Three Joint Exhibitions at Meridian Gate

In January 2024, the Palace Museum launched three major exhibitions at the Meridian Gate Exhibition Hall, namely Al-Ula, Wonder of Arabia, Historic Encounters: Interaction Between China and West Asia in History, and The Glory of Ancient Persia.

The three distinctive exhibitions recount the glorious history of major civilizations along the Silk Road.

Based on relics from the Palace Museum, the Historic Encounters brings together 266 pieces (sets) of relics from 10 domestic and foreign archaeological and cultural institutions, including the National Museum of Iran, to tell a story of historical interaction and exchange between China and West Asia.

The Glory of Ancient Persia features 216 pieces of relics from various museums in Iran, most of which represent vivid evidence of the long-standing friendship between China and Iran.

The Al-Ula exhibition employed sound and light technology to recreate the magnificent oasis landscape of the northwestern Saudi Arabian city of al-Ula. It also features more than 230 pieces (sets) of relics that testify to the miraculous civilization created by local people over the past 7,000 years.

The joint exhibitions were an important move taken by the Palace Museum to implement the Global Civilization Initiative proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, which aims to enhance mutual understanding between the peoples of various countries and explore the development of civilizations along the Silk Road by reviewing the history of exchanges and mutual learning between the ancient civilizations of China and West Asia.

午門三聯展

2024年1月，故宮博物院在午門同期推出“埃爾奧拉——阿拉伯半島的奇跡綠洲”“歷史之遇——中國與西亞古代文明交流展”和“璀璨波斯——伊朗文物精華展”三大展覽。

三大展覽各具特色，經“歷史之遇”展串聯，勾勒出絲綢之路上重要文明的歷史長卷。“歷史之遇”展，以故宮博物院文物為基礎，匯集伊朗國家博物館等10家國內外考古文博機構266件（組）文物，講述中國與西亞相遇相知、交往交流的歷史故事。“璀璨波斯”展，匯集伊朗多家博物館216件文物，多是兩國友好往來源遠流長的鮮活實證。“埃爾奧拉”展，用聲光技術呈現沙特西北部城市艾爾奧拉壯麗的沙漠綠洲景觀，用230余件（組）文物展示7000年來人類在此繁衍生息的文明奇跡。

此次聯展，是故宮博物院踐行習近平提出“全球文明倡議”的重要舉措，通過回顧中國與西亞古代文明交流互鑒的歷史，增進各國人民之間的相互了解，探尋絲綢之路上交流互鑒的文明發展之路。