The Hong Kong Palace Museum (hereinafter referred to as the "Palace Museum of Hong Kong") announced on May 10 that the museum building has been successfully completed, and the interior works and exhibition hall decoration of the building are nearing completion, and it is expected to open to the public in mid-2022.
The Palace Museum of Hong Kong stands on the Victoria Waterfront
In June 2017, the HKSAR Government and the Palace Museum in Beijing signed the Cooperation Agreement on the Construction of the Hong Kong Palace Museum. Construction of the National Palace in Hong Kong began in March 2019 and will be completed in December 2021. It is located next to the sea at the western end of the West Kowloon Cultural District, covering an area of about 13,000 square meters, with a total construction area of about 30,000 square meters, seven floors high, and a total area of 7,800 square meters in nine exhibition halls. Both inside and outside reflect the interpretation of traditional Chinese architectural aesthetics with modern architectural techniques, and retain many design details that echo the architectural culture of the Forbidden City.
According to reports, after the opening of the Palace Museum in Hong Kong, more than 900 precious cultural relics lent by the Palace Museum in Beijing, art collections lent by Hong Kong cultural institutions, and works related to the culture of the Forbidden City created by Hong Kong contemporary artists will be exhibited.
Model of the Hong Kong Palace Museum of Culture
Feng Chengshuyi, Chief Executive Officer of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, said that as a world-class Chinese art museum, the Forbidden City in Hong Kong has been completed as scheduled in five years from the project start-up, design, construction to completion and opening, which is worthy of pride. The national "14th Five-Year Plan" clearly mentions that it supports Hong Kong's development into a Chinese and foreign cultural and artistic exchange center, and believes that the completion of the Hong Kong Forbidden City is an important milestone in the implementation of this vision of the West Kowloon Cultural District.
Wu Zhihua, Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum of Culture
Dr. Wu Zhihua, Director of the Palace Museum in Hong Kong, expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Palace Museum in Beijing for its full support in lending more than 900 precious cultural relics for the opening exhibition. He looked forward to welcoming visitors from Hong Kong, the Mainland and the rest of the world to the Palace Museum in Hong Kong to enjoy the cultural relics and appreciate the style of China's 5,000-year-old civilization in the near future.
Previously, Wu Zhihua told the Beijing Daily client that the establishment and opening up of the Forbidden City in Hong Kong is a major event of special significance, which can enable the Hong Kong people, especially young people, to better understand Chinese culture and cultivate their identity with the country; the Hong Kong Forbidden City can also radiate the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, promote the overall situation of national cultural development, and pass on China's excellent culture to the international stage.