Some documentaries speak of the Forbidden City in order to display the grandeur of palaces; A Century of Guardianship places its camera deeper within time. It does not speak only of red walls and golden roofs, nor is it an ordinary museum review. It tells how the Palace Museum, over a century, transformed from an imperial palace into a cu.

A Century of Protection
百年守护
Some documentaries speak of the Forbidden City in order to display the grandeur of palaces; A Century of Guardianship places its camera deeper within time. It does not speak only of red walls and golden roofs, nor is it an ordinary museum review. It tells how the Palace Museum, over a century, transformed from an imperial palace into a cu.
Watching A Century of Guardianship today is not only about celebrating the Palace Museum’s first hundred years. More importantly, it helps us understand again the relationship between cultural heritage and people today. The Forbidden City is not a closed imperial city of the past, nor a background in tourists’ photogra.






《百年守护》:在紫禁城的时间深处,听见文物的呼吸
有些纪录片讲故宫,是为了展示宫殿的宏伟;《百年守护》讲故宫,却把镜头放进时间更深的地方。它讲的不是单纯的红墙金瓦,也不是一次普通的博物馆回顾,而是故宫博物院百年来如何从帝王宫苑转变为人民共同拥有的文化空间,如何在修复、研究、展览、点查、迁徙和开放中,守护一座文明记忆的宫城。“百年守护”这四个字很重。百年,是时间的长度;守护,是人的责任。文物不会自己说话,宫殿。
Some documentaries speak of the Forbidden City in order to display the grandeur of palaces; A Century of Guardianship places its camera deeper within time. It does not speak only of red walls and golden roofs, nor is it an ordinary museum review. It tells how the Palace Museum, over a century, transformed from an imperial palace into a cu.
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