Cultural Legacy Highlights China-France Tourism Year
A brief meeting about the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism in 2024 was held at the Palace Museum in Beijing on Thursday. The meeting has released variety of upcoming activities covering fields such as cultural legacy and arts.
The meeting place, was in the Palace Museum, was chosen for a reason. Starting from April 1, an art show co-planned by the museum the Palace of Versailles in Paris, will debut (首次亮相) on site. A pocket watch that witnessed the "friendship" between France's King Louis XIV and the Emperor Kangxi(1654-1722) of China's Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) will (display) among 181 other (item).
The rare objects will introduce visitors the cultural interactions that took place between the two countries (date) back to the second half of the 17th century through the 18th century.
Compared to fields such as paintings, music and films, "cultural legacy" is a rather novel field in China-France exchanges. The two (country) cooperation in areas like legacy conservation will inspire the world (see) how the growth of humanity is independent from different cultural contexts.
Besides shows (hold) in China, more than 10 programs will be launched in France to bring Chinese culture to locals in 2024. More than 20 Tang Dynasty(618-907) treasures will be selected and then exhibited at the Guimet Museum in France in November.