Japanese Girl Finds Ancient Lookalike at NPM
A Japanese student may be wondering if she’s stumbled upon a previous life, after spotting her doppelganger in an ancient painting at the National Palace Museum. Yuki was on a class trip to Taiwan, visiting NPM’s “Elegant Gathering of the Princess: The Culture of Collecting and Appreciating Art at the Mongol Yuan Court” exhibition, when...Continue reading
Terracotta: the Rise and Legacy of Qin Culture
The National Palace Museum, in Taipei city, is hosting a grand exhibition that features terracotta warriors from the mausoleum of Qin Shi-huang. Qin Shi-huang is the first emperor in China’s history and the founder of the Qin Dynasty that dated 2-thousand 200 years ago. Titled “Terracotta: the Rise and Legacy of Qin Culture”, the exhibition features...Continue reading
NPM Showcases Lunar New Year Practice of Drinking Tusu Wine
The National Palace Museum in Taipei is offering visitors a closer look at an ancient Lunar New Year tradition, practiced by emporers, that has vanished from the modern world. The exhibition, titled “Tusu Wine: The Emporer’s First Drink of the Chinese New Year”, examines the once-common practice in China for people to drink tusu herbal...Continue reading
What’s Going On: Weekend of January 2 to 4 in Taiwan
Music 灰藍計畫 Grey Blue Project, Open Jam Venue: Sappho Live Address: No. 1, Lane 102, Anhe Road, Sec. 1, Daan District, Taipei City (台北市大安區安和路一段102巷1號) Date: January 2, 2015 Time: Show beings at 21:30 Tickets: NT$200 猛虎巧克力, Kris Kuan 管罄 (Pop, Rock) Venue: Riverside Music Cafe Address: B1F, No. 2, Lane 244, Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 3,...Continue reading
Bestselling Fantasy Writer Brandon Sanderson to Visit Taiwan
Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson will visit Taiwan next February to meet with fans at the 2015 Taipei International Book Exhibition. Sanderson’s Taiwan publisher says the American author of the popular Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive series will attend three events on February 14. The author will talk about his work and take questions from 1...Continue reading
What’s Going On: Weekend of December 19 to 21 in Taiwan
Music See You Then – Elephant Gym x How to count one to ten Concert Venue: THE WALL Live House Address: B1, No. 200, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Wenshan District, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1) Date: December 19, 2014 Time: Doors open at 7:30 Tickets: NT$600 at the door Orientone, Beware the Sky Falling, 夫目前犯 Concert Venue:...Continue reading
Taiwan Selected as Destination for MasterChef Travel Tours
Taiwan has been selected as one of the world’s top culinary destinations, to be featured in upcoming MasterChef Travel luxury tour packages. The packages are a collaboration between the popular cooking show MasterChef and Cox and Kings, a travel company with headquarters in India. The luxury tours are marketed as a getaway for clients who...Continue reading
Collection of historic objects coming to the National Palace Museum
Mummy of Hornedjitef An exhibition that tells the history of the world through 100 sets of objects is set to open at the National Palace Museum in Taipei this weekend to celebrate the museum’s 90th anniversary. “A History of the World in 100 Objects” began as a radio series produced by BBC Radio 4 and...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Touring the National Palace Museum in English
Listen Episode Description Last year more than four million people visited Taipei’s National Palace Museum, which houses one of the world’s largest collections of Chinese imperial artifacts. These visitors came from all over the world and to make the collection more accessible for foreign visitors the museum offers free tours in English. In this episode...Continue reading
National Palace Museum Treasures Unveiled in Kyushu
A ceremony was held Monday to unveil an exhibition of treasures from Taiwan’s National Palace Museum at the Kyushu National Museum in Fukuoka, the second half of an unprecedented display of the museum’s collection in Japan. Premier Jiang Yihua’s wife Li Shuchen attended the ceremony along with Japanese-Taiwanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh, Fukuoka Prefecture Governor...Continue reading
Sistine Chapel Choir to perform today in Taipei
The Sistine Chapel Choir, the Pope’s personal choir that is based in Vatican City, is scheduled to make its debut in Taiwan today. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the concert is part of an effort to promote bilateral cultural exchanges. The choir, one of the world’s oldest religious choirs, will stage its only performance...Continue reading
National Palace Museum Exhibition to Proceed in Tokyo Despite Poster Naming Controversy
An exhibition of artifacts from the National Palace Museum’s collection will open tomorrow in Tokyo as planned, after the Tokyo National Museum met demands to remove or replace all posters and advertising materials not listing the full name of the Taipei institution. Speaking to reporters earlier this morning before boarding a flight for Japan, National...Continue reading
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