The Antiquarium of The Palace Museum

The Qing Dynasty was founded by Manchu Mongols, and the Qing Dynasty's royal family had religious beliefs such as Buddhism, Taoism and Shamanism, but mainly Lamaism in Tibetan Buddhism. Religion was a powerful political tool for the Qing government to co-opt Mongolian and Tibetan areas. There were 35 independent Buddhist halls in the Forbidden City. There were a large number of gold Buddha statues.

The museum has been renovated on a large scale four times since it opened in 1958. Before this refurbishment, the facilities in the museum were old and lighting was not enough, and the cabinets were not sealed enough, and the dust caused serious damage to the exhibition effect and the protection of cultural relics. According to the introduction, the new treasure hall, from the palace and Ningshou palace moved to the palace palace Xiyao, Yangxin Hall, Leshou Hall and Yonghe, but and the original treasure hall in a large courtyard, the audience is easy to find. The new museum covers an area of about 220 square meters and exhibits more than 440 cultural relics, of which 221 are not exhibited at the old museum.

The imperial family in the Qing Dynasty had religious beliefs such as Buddhism, Taoism and Shamanism, but mainly Lamaism in Tibetan Buddhism. Religion was a powerful political tool for the Qing government to co-opt Mongolian and Tibetan areas. Inside the Forbidden City there are 35 separate Buddhist halls, among which Yuhua Pavilion, Fanhua Tower, Baoxiang Tower, etc., are dedicated to a large number of Lama Buddhist statues.

The treasures in the Palace Museum are many treasures that local officials or Fengjiang Dazhao have dedicated to the royal birthdays and festivals. These treasures are excellent in material selection and are made in adulthood.

There are many golds in the Forbidden City. There are many pure gold foil, these wine glasses with very exquisite materials and workmanship, extremely luxurious, chic, is a rare top cultural relics, and well protected.