French Ambassador to China Bertrand Lortholary speaks at a press conference on the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism in 2024 in Beijing on January 4, 2024. Photo: Courtesy of French Embassy in China
A brief meeting about the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism in 2024, an all-round humani-ty exchange agenda co-launched by the two countries, was held at the Palace Museum in Beijing on Thursday. The meeting has unveiled a variety of upcoming activities covering fields such as cultural legacy and arts.
The meeting’s venue, the Palace Museum, was chosen for a reason. Starting from April 1, an art show co-planned by the museum and the Palace of Versailles in Paris, will debut on site. A pocket watch that witnessed the “friendship” between France’s King Louis XIV and the Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722) of China’s Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) will be displayed among 181 other artifacts.
No matter if it is fine art ceramics, paintings, medical books or early scientific devices, these…
