Home>News Center>China
       
 

'Forbidden garden' to be renovated
By Wang Shanshan (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-03-02 05:41

The Qianlong Garden in the northeastern section of the Forbidden City will receive a US$12 million face-lift by the Palace Museum, administrative organ of the Forbidden City, and the New York-based World Monuments Fund, according to an agreement signed in the palace yesterday by the two sides.

Experts involved will come from the Palace Museum, the Washington-based Smithsonian Institute and a few private institutes in the United States, Bonnie Burnham, president of the foundation, told China Daily.

Houghton Freeman and his wife from the US have already sent the first donations.

A European Rococo mural depicting Qing royal concubines came into view, as the red-lacquered door opened to the dilapidated Lodge of Jade Purity in the still-forbidden part of the Forbidden City.

Created with perfect perspective techniques, which originated in Europe during the Renaissance, the mural is one of the numerous treasures found in the 230-year-old, 6,400-square-metre Qianlong Garden, which will open to the public in 2016 at the end of a 10-year conservation project undertaken by Chinese and US experts.

"I was born in Beijing more than 80 years ago. After the Forbidden City opened to the public in 1925, my family and I visited it many times, but have never been to this part, so it is an honour for me to help show the garden to the public," Burnham said in the Lodge of Ancient Trees next door to the garden, where the signing ceremony was held.

The Qianlong Garden, which Emperor Qianlong (reign 1736-1795) had built for his retirement in the early years of his enthronement, cost the royals 1.4 million taels of silver by its completion in 1776, according to Li Ji, executive deputy director of the Palace Museum.

It has remained virtually untouched since that time, while other parts of the Forbidden City underwent continuous changes throughout the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

Besides the corridors, artificial hills and bridges placed artistically among the buildings, the Qianlong Garden is unique in the interior decorations of its buildings, according to Burnham of the American foundation.

The designers used the best traditional material and techniques, together with tromp l'oeil paintings and perspective techniques from the West, to create a rich and elegant imperial interior space, while exemplifying the cultural differences between the East and the West.

(China Daily 03/02/2006 page2)



Skyscraper fire in Ningbo
CPPCC members in Beijing
China to increase spending on education
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Party affairs to be more transparent

 

   
 

Debate on corporate tax law fast-tracked

 

   
 

Experts discuss energy security

 

   
 

US trade report attacks, praises China

 

   
 

Chen's separatist policies widely condemned

 

   
 

'Forbidden garden' to be renovated

 

   
  200b yuan earmarked for transport improvement
   
  Chen's separatist policies widely condemned
   
  Party affairs to be more transparent
   
  The old curiosity shop: there are many here
   
  Coach fire leaves 16 dead in S. China
   
  CPC calls for stronger performance of CPPCC
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 东京热加勒比无码少妇| 日本二区在线观看| 日韩丝袜在线观看| 思思99re热| 国产精品国产三级国产专播下| 国产又爽又黄又无遮挡的激情视频 | 亚洲av之男人的天堂网站| 丰满人妻熟妇乱又伦精品视| 99re在线视频观看| 香蕉app在线观看免费版| 福利视频第一页| 日韩欧美小视频| 天堂资源bt在线官网| 国产天堂亚洲国产碰碰| 亚洲视频一区二区三区四区| 久久精品国产一区二区三区| a级黄色毛片三| 色聚网久久综合| 欧美成人午夜视频| 忘忧草视频www| 国产激情精品一区二区三区| 免费看特级毛片| 久久天天躁狠狠躁夜夜avapp| 99久久免费精品国产72精品九九 | 国产福利拍拍拍| 热99re久久精品香蕉| 无遮掩60分钟从头啪到尾| 国产精品日本一区二区在线看| 卡一卡二卡三免费专区2| 久香草视频在线观看免费| 99精品小视频| 青草午夜精品视频在线观看| 男人扒开女人下身添免费| 日本三级在线观看免费| 国产精品久久久久免费a∨| 免费h片在线观看网址最新| 久久一本一区二区三区| www一区二区| 欧美第一页草草影院浮力| 好男人社区www在线观看| 国产乱人伦偷精品视频免下载|