On February 14, 2022, the Beijing News Center organized more than 100 Chinese and foreign journalists to visit the Palace Museum and read about China among more than 130 cultural relics selected from 30 museums across the country.
China is great, Beijing is great
Choi Hyun-gyu, a reporter from South Korea's NewsPin News Agency who has studied Chinese for many years, came to the Forbidden City for the first time after the snow in winter and was deeply attracted. He said: "The Forbidden City after the snow is so beautiful, and what is more beautiful than the snow scene is the excellent Chinese culture." Since the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing has developed rapidly, and its international influence is gradually increasing, China is great, Beijing is great! ”
Choi Hyun-gyu, a reporter from South Korea's News Agency, praised "China is great, Beijing is great!" Guangming Network reporter Wang Enhui / photo
Fred, a journalist for French television (employed by NBC), has been working in Beijing for seven years and has been involved in the news coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He said: "Beijing is a very good city, I can't live without Beijing, if I had to make a choice, I would choose to live in Beijing." The environment in Beijing is very nice and safe. ”
After this visit to the Forbidden City, Fred photographed a lot of precious culture and learned the story behind the cultural relics. He said that he likes the cultural atmosphere of Beijing and can go to the Forbidden City on a snowy day to see the exhibition, which is both surprising and unforgettable.
Read China among precious cultural relics. Guangming Network reporter Wang Enhui / Photo
Read about China in more than 130 precious cultural relics
During the visit, the "Why China - Ancient Chinese Civilization and National Treasures" Special Exhibition" in the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City is being held, and more than 130 cultural relics selected by 30 museums across the country tell the story of China.
More than 130 precious cultural relics, from the Upper Stone Age to the Qing Dynasty, include stone tools, ceramics, jade, bronzes, gold and silverware, calligraphy and painting, ancient books, seals and other categories, including He Zun, Changxin Palace lamp, Tibetan "Four Medical Classics" and other well-known national treasures. The exhibition regards the long-standing and profound Chinese civilization as a big river, and shows the charm of Chinese civilization with three units: "source", "flow" and "convergence".
Chinese and foreign journalists visited the Palace Museum. Guangming Network reporter Wang Enhui / Photo
In the exhibition hall, the cultural relics in the three central display cabinets can be regarded as the most important. Among them, occupying the "C position" is He Zun, which has a 122-character inscription on the bottom of this bronze, and the inscription "Zhaozi China" means that "China" is the capital city built in this place. This is the earliest known word for "China", although it refers to Luoyang and the surrounding area at the time. The other two heavy cultural relics are the Jade Dragon excavated from Yuhang Anti-Mountain in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and the Jade Dragon from the Palace Museum.
The snow melts and the Ice and Snow Forbidden City are in perfect harmony. Guangming Network reporter Wang Enhui / Photo
Coinciding with the Beijing Winter Olympics, a snowstorm has added a strong ice and snow atmosphere to Beijing, the "City of The Two Olympics". This visit is not only a punch card activity of the Forbidden City of the Winter Olympics, but also a cultural journey for Chinese and foreign journalists to understand China. (Guangming Network reporter Wang Enhui)
Source: Guangming Network