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China's National Museum, near Beijing's Tian'anmen Square, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The museum is the largest in the world. Here are 100 years of its history.
This is Guo Zi Jian, the Imperial College of the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Exactly 100 years ago today, an office for the National Museum of History was opened here, at the suggestion of scholar, Cai Yuanpei. It's believed to be the earliest predecessor of China's National Museum.
In 1918, the National Museum of History was moved to the Forbidden City. In 1950, the National Revolutionary Museum was also set up within the walls of the Forbidden City.
In 1958, construction of the new site of the two museums began. They're located at the east side of Tian'anmen Square, and in 2003, the two were combined into one, to become the National Museum.
Renovation work on the National Museum began in March, 2007. Four years later, on March 2011, the museum reopened. The newly renovated building occupies an area of 200,000 square meters, three times its original size. It houses 48 exhibition halls, and is the world's largest museum in terms of area. Its collection has also been expanded. Before renovation work began, it housed 650,000 relics. Now it boasts 1.2 million artifacts, thanks to the government's donation of 400,000 pieces, previously owned by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.
The museum hosts two permanent exhibitions, the "Ancient China" exhibition and the "Road to Revival" exhibition. Since reopening last March, it's hosted some 50 temporary exhibitions.
Lu Zhangshen, Director of National Museum of China, said, "The success of China's economy has allowed us to invest more in cultural restoration projects. The National Museum is a symbol of this."
China's National Museum aims to offer its visiting public some of the rarest and most prestigious exhibitions in the world.
词汇讲解：
1、anniversary 周年纪念
She reproached him for forgetting their anniversary.
她责备他竟把他们的结婚周年纪念日忘了。
2、 It's believed ...据说...（写作常用句式）
It is believed that health is above wealth.
一般人都相信健康重于财富。
3、renovate 修复，整修
Over the past 20-odd years, the State has invested more than 300 million yuan to renovate more than 400 monasteries and conserve a huge number of cultural relics in Tibet.
在过去的20多年里,国家累计投资3亿多元,维修了400多座西藏寺庙,修缮和保护了大批文物。
4、artifact 人工制品
5、 renovation 整修
The hotel will reopen next week after its￡1 million renovation.
该饭店在花费一百万英镑将其整修后将于下星期重新开放。
文化链接：
中国国家博物馆（National Museum of China）位于北京市中心天安门广场东侧，东长安街南侧，与人民大会堂相对称布局，是一座系统展示中华民族文化历史的综合性博物馆，也是世界上最大的博物馆之一。国博藏品数量为100余万件，集收藏、研究、展览于一身。2011年3月1日国家博物馆新馆竣工。 |
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发表于 2016-7-12 22:01:34