National Palace Museum

Ok, before I start..Here are some facts bout National Palace Museum which I copied from Wikipedia..lol..I'm never a histrory-like kinda person..So, I couldn't really remember the history..hehe..START!! The National Palace Museum is an art museum in Taipei, Taiwan. It is the national museum of the Republic of China, and has a permanent collection of over 650,000 pieces of ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest in the world. The collection encompasses over 8,000 years of Chinese history from the Neolithic age to the late Qing dynasty. Most of the collection are high quality pieces collected by China's ancient emperors. In 2008, it was the 15th most visited museum in the world. The National Palace Museum and Palace Museum, located inside the Forbidden City in China, share the same original roots, which was split in two as a result of the Chinese Civil War.

Basically, we planned to go around Taipei for the weekend. So, the @ers planned the itinery for us..We heard that NPM is a tourist attraction and a must-go..So, we went there the day after the Welcome Party. 2 @ers ( Will and Vincent ) were nice enough to accompany us and be tourists on that day..lol..We started our journey as early as 9am~

We sat bus from somewhere ( can't remember =.= ) to NPM which costs 15NT..

The bus dropped us off just opposite NPM ( as you can see behind)~

The ticket..very ancient kind~ :)

The prices..

Student cards/Youth Travel cards-50% discount!! :D

Before entering the museum..

NOTE : No pics to be taken inside the museum..arghhhhhhh!!!! *kinda frustrated and dissapointed..

The artifacts and artworks collections are damn SUPERB!!! Eg, painting, jades, ceramics, calligraphy, rare books, documents, pottery-You name it!! They will make your jaws drop and you will start to think 'how on earth did they carve/made these?'

Ohhhh..wait..I happened to find some pics of some collections online~~ wohooooooo~

Pics credited to : Wikimedia Commons

Cabbage carved stone-Jadeite cabbage..Look like real one!!

Meat-shaped stone..Look like real pork can?!!

Chinese painting..Mountains and Pines in Spring~

Stem cup with dragon motif made of porcelain..The carving is damn precise..

Chinese vases..

These are only 5 out of thousands of the collections that you can see in NPM..

Today the museum is said to house some 93,000 items of Chinese calligraphy, porcelain, bronzes, landscape paintings, portraiture and figurines from Beijing's Forbidden City and 562,000 traditional books and documents. There are 6,000 bronzes, 5,200 paintings, 3,000 works of calligraphy, 12,000 pieces of jade, 3,200 examples of lacquer and enamel ware, as well as assorted carvings, fans, rubbings, coins and textiles. Awesome!!! Too many to see, too lil' time!!

The ceiling~

Some outdoor pics of the museum...

Even the dustbin is in a shape of 'vase'..lol

Me with Taiwan flag!

ME, Shereen, Su Ying, Vincent

ME, Shereen, Su Ying, Jomel, Anna, Vincent~

L.O.V.E

The flowers matched my top eh? lol..

More TW flags!

Group pic..

(L-R) Mei Ling, Eunice, Fannie, Su Ying, ME, Will, Vincent, Jomel, Anna and Natalie..

Overall, NPM is recommended!! Even though you're not fancy of history, you will not get bored in there..It will leave you with amazement and wonders..Besides being more knowledgeable bout China's history through artifacts, it's such a great chance to see ourselves how things have evolved from B.C till now.. :D