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Exclusive | Louis Ng, Director of Hong Kong Palace Museum: over 1.2 m visitors in 1st year of opening

The Hong Kong Palace Museum celebrated its first anniversary since its opening to the public. Since its official opening on July 3, 2022, the museum has welcomed over 1.2 million visitors.

Located in Hong Kong, a vibrant international city where Eastern and Western cultures converge, the Hong Kong Palace Museum provides an opportunity for Hong Kong residents and tourists from around the world to appreciate exquisite cultural relics up close, enhancing Hong Kong’s cultural confidence.

Since its opening, the museum has seen a continuous stream of visitors, with Hong Kong residents comprising a significant portion of the tourists. Louis Ng, the museum’s director, revealed that more than half of the visitors were local Hong Kong residents. “I have noticed that Hong Kong residents have a strong passion for excellent traditional Chinese culture and a genuine desire to better understand it. Many residents have even visited the museum multiple times,” he said.

The visitors span across different age groups, including the elderly, middle-aged, and youth. Louis Ng drew great inspiration from the enthusiasm shown by young people towards traditional culture. In the future, the Hong Kong Palace Museum plans to explore more diverse means of presentation to attract greater participation from the younger generation.

“In October this year, we will collaborate with six local young artists from Hong Kong. They will study the cultural history of the Forbidden City and create multimedia exhibits. Our focus going forward is to involve more young people in our work and leverage their creativity and talent,” he explained.

The museum also places significant emphasis on “going global”. Louis Ng elaborated, “We have established collaborations with many European and American countries, and we plan to expand these partnerships to regions such as the Middle East and Central Asia.”

With the full resumption of travel between Hong Kong and the mainland, the popularity of the Hong Kong Palace Museum continues to soar. In the future, the museum will further strengthen cooperation with the mainland, striving to bring more outstanding exhibits to Hong Kong and share them with a wider audience.

Interview|Wu Zhihua, Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum: On the first anniversary of its opening, it welcomed more than 1.2 million visitors

The Hong Kong Palace Museum is celebrating its first anniversary of opening. Since its official opening to the public on July 3, 2022, the museum has received more than 1.2 million visitors.

The Hong Kong Palace Museum is located in Hong Kong, an international city where Chinese and Western cultures blend, allowing Hong Kong citizens and tourists at home and abroad to appreciate the magnificent and precious cultural relics up close, and enhance Hong Kong’s cultural confidence.

Since its opening, the Hong Kong Palace Museum has seen an endless stream of tourists, and Hong Kong citizens are one of the main tourists. Wu Zhihua, the curator of the museum, revealed that more than half of the tourists who came to visit were Hong Kong citizens, “I have observed that Hong Kong citizens are very passionate about the excellent traditional Chinese culture and hope to better understand traditional culture. Many citizens even come to visit many times. “

The age composition of the audience covers old, middle-aged and young people. Among them, the young people’s love for traditional culture has greatly inspired Wu Zhihua. In the future, the Hong Kong Palace Museum will explore more diversified display methods to attract more young people to participate. He introduced: “In October this year, we will cooperate with six local young artists from Hong Kong. They will come to study the cultural history of the Forbidden City and create some multimedia exhibits. Next, one of the priorities in our work is to let young people participate more Our job is to tap into their creativity and talent.”

The Hong Kong Palace Museum also pays special attention to “going out”. Wu Zhihua introduced: “We have already carried out cooperation with many European and American countries, and we will gradually expand our cooperation to the Middle East and Central Asia in the future.”

With the full resumption of customs clearance between Hong Kong and the Mainland, the popularity of the Hong Kong Palace Museum is getting higher and higher. In the future, the Hong Kong Palace Museum will continue to strengthen cooperation with the mainland, and strive to bring more excellent exhibits to Hong Kong to meet the audience.

Text | Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Zeng Xiao and Wang Manqi
Figure | Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Cai Jiahong
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Translation | Liu Jiahui

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2023-07-03 11:48:00