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Tourist attractions of the National Palace Museum in Taipei [Taipei City, Taiwan Province Province]

Located in Shuangxi outside Shilin, Taipei City, it was originally the "Sun Yat-sen Museum" and was completed on the birthday anniversary of Sun Yat-sen on 1965. The whole building is like a palace-style building designed according to the style of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Its magnificent appearance is the artistic essence of China's cultural relics collection. The museum building is divided into four floors, with the main courtyard in plum blossom shape and five halls. The first floor is the lecture hall, office and library. On the second floor are exhibition halls, halls and galleries for displaying paintings and calligraphy. * * * There are eight exhibition rooms around, displaying bronzes, porcelain, Houjiazhuang garden models and unearthed objects in the tomb; On the third floor, paintings, jades, utensils, sculptures, books, documents, inscriptions and embroidery are displayed. The fourth floor is a variety of specialized research rooms. The collection of the Palace Museum is universally acknowledged, with nearly 700,000 pieces. Due to continuous donations and purchases, the collection is increasing every year, among which ceramics, paintings and bronzes are the most complete. In addition, there are jade articles, lacquerware, Dobiger enamelware, stationery, sculpture, embroidery, printed books, Manchu archives, etc., which are numerous and exquisite. Emerald cabbage, meat-shaped stone on the third floor and porcelain on the second floor are the most attractive to tourists. Most tourists who come to Taiwan Province Province will visit here.