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The National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院 Pinyin: Gúolì Gùgong Bówùyùan) is an art gallery and museum in Taipei, Taiwan, containing artifacts of ancient China. Not to be confused with Palace Museum (note the absence of "national"), which is the Forbidden City in Beijing. Both institutions derived from the same original institution which was split in two as a result of the Chinese Civil War.The National Palace Museum was established in Beijing on October 10, 1925, shortly after the expulsion of the last emperor of China from the Forbidden City. The articles in the museum consisted of the valuables of the former Imperial family and were moved from place to place in the 1930s and 1940s to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Japanese.
During the final years of the Chinese Civil War, the museum collections
were moved under the orders of Chiang Kai-shek from the Chinese Imperial PalaceThe Forbidden City (, pinyin: Zjin Cheng, literal meaning: "Purple Forbidden City"), located at the exact center of the ancient City of Beijing, was the imperial palace during the mid- Ming and the Qing dynasties. Known now as the Palace Museum (, pinyin: to Taiwan. This removal has always been controversial with many within Mainland ChinaAll islands except Hainan and Taiwan are invisible on the map. Mainland China ( or , pinyin: Zhongguo Dalu, lit. The Chinese Massive Landmass" or "Continental China"), is an informal geographical term which is usually synonymous with the area currently ad viewing this as looting while some in Taiwan have argued that had the art not been moved
to Taiwan in the 1940s, it would have been destroyed by the
Cultural RevolutionThe Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution ( Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: wu chn jie ji wen hua da ge ming, literally "Proletarian Cultural Great Revolution"; often abbreviated to wen hua da ge ming, literally "Great Cultural Revolu in the 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around. With the victory of the CommunistsThe Communist Party of China ( Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo Gongchndng) is the ruling party of the People's Republic of China. The party was founded in 1921, and fought the Kuomintang during the Chinese Civil War., the National Palace Museum was split into two. The first on the Mainland was centered on the Forbidden CityThe Forbidden City (, pinyin: Zjin Cheng, literal meaning: "Purple Forbidden City"), located at the exact center of the ancient City of Beijing, was the imperial palace during the mid- Ming and the Qing dynasties. Known now as the Palace Museum (, pinyin: and is described in that article.
The National Palace Museum on Taiwan has also been controversial on Taiwan with many supporters of Taiwan independenceTaiwan independence (, pinyin: Taiwn duli, Taiwanese Church Romanization: Tai-oan Tok-lip; abbreviated to , Taidu, Tai-tok) is a political movement whose goal is to create a sovereign, independent Republic of Taiwan out of the lands currently administered regarding it as an unwanted of China-centeredness.
During the 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around and 1970s, the National Palace Museum was used by
the Kuomintang to support its claim that the Republic of China was the sole legitimate government of all of China and tended to emphasize Chinese nationalism. More recently it has been more focused on local and minority cultures and has included some materials on loan from the People's Republic of China.
See also: Chinese art
