The exhibition lasts to October 8th. In this exhibition, many precious cultural relics that had been “away from home” for centuries returned to the Summer Resort for the first time, and three pairs of clocks that had been separated for hundreds of years were “reunited”, bringing the audience a deep and emotional dialogue across time and space.
As two centers of politics and court life in the Qing Dynasty, the Forbidden City and the Summer Resort both historically housed a vast collection of self-striking clocks, which shared the same origin and were indistinguishable from each other. In the exhibition, the paired clocks of the same design were surprisingly displayed together, marking the “reunion” of the brotherly clocks that had been separated for centuries.
The “reunion” of clocks and the “return” of imperial seals, these treasures jointly bear witness to the historical ties between the Summer Resort and the Forbidden City, as well as the changes of dynasties and the passage of time. Today, in this serene space, they have gathered once again, allowing us the privilege of listening to those dusty tales and feeling the weight and warmth of history.
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