{"id":14123,"date":"2025-11-24T14:10:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=14123"},"modified":"2025-11-24T14:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:10:49","slug":"taiwans-national-palace-museum-marks-100-year-history-with-stunning-displays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=14123","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan\u2019s National Palace Museum marks 100-year history with stunning displays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/11\/24\/9c5b77cb-45ea-447f-b6dd-31c414ff4c8d_6fb2609a.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On October 20, around a hundred guests journeyed through heavy and persistent rain to attend the dual celebration marking both the 100th and 60th birthdays of Taipei\u2019s National Palace Museum (NPM).<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The latter age, which marks how long the museum has been open in Taiwan, on a lush hilltop just outside the capital, is significant in Chinese culture because of the sexagenary cycle, which marks patterns of fortune in Taoist belief.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The centenary, on the other hand, is a nod to the museum\u2019s roots in the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Forbidden City<\/span> in Beijing, which in 1925 transitioned from a royal palace into a public museum \u2013 now The Palace Museum \u2013 and from where 2,972 crates of great artworks and other artefacts were shipped to Taiwan when the Kuomintang relocated there in 1949.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In contrast to the weather, the mood was genial inside one of the world\u2019s most famous museums.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Its director, Hsiao Tsung-huang, greeted each visitor personally at the door before a modest ceremony in which he announced: \u201cThe National Palace Museum is 100 years old!\u201d Give or take \u2013 October 10 was the actual day in 1925 that the Forbidden City ceased being a palace and became a museum, and was also the day of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that toppled the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Qing dynasty<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Of course, NPM and Beijing\u2019s Palace Museum are each blowing out their own candles for the joint birthday celebration, as <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">today\u2019s politics dictate<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a 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