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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.