The Emperor's Secret Garden /

In 2001, the Palace Museum and the World Monuments Fund partnered to conserve the magnificent 18th-century Qianlong Garden in the Forbidden City, choosing first to restore Juanqinzhai (the Studio of Exhaustion from Diligent Service), a unique building with some of the palace's finest surviving...

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Bibliographic Details
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	London, England : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2010.
Series:	Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:	Forbidden City (Beijing, China) > Buildings, structures, etc. Cité interdite (Pékin, Chine) > Constructions. Forbidden City (Beijing, China) Architecture > China > History > Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912. Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration > China > Beijing. Architecture > Chine > Histoire > 1368-1912 (Dynasties des Ming et des Qing) Monuments historiques > Conservation et restauration > Chine > Pékin. Architecture > Ming-Qing dynasties. Buildings. Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration. China. China > Beijing. 1368-1912 Documentary films. History. Documentaires.
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Summary:	In 2001, the Palace Museum and the World Monuments Fund partnered to conserve the magnificent 18th-century Qianlong Garden in the Forbidden City, choosing first to restore Juanqinzhai (the Studio of Exhaustion from Diligent Service), a unique building with some of the palace's finest surviving architectural interiors and decor. This film highlights the search for and use of disappearing traditional craftsmanship during the conservation.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2016).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (66 min.)
Playing Time:	01:05:32