TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Supernatural Tales of Gods and Ghosts: Paintings from the Museum Collection (神鬼傳奇) exhibition began on July 1 at the National Palace Museum (故宮), and is set to run until the end of September, offering the public a chilling glimpse of the underworld in the scorching summer season. The National Palace Museum exhibition coincides with the forthcoming seventh lunar calendar month. Known as the Ghost Month, the period marks two major festivals of Buddhist and Taoist traditions, where the gates of the underworld are opened to the living world, with wanting spirits to be quelled with offerings. The exhibition features an extensive collection of 31 paintings from the five dynastic periods, and the early 1900s. Most notably, 8 works by renowned painter and calligrapher Puru (溥儒) will be featured in the exhibition. Incidentally, Puru is the cousin of Puyi (溥儀), the final ruler of the Qing Dynasty, and the last Emperor of China. (In order to read full story - Please click link)
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:46:07 +0000
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