National Palace Museum
Yeah we Vietnamese all agreed to choose this option for the city tour.
We had like over 2 hours to explore the National Palace Museum before the closing party. I took quite a few images of the artifacts, and I would just dump them all below along with a short description for each.
an ancient study room
some ancient jade artifacts
a collection of ancient weapons (daggers, crossbows, etc.)
water vessels from different eras
an ancient setup for a board game named 五子棋 - Gomoku
Gui food container of Yu-zheng Wei
chime-bell set of Zi-fan (7th to 6th century B.C.E)
He wine vessels with different decorations
He wine vessels of Lady Ji of Zeng
a collection of ancient miscellaneous articles
寫生冊 - 沈周 (1427 - 1509, Ming Dynasty)
Sketching from Life - Shen Zhou (1427 - 1509, Ming Dynasty)
貓 (寫生冊) - 沈周 (1427 - 1509, Ming Dynasty)
Cat (Sketching from Life) - Shen Zhou (1427 - 1509, Ming Dynasty)
菊 (寫生冊) - 沈周 (1427 - 1509, Ming Dynasty)
Chrysanthemum (Sketching from Life) - Shen Zhou (1427 - 1509, Ming Dynasty)
Words from Shen Zhou (Sketching from Life) - Shen Zhou (1427 - 1509, Ming Dynasty)
荷與蛙 + 萱 (寫生冊) - 沈周 (1427 - 1509, Ming Dynasty)
Frog and Lotus + Day Lily (Sketching from Life) - Shen Zhou (1427 - 1509, Ming Dynasty)
manuscripts from Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912)
Meat-shaped Stone - Qing Dynasty
part of an ancient long handscroll that tells a story of Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912)
Chao Meng-fu’s Green Pines of an Eternal Spring (1643)
arrangement of forts in Taiwan, 17th century
Yeah, that was it for the city tour, and I did not buy any souvenirs, sadly.