Palace Museum to offer visits for HK youth

(CHINADAILY)Beijing'sPalaceMuseum,alsoknownastheForbiddenCity,willofferspecialvisitstoyouthgroupsfromHongKongtohelpthecity'syoungpeoplelearnmoreaboutChineseculture,museumdirectorShanJixiangsays.

HealsovowedtohavemorecooperationwithHongKongacademicsandexpertsinpreservingnationaltreasures.

SpeakingataculturalexchangeseminarorganizedbyHongKong'sformerchiefexecutiveTungChee-hwa'sOurHongKongFoundation,ShanhopedHongKongcouldplayabiggerroleinprotectingculturalrelicsonthemainland.HesaidHongKonghadmanyskilledpeoplewhocouldassistwiththis.

Cooperationcouldbecarriedoutinareassuchasthedevelopmentofnewtechnologyandtheuseofhistoricsites.

ShanalsosaidalthoughHongKongdidnothavemanytraditionalhistoricrelics,ithadconsiderablemodernculturerelics.Thesewerealsoimportantpartofmodernheritageconservation.

HongKonghadsignedagreementwiththePalaceMuseumtosecureregularexhibitionseveryyear.ShansaidthemuseumwouldtrytoorganizemoreexhibitionsinHongKonginfuture.Hesaidthisyear'seventwasstillbeingorganized.

ThemuseumwillalsocontinuetoworkwithHongKongpolicetotacklesmuggling.HongKongwasthebiggestsourceofsmuggledhistoricrelicsfromthemainlandtotheUnitedStates,Shansaid,citingnewstatistics.