The world-acclaimed Chinese painting Along the River During
the Qingming Festival, and a batch of painting and calligraphy
masterpieces arrived at the Hong Kong Museum of Art from Beijing
Friday evening.
These national treasures will be put on display in an exhibition
entitled "The Pride of China: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting and
Calligraphy of the Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties from the
Palace Museum" at the Museum of Art to celebrate the 10th
anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region.
Over the past three months, staff from the Museum of Art and the
Palace Museum in Beijing worked out a detailed plan to ensure the
utmost security for the delivery and display of the exhibits, which
date back more than 1,000 years and are graded as first-class
cultural relics.
The success of the delivery Friday is also attributed to the
assistance and special arrangements rendered by airports of Beijing
and Hong Kong, and the tight security escort provided by the
Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau and Hong Kong Police, said
an official with the Museum of Art.
Highlight exhibits include Zhang Zeduan's Along the River
During the Qingming Festival of the Northern Song Dynasty,
Feng Chengsu's Copy after Preface to the Orchid Pavilion
Gathering of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Shen's Light Snow over
a Fishing Village of Northern Song Dynasty, and Zhao Ji
(Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty)'s Auspicious Dragon
Rock of the Northern Song Dynasty.
(Xinhua News Agency June 23, 2007)