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Splendors of the National Palace Museum

(National Palace Museum, 2014) Fung Ming-chu

The National Palace Museum's rich treasures originate from the imperial Qing court a long tradition of dynastic China's royal collections. Facing the threat of war after the 918 Incident (1931), a best selection was ready to leave the Forbidden City (1933) and to evacuate south. The first stop was at Shanghai (1934), and then on to the Republic's capital Nanjing, where a Preparatory Office was set up in 1936 for the proposed National Central Museum. From there, 3,824 crates again went to Taiwan in 1948 and stayed in Baigou, Taizhong County until in 1965 a museum complex was completed at Wishuangxi, Taipei.
Splendors of the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum.

(\bSouthern Branch of the National Palace Museum, 2016) Fung Ming-chu

The long-expected Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum: Asian Art and Culture Museum finally launches a soft opening on December 28, 2015, fulfilling the promise that the government had made to the public, in particular to the people in southern Taiwan. From its inception to fruition, the fifteen-year long Southern Branch project underwent the administrations of the two presidents of the Republic of China, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou, as well as the leadership of five consecutive directors: Tu Cheng-sheng, Shih Shou- chien, Lin Mun-lee, Chou Kung-shin, and Fung Ming-chu.