A trip to the Forbidden City without visiting the Jade Cabbage｜National Palace Museum

#RegisterJuneHotelTestSleeper2025 🏛️ Attraction: National Palace Museum, Taipei 📍 Address: No. 221, Section 2, Zhishan Road, Shilin District, Taipei City ⏰ Business hours: 09:00 – 17:00 (Closed on Mondays) 💡 Suggestions: 👉 There are a lot of people, so allow at least 2.5-3 hours to visit the main exhibition hall 👉 You can make an appointment for a guided tour on the official website in advance, or download the audio guide app 👉 When taking a taxi, it is recommended to get off at Linxili directly to the museum. If you take Zhishan Road, you may get off at Tianxiaweigong Archway on Zhishan Road 👉 To avoid wasting time, check the current exhibition theme and exhibition hall on the official website before departure, and then go directly to the exhibition hall you want to visit to queue up for viewing 🏛️ Not just cabbage and pork! In-depth tour of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, enter the study and life of the elegant officials in the Qing Dynasty The National Palace Museum in Taipei, with nearly 700,000 Chinese cultural and artistic treasures, is known as the "Louvre of the East" and is the best entrance to understand the evolution of Chinese culture and aesthetics. From the exquisiteness of Song Dynasty porcelain, the charm of Ming and Qing Dynasty calligraphy and painting, to the fun and exquisiteness of the museum's collection of cultural relics, this is a cultural space for dialogue between history and the present. When it comes to the National Palace Museum in Taipei, the first thing that comes to mind is the famous "Jade Cabbage" and "Meat-shaped Stone" in the 302 Exhibition Hall (Exhibition: The National Palace Museum in the North and South, a collection of national treasures). They are certainly the treasures of the town, but this huge cultural treasure house contains far more surprises than that. It is like a living organism, always breathing and curating, making every visit a unique encounter. In addition to other long-term exhibitions like the 108th Exhibition Hall (Exhibition: Noble Splendor─Daily Scenery of the Qing Dynasty Court), I was also lucky enough to encounter several limited-time exhibitions that I liked. They bloomed at the same time like stars, leading me to travel through the brilliant craftsmanship of the East and the West, the imperial veins in ancient maps, the memory of city construction in Qing Dynasty documents and images, and the silent theater in the scrolls: 📷 City Building: Taiwan Cities in Qing Dynasty Documents and Images (103th Exhibition Hall) - Through yellowed maps, city building memorials and old images, I saw the mottled city walls of Tainan Prefecture and the hustle and bustle of the streets of Monga. The combination of these two exhibitions gave me a more three-dimensional understanding of the construction of "space" and "home". 📷 Four-way Access─Ancient Road Traffic Map Exhibition (Second Session) (104th Exhibition Hall) - This exhibit shows how the ancients described the world and planned road networks. Looking at the post stations and passes marked on the map, one can imagine how ancient travelers and caravans relied on these maps to travel across the vast empire. 📷 Unspoken Beauty—Special Exhibition of Taipei National Palace Museum, Paris Museum of Decorative Arts and Van Cleef & Arpels Collection (105, 107 Exhibition Halls)-The highlight of this trip to the Palace Museum is undoubtedly this brilliant dialogue across the East and the West. In the exhibition hall, the collections of the Paris Museum of Decorative Arts, such as court official uniforms (dragon robes), and the heirloom jewels such as Van Cleef & Arpels treasure boxes, are juxtaposed with the treasures of the Palace Museum itself, launching a silent exchange beyond time and space. 📷 Painting Language─Pictures that Tell Stories (Exhibition Halls 202, 204, 206, 210, 212) - This exhibition perfectly explains what "reading paintings" means. Ancient Chinese paintings are never just landscapes, but carefully arranged "paper theaters". The curator skillfully guides the audience to learn how to find the protagonist in the painting, understand the plot, and feel the emotions. Appreciating ancient paintings requires patience and imagination. When you slow down, the people, flowers, birds, and animals in the painting will begin to tell you their stories. #Taiwan #Taipei #Taipei Attractions #Taiwan Travel