Duration: April 26 to October 31, 2024
Venue: Gallery 2, Macao Science Center
Ticket Price: For details, please visit our "Ticket Purchase Guide."
Introduction
As one of the most important palaces in the Palace Museum, the Hall of Mental Cultivation was the place of work and living for eight emperors since the Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing dynasty, as well as concrete evidence to study the architecture, court history and life of the Qing dynasty. The Palace Museum has been committed to exploring digital technology starting from the 21st century and established a huge and accurate database, based on which a virtual architecture of the Hall of Mental Cultivation in this exhibition was constructed. Meanwhile, the motion-sensing interaction, 3D modeling and virtual reality (VR) technology employed allows the public to learn about the architectural functions of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and knowledge of court life in the Qing dynasty after experiencing the Hall of Mental Cultivation in a digital world.
The “Discover the Hall of Mental Cultivation” Digital Experience Exhibition was co-organized by the Palace Museum and Macao Science Center (MSC). In addition to the architecture of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the exhibition also selects the high-precision digital models of some cultural relics, such as ceramics, glass, goldware and silverware, jadeware, bronze and carved lacquer and interactively presents the production technology, decorative features and use methods of these cultural relics. In the meantime, some funny content such as the costumes of emperors and queens and the imperial cuisine is reproduced with digital technology, which breaks limitations in time and space in a vivid manner and leads the public to rediscover the Hall of Mental Cultivation and experience the excellent Chinese traditional culture.
With the joint efforts by the Palace Museum and MSC in moving the "Hall of Mental Cultivation" to Macao by advanced scientific and technological means, the public will be guided to walk into this special place, feel the charm from it, and discover the hidden mystery.
Featured Exhibits
Memorials to the Throne with Red Inked Responses
The Palace Museum has selected multiple memorials to the throne from the treasured archives, including the original copies of red inked responses familiar to everyone such as "I know" and "That's what I am". Visitors can imitate the emperor to read the memorials and make decisions within a limited period of time.
Customized Calligraphy and Painting
A number of rare and famous paintings are selected from the collections of the Palace Museum for this exhibition. With just a fingertip touch, visitors can experience the whole painting process from personally composing and coloring to selecting postscripts for the paintings. One can also make an electronic seal with his/her name on it and stamp it on the painting as a souvenir.
VR Experience of Inner Bedroom Area
The exhibits are developed on the basis of high-precision three-dimensional data. Visitors only have to put on a VR device before walking into the inner bedroom area of the virtual Hall of Mental Cultivation and come into contact with the daily living environment of the emperor in an immersive manner.
Costume Collocation
According to the court ritual system of the Qing Dynasty, the Palace Museum has set six different sets of court costumes, including the official costume, festive costume, regular costume, military outfit and leisure costume. Visitors can try on different types of costumes through the Kinect motion sensing device and learn about the relevant knowledge of court costume collocation.
Digital Treasure Pavillion
The cultural relics in the Digital Treasure Pavillion are selected out of more than 1.8 million pieces of collections in the Palace Museum, including ceramics, glass, goldware and silverware, jadeware, bronze and carved lacquer. Digital models that are closest to the real things are presented through high-precision 3D scanning technology and in combination with the 3D engine physically-based rendering (PBR) technology. Visitors can enlarge and rotate these digital cultural relics at will and appreciate them carefully.
Hand-made Imperial Cuisine
Experts from the Palace Museum have meticulously selected six dishes from extensive historical data and restored their production process via electronic technology. By following instructions on the interactive touch screen, visitors can cook exquisite imperial cuisine step by step from selecting ingredients to placing them on the table.
Must-see Locations
An Elegant Room of the Emperor - Hall of Three Rarities
A corner of the exhibition is specially decorated as the Hall of Three Rarities, the favorite imperial study of the Qianlong Emperor. Visitors can freely feel the aesthetic mood of the Qianlong Emperor when reading, writing, painting and appreciating treasures in the Hall of Three Rarities covering an area of only eight square meters.
Let's step into the "Discover the Hall of Mental Cultivation" Digital Experience Exhibition to feel, experience and share one day in the Hall of Mental Cultivation!
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