Hong Kong opens exhibition of 157 Qing-era treasures — ECNS

On September 30, a special exhibition, “Designing for the Forbidden City: The Qing Court Imperial Workshops,” opened at the Hong Kong Palace Museum in Hong Kong, China. The exhibition features 157 items from the Palace Museum, including 14 first-class national cultural relics. ECNS reports on the opening.

Imperial court workshops

The exhibition is dedicated to the crafts and artistic aesthetics of the Qing dynasty court, which ruled from 1644 to 1911. It tells the story of the history, organizational structure, materials, and production processes of the imperial workshops.

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These workshops produced and maintained items for emperors and the court. They consisted of dozens of specialized units and brought together highly skilled artisans from different regions of China.

Interactive section

The exhibition also features interactive installations. They allow visitors to see how product samples were presented to emperors for approval and learn about the strict supervision of imperial production. The exhibits include mechanical compositions in the form of pots with blooming lotuses.