China's National Museum, near Beijing's Tian'anmen Square, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The museum is the largest in the world. Here are 100 years of its history.
This is Guo Zi Jian, the Imperial College of the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Exactly 100 years ago today, an office for the National Museum of History was opened here, at the suggestion of scholar, Cai Yuanpei. It's believed to be the earliest predecessor of China's National Museum.
In 1918, the National Museum of History was moved to the Forbidden City. In 1950, the National Revolutionary Museum was also set up within the walls of the Forbidden City.
In 1958, construction of the new site of the two museums began. They're located at the east side of Tian'anmen Square, and in 2003, the two were combined into one, to become the National Museum.
Renovation work on the National Museum began in March, 2007. Four years later, on March 2011, the museum reopened. The newly renovated building occupies an area of 200,000 square meters, three times its original size. It houses 48 exhibition halls, and is the world's largest museum in terms of area. Its collection has also been expanded. Before renovation work began, it housed 650,000 relics. Now it boasts 1.2 million artifacts, thanks to the government's donation of 400,000 pieces, previously owned by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.
The museum hosts two permanent exhibitions, the "Ancient China" exhibition and the "Road to Revival" exhibition. Since reopening last March, it's hosted some 50 temporary exhibitions.
Lu Zhangshen, Director of National Museum of China, said, "The success of China's economy has allowed us to invest more in cultural restoration projects. The National Museum is a symbol of this."
China's National Museum aims to offer its visiting public some of the rarest and most prestigious exhibitions in the world.
詞彙講解：
1、anniversary 周年紀念
She reproached him for forgetting their anniversary.
她責備他竟把他們的結婚周年紀念日忘了。
2、 It's believed ...據說...（寫作常用句式）
It is believed that health is above wealth.
一般人都相信健康重於財富。
3、renovate 修復，整修
Over the past 20-odd years, the State has invested more than 300 million yuan to renovate more than 400 monasteries and conserve a huge number of cultural relics in Tibet.
在過去的20多年裡,國家累計投資3億多元,維修了400多座西藏寺廟,修繕和保護了大批文物。
4、artifact 人工製品
5、 renovation 整修
The hotel will reopen next week after its￡1 million renovation.
該飯店在花費一百萬英鎊將其整修後將於下星期重新開放。
文化連結：
中國國家博物館（National Museum of China）位於北京市中心天安門廣場東側，東長安街南側，與人民大會堂相對稱布局，是一座系統展示中華民族文化歷史的綜合性博物館，也是世界上最大的博物館之一。國博藏品數量為100餘萬件，集收藏、研究、展覽於一身。2011年3月1日國家博物館新館竣工。
（編輯：何瑩瑩）