing on the Empress Xiaoshengxian Period Panel Lin Shu

5 Coin Casting in Three Vassal States of the Qing Dynasty Panel Liu Shunqiang

6The Relationship between Tibetan Buddhism in Eastern Qinghai and Court Beliefs in the Ming and Qing Dynasties: Case Study of Qutan Temple

Panel Chen Qiusu andSu Bai

7 History of Court Craftsmanship in the Ming Dynasty Panel Xu Xiaodong

8 Research on the Relationships between Zisha Ware, Literati Painters and the Imperial Family Panel Yu Fuchun

9 Research on Cultural Consumption in the Middle and Late Ming Court Individual Zhan Xuelei

10 Survey and Analysis of Religious Halls in the Forbidden City Panel Ma Yunhua

11 Kingfisher Feather Decoration Jewels in the Qing Court Panel Ruan Weiping

12 Changes in Qing Official Titles in the Manchu and Chinese Languag-es (Phase 1) Panel Yuan Li

13 Imperial Temple Systems in the Qing Dynasty Individual Zhang Xiaoli

14 The Annals and Chronicle Studies of the Qing Dynasty Panel Diao Meilin

15 Poems Composed by the Qianlong Emperor During His Western Inspection Tours Individual Xiang Si

16 The Interior Decoration of Imperial Structures During the Tongzhi and Guangxu Reigns, Qing Dynasty Individual Zhang Shuxian

Richard Vinograd, Christen Fund Profes-

sor at Stanford University’s Department

of Art & Art History, gave a lecture en-

titled ‘The Compatibility of Eastern and

Western Paintings in the Sixteenth and

Seventeenth Centuries’

Academic Research And Publications


17 Testing the Adhesive Intensity of Paraloid B-72 as a Pottery Adhesive Material and Investigation into Adhering Methods Panel Dou Yicun

18 Application of Traditional Adhesive Materials to Restoration of Organic Gems and Other Artefacts: Ivory Case Study Panel Luo Han

19 Methods to Eradicate and Prevent Mildew on Artefacts with King-fisher Feather Decorations Panel Wang Chunlei

20 The Cracked Glaze Technique in Song Dynasty Celadon Panel Jia Cui

21 History of the Palace Museum Library Panel Liu Jialiang

22 Legal Problems Regarding Cross-straits Artefact Exhibition and Exchanges Panel Luan Wenjing

23 Research and Report on Management Methods for In-house Legal Services and External Lawyers

Panel Zhang Yimeng

24 Yu Jian’s Memoir (provisional) Panel Ren Fang

25 The Writing of Mr. Zheng Minzhong’s Biography Individual Zhu Yong

26 Research on Xu Bangda Individual Wang Zhi

Palace Museum academic symposia in 2013

Date Title

April 25-26 Academic Symposium Comparing the Court History of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

May 11-12 Academic Symposium on Qing Court Operas

July 13-14 International Academic Symposium on Court Books and Records and East Asian Cultural Communication

July 20-21 Academic Symposium on Gugong Studies and Ming and Qing Politics and Culture

September 12 Symposium Commemorating the 120th Anniversary of Mr. Sun Yingzhou’s Birth

September 13-16 The Fifteenth China Academic Symposium on Qing History

September 25-28 International Academic Symposium on ‘Imperial and Royal Palaces: A Comparative Study of the Symbols of Monarchs’ Power in the East and West’

October 15-16 Palace Museum Academic Symposium on the Jun Porcelain

October 19-20 Academic Symposium on Ten Years of Gugong Studies

November 9-10 The Fourth Academic Symposium of the Palace Museums in Beijing and Taipei

December 9-10 Second International ‘Jao Tsung-I and Traditional Chinese Studies’ Academic Symposium and Celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Establishment of Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole at The University of Hong Kong

The Palace Museum Lecture Series

Lecturer Date Title

Du Naisong January 26 National Treasure Bronzes and Interpreting their Inscriptions

Ren Wanping February 23 Qing Emperors during the Spring Festival

Wang Zilin March 23 Architectural Philosophy of the Forbidden City

Wang Su April 20 Origins of Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection, Debates over Its Authenticity, and Related Calligraphic Works

Li Wenru May 18 The Museum Craze and Related Hot Topics

Yang Jing June 1 Appreciating Ancient Jade: Jade in the Palace Museum Collection

Yu Fuchun August 10 Astounding the Ancients and the Moderns: Appreciating Zisha Ware from Yixing and the Imperial Collection

Jin Yunchang August 24 On Calligraphy and Paintings in the Forbidden City: Paintings of Human Figures and Landscapes

Chen Lihua November 10 A Day in the Life of an Emperor

Song Jirong December 22 The Palace Museum Artefact Hospital



‘Eternal Forbidden City’ lectures held by the Palace Museum in universities in and outside Beijing

Lecturer Date Venue Title

Yang Jing May 28 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunica-tions Understanding Ancient Jade

Shan Jixiang June 5 Zhejiang University Preserving the Magnificent Forbidden City for Another Six Centuries

‘Forbidden City Lecture’ series

Lecturer Date Title

Shan Jixiang July 5 Preserving the Magnificent Forbidden City For Another Six Centuries

Wang Guangyao August 17 The Origins of Court Porcelain

Guo Fuxiang September 14 Collecting and Appreciating Qing Palace Clocks

Zheng Xinmiao October 25 Foreign Artefacts in the Palace Museum Collection and Sino-Foreign Cultural Communi-cation

on behalf of China. The Palace Museum Painting Catalogues were warmly re-

ceived, and the Ming Dynasty Ceramics in the British Museum Collection proj-

ect won a grant from the National Publication Foundation. 2013 also saw

Rare Imperial Books in the Palace Museum Collection (Issue 1) and Archives of

the Imperial Printing Office in the Hall of Martial Valour win funding for ancient

book collation and publication projects from the National Office of Ancient

Books.

II. Academic PublicationsThe Forbidden City Publishing House has made further progress in

editing and publishing the Palace Museum Journal, the Journal of Gugong Stud-

ies, The Forbidden City, and the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Mu-

seum. In 2013, it published a total of 202 books, of which 151 were new

and 51 re-printed. The Classics of the Forbidden City: Jewellery of the Empress

and Imperial Concubines in the Collection of the Palace Museum was included in

the fourth ‘Three Hundred Original Books’ publishing project organised

by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.

Records of the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection Exhibition was named as

one of the ‘top ten books on cultural heritage’, while Patterns on Porcelain

won the Influential Chinese Book 2013 prize. Avic Club was named as one

of the most beautiful books in 2013’s ‘The Beauty of Books in China’, and

entered for the ‘Best Book Designs from All Over the World’ competition

Palace Museum Journal, No. 1, 2013

Journal of Gugong Studies, Vol. 9

The Forbidden City, 2013

Rare Imperial Books in the Palace Museum Collection (Issue 1)



Major books published by the Forbidden City Publishing House in 2013

No. Title Author

1 Unearthed Documents and Han and Tang Dynasty History Written by Wang Su

2 Specimens from Ancient Chinese Kiln Sites in the Palace Museum Col-lection: Beijing, Shandong, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Liaoning Editor-in-chief: Feng Xiaoqi

3 ‘The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts: Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum’: Catalogue of Treasures Compiled by the Palace Museum

4 Records of the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection Exhibition Editor-in-chief: Li Ji

5 Treasures of the Palace Museum: The Favourite Cultural Relics of the Forbidden City Editor-in-chief: Shan Jixiang

6 Papers from the Chinese Society of the Forbidden City (Issue 7) Compiled by the Chinese Society of the Forbidden City

7 Collected Rules and Regulations of the Palace Museum Compiled by the Palace Museum

8 Selection of Jun Ware: the Palace Museum Collection and Archaeologi-cal Excavation Compiled by the Palace Museum

9 Essence of Antiques: Selection of Sun Yingzhou’s Donations Compiled by the Palace Museum

10 Archives of Qing Palace Furnishings in the Palace Museum Collection Editor-in-chief: Zhu Saihong

11 The Palace Museum Annual Report 2011 Editor-in-chief: Feng Nai’en

12 Journal of Gugong Studies, Vol. 9 Editor-in-chief: Chen Lihua

13 Complete Works of Ancient Chinese Jade in Folk Collections: Warring States Period, Vol. 1 Editor-in-chief: Zhou Nanquan

14 Stories of ‘Along the River during the Qingming Festival’ Written by Yang Xin, et. al.

15 Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Calligraphy (5), Yuan Dynasty Editor-in-chief: Jin Yunchang

16 Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Painting (1), Jin, Sui, Tang and the Five Dynasties Editor-in-chief: Yuan Jie

Classics of the Forbidden City: Jewellery of the

Empress and Imperial Concubines in the Col-

lection of the Palace Museum was included

in the fourth ‘Three Hundred Original Books’

publishing project

Records of the Preface to the Orchid Pa-

vilion Collection Exhibition was named

one of the Top Ten Books on Cultural

Heritage

Patterns on Porcelain, which won the

‘Influential Chinese Book 2013’ prize

Palace Museum Painting Catalogue The Palace Museum Cal-

endar 2014

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17 Ming and Qing Furniture Appreciation Written by Pu Anguo

18 Classics of the Forbidden City: Yixing Zisha Editor-in-chief: Wang Jianhua

19 Safe Palace Museum · Idea-Action Series: Renchen Collection Written by Shan Jixiang

20 Collection of Historical Materials on the Imperial Workshops of the Hall of Mental Cultivation (Issue 2), Qianlong Reign

Selected and compiled by Zhang Rong

21 Statues in the Sanctuary of Buddhist Essence Editor-in-chief: Wang Jiapeng

22 The Qing Dynasty Succession System Written by Zhu Chengru and Zhang Yufen

23 Traces of the Brush: Studies in Chinese Calligraphy Written by Shen C.Y. Fu, translated by Ge Hongzhen

24 The Research on Celadon of Yue Kiln and White-Glazed Porcelain of Xing Kiln

Compiled by Ancient Chinese Ceramics Research Society

25 On the Forbidden City Written by Zhu Jiajin

26 Records of the Forbidden City Written by Zheng Xinmiao

27 Series of Precious Editions Printed by the Hall of Martial Valour by Imperial Order (thread-bound reproduction) Compiled by the Palace Museum

28 A Tribute to Hengshan: Wu School Painting Series: the Art of Wen Zhengming Compiled by Suzhou Museum

29 Classics of the Forbidden City: Tibetan Buddhist Sculptures Editor-in-chief: Luo Wenhua

30 The Calligraphy and Painting Gallery of the Palace Museum, Part I Editor-in-chief: Li Shi

31 Classics of the Forbidden City: Architecture of the Forbidden City Editor-in-chief: Yu Zhuoyun

32 Ceramics Gallery of the Palace Museum Editors-in-chief: Lü Chenglong and Yang Jingrong

33 Classics of the Forbidden City: Bronzes of the Forbidden City Editor-in-chief: Ding Meng

34 Imperial Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Compiled by Hu Desheng

35 Classics of the Forbidden City: Life in the Forbidden City of the Qing Dynasty

Editors-in-chief: Wan Yi, Wang Shuqing and Lu Yanzhen

36 The Palace Museum Editor-in-chief: Li Wenru

37 Two Decades of Ming Furniture Written by Grace Wu Bruce

38 Colours of Porcelain Written by Ma Weidu

39 The Palace Museum Painting Catalogue: Landscape, Water Editor-in-chief: Xue Yongnian

40 Interpreting 800 Couplets and Plaques in the Forbidden City Compiled by Li Wenjun



Education and PUBLICITY


We continued to hold the Palace Museum Classes, the Palace Mu-

seum Lectures, special themed activities for International Museum

Day and Chinese Cultural Heritage Day, and interactive educational ac-

tivities under the Palace Museum brand. In addition, we developed bilin-

gual broadcast software and supporting equipment, completed projects to

comprehensively improve the Palace Museum tourist area, and organised

traditional cultural and educational activities for teachers and Chinese and

international youngsters in cooperation with the Chinese Society of Educa-

tion. In November, we applied to Beijing Government for approval to run

the Palace Museum Calligraphy and Painting Training School.

Staff and children attending the Eighth Programme of Palace Mu-

seum Classes

Children attending the Eighth Programme of Palace Museum Class-

es present their work

Children attending the Eighth Programme of Palace Museum Classes Summer holiday Palace Museum Class ‘Stories of Jewels’

Duanmen Tourist Service Centre

I. Education, Publicity and Voluntary ServicesThe Palace Museum held events to celebrate International Museum

Day on May 18 and Chinese Cultural Heritage Day on June 9, and con-

tinued to host the Palace Museum Classes programme. During the Chinese

Cultural Heritage Day event, volunteers promoted the ‘Non-smoking Pal-

ace Museum’ and ‘Safe Palace Museum’ at the Taihemen Tourist Service

Centre, and the Palace Museum dismantled some steel sheds in the presence

of tourists and media.

Director Shan Jixiang distributing bands to promote non-smoking on May 18, International Museum Day

Education And Publicity


In 2013, volunteers provided free interpretation to over 20,000 peo-

ple and took part in 29 sessions to promote Palace Museum Culture. The

volunteer team of the Palace Museum in Beijing also exchanged ideas with

a delegation of volunteers from the Palace Museum in Taipei. Beginning

in May the Palace Museum hosted the Forbidden City Lectures on various

subjects, using our cultural, scientific, educational and volunteer resources.

A new volunteer taking a test

Symposium for cross-straits volunteers in November 2013‘Palace Museum Culture’ volunteer team in Jiaodaokou Community

‘Palace Museum Hour’ activity on May 18, International Museum

Day

Volunteers distributing bands to promote non-smoking on May 18,

International Museum Day

Dismantling a steel shed on Chinese Cultural Heritage Day

‘Discussing Palace Museum Culture, Enjoying the Elegance of the

Qin’ activity on Chinese Cultural Heritage Day

Education And Publicity62


Major publicity and educational activities held by the Palace Museum in 2013

Date Theme VenueNumber of Participants

Type

January 30-February 2

Eighth Programme of Palace Museum Classes (theme: ‘The Emperor’s New Year’) The Palace Museum Over 600 Tours, films, inter-

active activities

February 1 Themed educational activity: ‘Rainbow Clothes: Hand-painted Dragon Robes’ The Palace Museum 10 Interactive activi-

ties

February 6 ‘Make a Brilliant Lantern Festival’ activity The Palace Museum 10 Interactive activi-ties

March 28 ‘The Forbidden City, My Home’ educational programme for children The Palace Museum 40 Talks, tours

March 31 DIY Court Beads The Palace Museum 24 Interactive activi-ties

April 15 Step Into the Forbidden City The Palace Museum 200 Tours, talks

May 18 ‘Museum (Memory + Creativity) = Social Reform’ themed promotional activity The Palace Museum Special themed

activities

June 9 ‘Cultural Heritage and Comprehensive Moder-ate Prosperity’ themed promotional activity The Palace Museum 40 Special themed

activities

July 16 ‘The Forbidden City, My Home’: the Imperial Axis The Palace Museum 45 Tours, talks

July 18 Experience of Making Rubbings The Palace Museum 10 Art and craft

July 26 – August 17 Palace Museum Class: Stories of Jewels The Palace Museum 319 families Lectures, arts and

crafts

July 30 Tracing the Origin of Porcelain Shards The Palace Museum 38 Lectures, interac-tive activities

October 27 ‘The Forbidden City, My Home’: fieldwork The Palace Museum 200 students and families

Talks, observation, experiencing

November 27 – November 30

‘Kids, Realize Your Forbidden City Dream’ activity

Mountainous area in Guizhou Over 120 Films, lectures,

arts and crafts

‘Kids, Realize Your Forbidden City Dream’ activity Donation ceremony for ‘Kids, Realize Your Forbidden City Dream’

‘Make a Brilliant Lantern Festival’ activity Making rubbings

Qing court style fan painted by children Beijing Huiwen Middle School: a class in Ceramics Gallery of the

Palace Museum

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Signing ceremony between the Palace Museum and the Chinese Society of Education

II. Education and Training

1. Compiling calligraphy textbook for primary and middle schools

The Palace Museum Calligraphy and Painting Educational Centre

and the Calligraphy Committee of Henan Education Society jointly com-

piled Calligraphy Practice and Guidance, an experimental textbook meeting

the standards for the nine years of compulsory education.

2. Applying for approval for the Palace Museum Calligraphy and Painting Training School

In November, we submitted our application to Beijing government

departments for approval to establish the Palace Museum Calligraphy and

Painting Training School, with the aim of better performing the educational

functions of the Palace Museum, grading calligraphy and painting levels and

organising training.

3. Implementing the ‘Three Rarities Lecture’ plan for training calligraphy teachers for primary and middle schools

This training was chiefly divided into two parts: firstly, lectures on cal-

ligraphy and traditional culture; secondly, practical calligraphy activities. The

first session ended in July, and the second one started in October.

4. Strengthening strategic cooperation with schools and other organisations

We held a ceremony to mark the signing of a strategic cooperation

agreement with the Chinese Society of Education, with both sides agreeing

to conduct various traditional cultural and educational activities for teachers

and Chinese and international youngsters so as to widely promote tradi-

tional Chinese culture.

Education And Publicity


THE DIGITAL PALACE MUSEUM


The building of the digital Palace Museum progressed steadily, and was

innovatively coordinated with the ‘Safe Palace Museum’ project with

the aim of providing visitors with more convenient services and a smoother

experience. We also made progress in organising the results of previous

work, improved the planning text for the digitisation of the Palace Museum,

and made a plan for the future development of the digital Palace Museum.

I. Platform for Promoting CultureWe did the following work in 2013: we completed our preliminary

plan, and designed a cartoon image for the Palace Museum website for

youngsters; worked out the initial plan for the English website; built the

‘Micro Palace Museum’ platform; launched the museum’s official public

WeChat account on December 28; officially released the Forbidden City

Cultural Heritage Conservation Foundation website on April 1; completed

Poster of the cartoon image for the Palace Museum website for youngsters

Launching the museum’s public WeChat account Palace Museum Apps

the display of four heritage building locations (including the Sanctuary of

Buddhist Essence) and three exhibition halls (including the Ceramics Gal-

lery) through 360° panoramic displays and interactive images or videos;

we completed the concept presentation and prepared for meeting the de-

sign requirements for the Gate of Correct Deportment’s digital exhibition

hall; determined themes for two digital exhibitions: ‘The Forbidden City

is a Museum’ and ‘The Gathering of the Three Rarities’; we developed

a mobile device-based App named ‘Digital Guide to the Hall of Literary

Brilliance’; we made the hi-definition video for the ‘Qing Imperial Birth-

day Celebrations (1644-1911)’ exhibition and played it in the exhibition

hall; and we completed the development of the Palace Museum Electronic

Guide System version 3.0.

We developed four Apps: ‘A Day in the Life of an Emperor’, ‘Qing

Emperors’ Costumes’, ‘Auspicious Patterns in the Forbidden City’, and ‘The

Night Banquet of Han Xizai’, all scheduled for launch in the first half of

2014. The iPad App ‘Beauties Painted on Yinzhen’s Screens’ was honoured

by App Store as an outstanding Chinese App of 2013 and was a runner-up

App in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, and an outstanding educational

App in Indonesia and Thailand.

The Digital Palace Museum


Lingzhao Belvedere restored through VR

Collecting materials for creating VR pro-

gramme The Corner Watchtower 3D model of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity garden

II. Technology ResearchThe year 2013 marked the tenth anniversary of the establishment of

the Institute for Digitisation of the Palace Museum Heritage. It officially

completed the fifth VR programme Lingzhao Belvedere, and started the sixth

VR programme The Corner Watchtower. The VR Studio received 6,323 visi-

tors in 266 groups in 2013.

The digital miniature of 2013 was completed, and the inventory and

digitisation of glass plates was started. We carried out research on converting

VR works to Apps. With regard to the five-year project of digitally record-

ing the garden of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, Phase 4 was completed

in 2013. The collection of photographs of historical buildings in the second

courtyard was completed, with a total of 2,800 photographs taken.

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COOPERATION

AND EXCHANGES


The Palace Museum organised the second ‘Night at the Palace Museum

for Diplomats’. In 2013, we received three visits from heads of state

and prime ministers as well as five groups of 143 foreign dignitaries from all

over the world. At the invitation of the Palace Museum in Beijing, a delega-

tion from the Palace Museum in Taipei visited us, and we held a symposium

to exchanges ideas on our work in 2013. This continued the strong trend

towards in-depth communication between the two sides from 2009, and

pointed out the direction for strengthening communication and coopera-

tion over the next few years.

I. Cooperation and Exchanges with Other Countries and Regions

1. Agreements on cooperation and exchanges with other museums

The Palace Museum signed a letter of intent with the Civic and Mu-

nicipal Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R., with both sides agreeing to

strengthen cooperation in cultural heritage exhibition, conservation and

training. The signing of the document means that the Palace Museum, the

Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R., and the Macao

Museum of Art will intensify their efforts to cooperate more broadly, ex-

panding on the more limited previous exhibitions and academic communi-

cation.

François Hollande, President of France, visits the Palace Museum

on April 26, 2013Premier Li Keqiang accompanies Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister

of India, on a visit to the Palace Museum on October 23, 2013

Directors of the Palace Museums in Beijing and Taipei answer

questions from the mediaLi Ji, Executive Deputy Director of the Palace Museum, meets a pro-

fessor from the UK’s Durham University at the Studio of Cleansing

Fragrance Director Shan Jixiang and the Municipal Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. signing strategic letter of intent

Cooperation And Exchanges


2. Communication and Training Links with Overseas Organisations

During 2013, nine groups of experts and scholars from the Pal-

ace Museum participated in international-level academic exchanges and

meetings, with support from various public funds. For example, Yan Yong,

Deputy Director of the Court Department, went to the Republic of Korea

to attend the International Conference on the History of Embroidery Art

in East Asia at the invitation of the National Palace Museum of Korea. Hou

Jiayu from the Conservation Department went to study in the Department

of Nuclear Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain,

where she took part in academic exchanges and completed experiments.

3. ‘Night at the Palace Museum for Diplomats’On September 18, representatives and officials from the United Na-

tions in China were invited to visit the Palace Museum. With the title ‘the

Forbidden City and the Palace Museum’, Director Shan Jixiang’s talk intro-

duced the work of the Palace Museum in detail to these guests.

4. ICOM International Training Centre for Museum StudiesThe museum hosted a ceremony to celebrate the establishment of

the ICOM International Training Centre for Museum Studies, as well as its

first symposium. Staff attended the 23rd ICOM Meeting in Rio de Janeiro,

and reported on the progress and achievements of the Training Centre. The

ICOM International Training Centre for Museum Studies organised its first

training seminar. Adopting the theme ‘the best museum management prac-

tice for a pluralistic and ever-changing world’, we invited many experts in

the museum field to give lectures, some from China and others from Ger-

many, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, and South Africa. The

course integrated lectures, discussions, visits, surveys and fieldwork. A total

of 33 trainees attended the seminar, including 17 from the international

community.

Establishment of the ICOM International

Training Centre for Museum Studies

The first ICOM-ITC training seminar The first ICOM-ITC training course


Yan Yong attending the International Conference on the History of Embroidery Art in East Asia in the Republic of Korea


II. Exhibitions Abroad / Outside the Chinese Mainland

1. The Splendours of Royal Costume: Qing Court AttireDate: July 31 – October 7, 2013

Venue: Hong Kong Museum of History


Installing ‘The All Complete Qianlong:

the Aesthetic Tastes of the Qing Emperor

Gaozong’ exhibition

Assistant Director Lou Wei attends press conference for ‘Splen-

dorous Landscapes - Paintings by Wang Jian, Wang Hui and the

Yushan School from the Palace Museum and Shanghai Museum’

Assistant Director Lou Wei visits ‘Splendorous Landscapes - Paint-

ings by Wang Jian, Wang Hui and the Yushan School from the Pal-

ace Museum and Shanghai Museum’

Preparing for ‘The Splendours of Royal Costume: Qing Court Attire’

Historical costumes at ‘The Splendours of Royal Costume: Qing Court Attire’

2. The All Complete Qianlong: the Aesthetic Tastes of the Qing Emperor Gaozong (joint exhibition)

Date: October 7, 2013 – January 7, 2014

Venue: Palace Museum in Taipei

Number of exhibits: 42 sets (45 items)

3. Splendorous Landscapes - Paintings by Wang Jian, Wang Hui and the Yushan School from the Palace Museum and Shanghai Museum

Date: September 5 – November 17, 2013

Venue: Macao Museum of Art




4. Taste and Essence: Historical Tea Pieces from the Collection of the Palace Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum


Venue: Macao Museum of Art


Installing ‘Masterpieces of Chinese Paint-

ing 700 – 1900’ exhibition

Artefact from the Palace Museum dis-

played at ‘Masterpieces of Chinese Paint-

ing 700 – 1900’Exhibition hall for ‘The Treasures of China’ Exhibition hall for ‘The Treasures of China’

Exhibition hall for ‘Taste and Essence’ Exhibition hall for ‘Taste and Essence’

5. The Treasures of China (joint exhibition)Date: November 20, 2012 – February 20, 2013

April 29 – August 12, 2013

Venue: Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

National History Museum of Romania


6. Masterpieces of Chinese Painting 700 – 1900 (joint exhibition)

Date: October 26, 2013 – January 19, 2014

Venue: Victoria and Albert Museum




Financial Statement


1. RevenueUnit: 10,000 Yuan (RMB)

Item Actual Amount Notes

Financial subsidy 55520.00

Institutional income 5443.28

Operational income 1287.86

Other income 1976.06

Total 64227.20

2. ExpenditureUnit: 10,000 Yuan (RMB)

Item Actual Amount Notes

Institutional expenses 60379.02

Basic expenses 27139.44

Project expenses 33239.58

Costs of protection and maintenance of heritage buildings 12151.19

Costs of protection of artefacts in the Palace Museum collection 2358.34

Construction of the Digital Palace Museum 1566.99

Acquisition of artefacts 238.19

Maintenance of public areas 4853.00

Exhibitions, publicity and education 1771.53

‘Safe Palace Museum’ project 10300.34

Operational expenses 297.62

Total 60676.64

Team for Compilation※Chief: Zhu Hongwen

※Assistant Chief: Duan Ying

※Editor: Ma Xiangyu

The Editing Committee of The Palace Museum※Director: Shan Jixiang

※Deputy Director: Li Ji

※members: Ji Tianbin, Wang Yamin, Chen Lihua,

Song Jirong, Feng Nai’en, Lou wei

2013 年故宫博物院年鉴（英文）

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