Goldfish set to make a splash at Forbidden City century later
China DailyVisitors are drawn to the goldfish kept in an open wooden barrel at the Palace Museum. During the Qing Dynasty, several royal concubines resided at the Palace of Prolonging Happiness, or Yanxi Gong, in the eastern wing of the inner court of Beijing's Forbidden City-or Palace Museum, as it's known today. Although the former royals continued to live in the Forbidden City after the republican revolution until 1924, construction of the Lingzhao Veranda never resumed. A century later, and this "wooden sea" has made a welcome return to the Yanxi Gong. For the monthlong exhibition Leisurely Bliss: Goldfish-Themed Artifacts from the Palace Museum Collection, which opened on Tuesday, about 200 goldfish in 42 species from around China will be put on display.
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