Exhibition Content and Lecture
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Cartography Methods and Tools in Ancient China |
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Introduction of the Landscape Map of the Silk Road |
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Display of Landscape Map of the Silk Road |
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Animated Landscape Map of the Silk Road |
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Feature China Maps and Hong Kong Maps |
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Interactive Exhibits |
Display of Landscape Map of the Silk Road
Intelligent SandBox – Create different landforms by making use of Augmented Reality technology and learn more about contour lines
Animated Landscape Map of the Silk Road – Through vivid animations the everyday activities of people who lived along the Silk Road are brought to life
Hong Kong in Blue and Green Landscape Painting Style – Create your own blue and green landscape painting of Hong Kong
Special Lecture
National Treasure Returns Home
Date: 8-12-2018 (Sat)
Time: 3:45pm – 5:15pm
Speaker: Prof. Lin Meicun (Professor, School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University)
Venue: Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum
Language: Putonghua
Free admission on a first come, first served basis
Abstract:
The Landscape Map of the Silk Road is a traditional Chinese map drawn on a silk handscroll, with dimensions of about 30-metre long and 0.6-metre wide. The map depicted the Silk Road from Jiayu Pass in Gansu province to Tianfang-guo (present-day Mecca in Saudi Arabia) in the Ming dynasty. It was taken overseas in the 1930s and has now returned home. A Hong Kong entrepreneur purchased the map and subsequently donated it to The Palace Museum. The lecture will introduce the story of homecoming of the Landscape Map of the Silk Road.