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    January 08, 2012

Japanese Exhibit of China's Priceless Art Marks Anniversary of Relations

   VOA News
   The exhibit, 'Two Hundred Selected Masterpieces from the Palace Museum,
   Beijing,' will be on display at the Tokyo National Museum January 2-
   February 19, 2012 The exhibit, 'Two Hundred Selected Masterpieces from
   the Palace Museum, Beijing,' will be on display at the Tokyo National
   Museum January 2- February 19, 2012

   An exhibition showing pricless cultural relics from China was unveiled
   Friday in Japan's Tokyo National Museum.
   The exhibition titled [1]Two Hundred Selected Masterpieces from the
   Palace Museum, Beijing is marking the 40th anniversary of the
   normalization of China-Japan diplomatic relations. The exhibits are
   selected from almost two million pieces in Beijing's Palace Museum and
   will be on show in Japan until February 19.
   Chinese ambassador to Japan, Cheng Yonghua, attended the ceremony
   Friday night. "I think this activity is very significant in that it
   unveils the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the normalization of
   Sino-Japanese relations," he said.
   Many of the valuable paintings and calligraphic works on show in Tokyo
   had never left China before. A centerpiece of the exhibition is
   Riverside Scene at the Qingming Festival by Zhang Zeduan, a painter
   from the Northern Song Dynasty that reigned between 960 and 1127.
   Visitors have to arrive early in the morning and stand in a long line
   to see the painting, and latecomers may have to leave the museum
   without getting to it.
   On display are also many articles of daily use belonging to the
   imperial family of the Qing Dynasty that ruled China between mid-17th
   and early 20th centuries.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP.

References

   1. http://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=1418