Most of the Asian Jade artifacts of the National Palace Museum are from the Qing Court’s collection. Those exquisite jade…
Buddhism originated in India in the sixth century BCE and underwent more than 1,700 years of development on the subcontinent…
Fabric is essential for tailoring clothes. Before the Industrial Revolution, the production of textile was done in a very small…
Ceramics is a sign of civilization. From processing the clay, shaping the forms, applying the glazes to firing the products…
Jade, cool and hard to touch, yet gracefully beautiful and tenderly warm to look at, is the most constant element…
The foundation of Chinese culture was laid four thousand years ago in the remote ages of Three Dynasties (c. 2070…
Pursuing optimal equilibrium and harmony between human and nature has always been a key concept in Chinese aesthetics. When it…
Carving is one of the oldest crafts developed by mankind. Archaeological excavations and literature sources show that early primitive societies…
Collecting and preserving cultural relics is one of the main tasks for a museum institution. In addition to inheriting the…
The Bronze Age of China started in the late Xia dynasty (c. early 17th century B.C.E.), lasting about 1,500 years…