National Palace Museum Introduction
The National Palace Museum was established in 1965 in Shuangxi, featuring traditional Chinese palace-style architecture. The first to third floors serve as exhibition spaces, while the fourth floor houses a tea room called "Sanxi Hall." It holds the largest collection of Chinese art treasures in the world, primarily inherited from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, covering nearly five thousand years of Chinese history with around 700,000 items, earning it the reputation as the "Treasure House of Chinese Culture." Within the museum, there are two sets of "Three Treasures of the Palace": one is the academic treasure consisting of three large ink paintings from the Northern Song period, which are rarely exhibited and seldom seen in person. The civilian version of the "Three Treasures of the Palace" includes the Jadeite Cabbage, the Meat-shaped Stone, and the Mao Gong Ding, which were named after the Chinese dish "suan cai bai rou guo" due to their resemblance. There are two gardens on the left and right sides of the museum complex: on the left is the Zhishan Garden, and on the right is the Zhide Garden. Zhishan Garden is built in the style of Song dynasty architecture and is open for visits except on Mondays. The garden features two ponds, three pavilions, and many fish and small animals, making it a great place for family visits. Zhide Garden is located at the intersection of Zhishan Road and Gu Gong Road and is currently free to visit. The garden area is small, with an elegant classical archway at the entrance, and a lotus pond where numerous lotus flowers bloom in summer. If you want to avoid crowds during holidays, the museum also offers an online version where you can preview exhibitions, appreciate the beauty of various collectibles, experience magical interactive features as if entering paintings, or explore the museum with 720° VR, making you feel as if you are inside the museum, and allowing you to view or listen to introductions of exhibitions and collections anytime and anywhere, giving you the experience of being in the museum from home. In addition to its rich exhibitions, the National Palace Museum provides professional guided tours, regularly holds various cultural relic study courses, special lectures, and traveling exhibitions, and publishes over a hundred types of publications and albums, making it a true cultural treasure of the world. The National Palace Museum is a must-visit destination for travelers to Taiwan. (Some information sourced from the National Palace Museum)
