Forbidden City will Present More to Public

[awholenewworld]

China will unveil a new catalogue of all the cultural and art pieces kept in the Forbidden City, in a move to better protect the nation's traditional cultural relics.

According to Liang Jinsheng, an official with the Palace Museum, many items, including 2,000-plus paintings and calligraphy works and other belongings of ancient emperors and empresses, had not previously been catalogued due to outdated views regarding cultural relics. But now, he says, any piece able to reflect the culture and history of the palace will be protected as important artifacts as part of a new plan.