The Hong Kong Palace Museum's first special exhibition "Golden Splendor - Ancient Gold Artifacts from the Hong Kong Palace Museum and Mengdiexuan Collection" opened on Wednesday (22nd) and will showcase 220 sets spanning more than 3,000 years History of ancient Chinese goldware. The earliest exhibits can be traced back to the 18th century BC. Some treasures include the gorgeous gold ornaments of ancient nobles and decorations for horses and carriages. Most of them are on public display for the first time.
The exhibition is located in Exhibition Hall 9 of the Palace Museum. Special exhibition tickets (can visit all museum exhibition halls) are priced at HK$120 for adults, and HK$60 for special tickets.
Visitors can purchase or book tickets on the West Kowloon Cultural District online ticketing platform and ticketing partner platforms.
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The exhibition is divided into three parts.
The first part displays the early gold artifacts from the northern grasslands and the Central Plains from the 18th century BC to the Han Dynasty, and explores the interaction between the grasslands and the Central Plains. The treasures on display include gold crowns used by the nobles of the Xiongnu; the second part focuses on the seventh to tenth centuries AD Gold artifacts from the Tang and Tubo dynasties during this period demonstrate the role of gold artifacts in the close exchanges between the two dynasties.
Exhibits include banner ornaments with Central Plains decorations used by Tubo nobles, and jewel-inlaid crowns worn by princesses in the Tang Dynasty that borrowed from Central and Western ornaments; the third part presents the achievements of ancient Chinese goldware in the glorious period, showing The characteristics of localization and national integration presented by gold products from Liao, Song and Ming Dynasties.
Most of the exhibits of "Golden Zhang Huacai" are the collections donated to the museum by the owners of Mengdie Pavilion Lu Yinyin and Zhu Weiji, and other exhibits are also the collections of Mengdiexuan on loan.
To coincide with the opening of the "Golden Brilliance" exhibition, the museum launched a series of educational activities, including an academic lecture hosted by the curator of the exhibition, inviting Lu Yinyin, the owner of Mengdie Pavilion, and Chu Weiji to share their experience in collecting this batch of gold wares, and describe their understanding of related cultural relics appreciation.
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