Chinanews client, Beijing, November 16th (Reporter Song Yusheng) "From September 10th to November 15th, it seems like an exhibition was used to celebrate a grand birthday in the Forbidden City."
On November 15, the exhibition "Dan Chen Eternal-Six Hundred Years of Forbidden City" came to an end.
On the last day of the exhibition, many people still queued up to watch the exhibition, and many netizens posted photos of themselves queuing up on Weibo.
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A hard-to-find exhibition
"It's been a long time since I saw so many people..."
On November 15, someone posted a photo of himself "checking in" on the last day of the "Forbidden City Exhibition" on the last day.
In the picture, people line up in long lines, waiting to enter the exhibition hall to get a glimpse of the 600-year history of the palace.
In fact, since the launch, "fullness" has become the norm.
As early as November 5, tickets for the last day of the exhibition were sold out.
Some media deliberately calculated the time, and only 6 minutes, the tickets were sold out.
The picture shows the audience visiting the exhibition.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
Entering the exhibition hall from the West Horse Road, Wumen, the 256-meter-long exhibition line, the 600 years of the Forbidden City slowly unfold.
The exhibition selects 18 important historical nodes in 600 years to show the changes and changes in the Forbidden City's time series.
The three exhibition halls of West Yanchi Tower, Wumen Main Tower, and East Yanchi Tower describe the 600-year history of the Forbidden City from its construction to the changes in the architectural pattern and style of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and to the opening to the outside world.
The picture shows the audience visiting the "Zhu Zhanji Xingle Picture Roll (Ming Xuande)".
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
There are more than 450 pieces of cultural relics and historical photos displayed in the exhibition.
Among them, there are glass components of the palace city of the Ming Dynasty, and ancient paintings reflecting the layout of some palaces in the Forbidden City; there are old photos after the opening of the Forbidden City, and there are also panoramic models of the Forbidden City palace buildings that can be scanned by QR codes...
The talisman plate and the five offerings of the Hall of Nourishing Hearts exhibited for the first time were discovered during the first major repair of the Hall of Nourishing Heart.
The long-lost Fuwang Pavilion lacquer gauze also appeared for the first time. This was actually a screen window during the Qianlong period. It was the first time it was seen with the public in more than 200 years.
The picture shows the talisman board and the five offerings of the Hall of Nourishing Heart on display for the first time.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
As an important node in this 600-year history, photos of the Forbidden City when the last emperor Puyi left the palace are also presented in the exhibition.
In the photo, the half of an apple left on the Kang table in the south window of Chuxiu Palace was leftover by Pu Yi before leaving the palace.
Data map: On November 6, tourists wore various ancient costumes to tour the Forbidden City in Beijing.
This year marks the 600th anniversary of the completion of the Forbidden City, and more and more tourists are keen to visit in ancient costumes.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Yu
95 years ago: From the Imperial Palace to the Forbidden City
In many people's impressions, the Forbidden City has become a "net celebrity" and exhibitions have become highly sought after. It should have started with the "Forbidden City Run" a few years ago.
It was September 2015. The "Shiqu Baoji" special exhibition opened, and the full-volume "Surfing the River on Qingming Festival" was exhibited.
After entering the Forbidden City, many people went straight to the Wuying Hall where the exhibition is located.
For an exhibition, the queue for the exhibition is hundreds of meters long.
The result is that more people run and run faster. For this reason, a new term-"Forbidden City Run" was born.
That year, the Forbidden City gradually became a "net celebrity": you have to queue up to see the exhibition, and you need to make an appointment to buy tickets. The scenery of the Forbidden City has become a good place to take pictures. Even the cats in the palace have a Weibo account...
The picture shows the audience visiting the "bright yellow satin embroidered rattan pattern folder shirt (Qing Guangxu)".
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
However, historically, the Palace Museum did not become popular since the day when it was online.
Dating back to 95 years ago, the Forbidden City was already a sought-after object.
In 1925, the Palace Museum was established, and the former Forbidden City became a museum.
The original tightly closed palace was crowded with ordinary people. The antiquities once owned by the emperor had a new meaning of "audience", and all the people became the new "masters" of the Forbidden City.
The picture shows the audience visiting the ridge beasts on the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City. This group of ridge beasts was the original when the Hall of Supreme Harmony was rebuilt in the thirty-fourth year of Kangxi (1695).
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
After the opening ceremony, the audience began to go in and out of the palaces of the museum to watch the palace buildings and the antiquities displayed, "only to see the prosperity of the hustle and bustle".
Statistics show that there were more than 50,000 tourists on October 10th and 11th. "Cleaning up the route the next day, picking up handkerchiefs, shoes and hats for women and children, and carrying baskets four times, is truly a grand event that has never been seen in museum circles."
Screenshot of the Palace Museum's Weibo
Judging from the description of the year, everyone's enthusiasm for the Forbidden City should be no less than today.
600 years of endless life
The 600-year-old Forbidden City has witnessed the comings and goings of the public for nearly a century, and before that, it has also witnessed the lives of 24 emperors.
The time goes back to 600 years ago, in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1420). After 14 years of construction, the Forbidden City was finally completed.
However, the Forbidden City after completion is not static.
It is in the process of endless growth, self-renewal, and self-improvement.
The picture shows tourists visiting the gold-embedded beaded stone Jinou Yonggu Cup.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
Take the Hall of Supreme Harmony as an example. The palace was originally named Fengtian Hall, but it was struck by thunder and lightning and turned to ashes 9 months after its completion.
It wasn't until the orthodox five years later that it was rebuilt.
Since then, the palace has been burnt down and rebuilt.
During the Kangxi period, in consideration of fire prevention, the chaoshou porches on both sides of the Hall of Supreme Harmony were replaced by volcanic walls.
Data map: On November 6, tourists wore various ancient costumes to tour the Forbidden City in Beijing.
This year marks the 600th anniversary of the completion of the Forbidden City, and more and more tourists are keen to visit in ancient costumes.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Yu
During these 600 years, the Forbidden City has also been branded with various eras.
You can see the roof curve that continues from the Ming Dynasty in Shenwumen, and you can also find the traces left by Emperor Qianlong in the Hall of Yangxin.
As the protagonist of the exhibition "Dan Chen is forever-the Forbidden City built six hundred years" exhibition, the Forbidden City has seen 600 years of ups and downs.
Today, although the exhibition has ended, the Palace Museum has recently launched a succession of #古宫请你云看展# videos on its official Weibo, which will be explained by the organizers of this special exhibition.
600 years later, the story of the Forbidden City continues.
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