Publisher: The Palace Museum | Published on 01/2005
This series of playing cards display major places of interest in the famous city of Beijing and enable you to learn about city's treasures in...

Publisher: The Palace Museum | Published on 01/2005
The history of ceramics in China, which has long reputed as the Kingdom of Porcelaim, dates back 8,000 years to the Neolithic Age. The earliest...

Publisher: The Palace Museum | Published on 01/2005
Lang shining, or Giuseppe Castiglione (1688--1766), was a missionary from Italy who served as a painter in the royal court during the reigns of...

Publisher: The Palace Museum | Published on 01/2005
As early as the late Ming Dynasty when mechanical clocks was first introduced into China Imperial Palace, emperors had showed great concerns about...

Publisher: The Palace Museum | Published on 01/2005
Dragon robes refer to long outer garments with dragon patterns that emperors, empresses, imperial concubines, royal family members, dukes and...

Publisher: The Palace Museum | Published on 01/2005
In Chinese history, some 300 emperors, from the Yellow Emperor to Puyi, rules the country, We can see 54 portraits of the well-known emperors...

Publisher: The Palace Museum | Published on 01/2005
The pictures on the Empress Dowager Cixi Playing Cards are selected from old photos and paintings fully displaying all aspects of the life of Empress...

Publisher: The Palace Museum | Published on 01/2005
The classical furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties is stunning in materials , modeling and making techniques. The furniture of the Ming Dynasty...

Publisher: The Palace Museum | Published on 01/2005
Geomantic culture, Fengshui,is part of Chinese traditional culture. It reflects ancestors' cognition to their living environment. Imperal Fengshui is...

Publisher: The Palace Museum | Published on 01/2005
This series of playing cards are based on 54 pictures displaying various aspects of the lives of imperial concubines that are treasured up in the...