China News Service, March 21, According to Taiwan's United Daily News, Taipei Forbidden City new president Wu Micha entered the legislative body for the first time on the 20th to report business and prepare for inquiries. He pointed out that he had discussed with construction professionals that the Taipei Forbidden City North Courtyard will not be closed for renovation, but will be exhibited while renovating. In addition, the Taipei Forbidden City plans to regularly "out of the palace" exhibition of jade, cabbage and meat-shaped stones, and will be exhibited in the exhibition hall outside at least 1/3 of the time.
Data picture: On March 18, 2019, the Taipei Palace Museum Treasure Exhibition held at the New South Wales Museum in Sydney attracted audiences. The picture shows the audience appreciating the flesh-shaped stone. Photo by Tao Shelan, China News Service reporter
Wu Micha said that the "New Palace Museum Plan" is still the version approved by the end of 2017 and has no corrections or adjustments. However, in early April 2019, the Taipei Municipal Cultural Bureau will organize a cultural and resource survey submitted by the Taipei Forbidden City as a cultural landscape. At the end of April, experts, scholars and local residents will be invited to hold two public hearings. The "New Forbidden City Plan" will make necessary adjustments based on the results of the conference survey and public opinions.
"Legislator" Zhang Liaowanjian said in questioning that he was worried that if the "new Forbidden City Plan" could not catch up with the progress, he might be forced to leave the market. In response, Wu Micha said that the "New Forbidden City Plan" will speed up the clarification of the reasons for the stagnation of the plan and correct it, emphasizing that there is no problem of exit.
As for the former president, Chen Qinan, has positioned Taipei Forbidden City South Court, and plans to set up small museums such as the Dutch Pavilion. Wu Micha said that this plan has become history, and this area is currently only for landscapes. He said that the positioning of the South Court of the Forbidden City in Taipei "must be connected to the Forbidden City", otherwise it cannot be called the South Court.
Speaking of the relocation of cultural relics in the Forbidden City in Taipei, Wu Micha said that the "New Forbidden City Plan" cultural relics will not move in large quantities, and even "not moving" is an option. There is no problem of cultural relics moving south, but it will "majorly allow cultural relics to take turns to the south to exhibit."
Wu Micha hopes that the well-known collections of the Forbidden City in Taipei will not only be displayed in the North and South Courtyards, but also "out of the palace" to exhibit from time to time. Take meat-shaped stone and green jade cabbage as an example. Because the jade material is made of no restricted exhibition, it can be used as the "ambassador" of the Forbidden City in Taipei for exhibition.
He planned that 1/3 of the meat-shaped stone and green jade cabbage will be exhibited in the North and South Courtyards of the Forbidden City in Taipei in the future, and 1/3 of them will be exhibited in other island pavilions or overseas.
