Shaanxi Museum Releases Calendar of Cultural Relics

2017-12-07 Source: China Daily

The inside page of the "Shaanxi History Museum Calendar". [Photo/Official Weibo account of Shaanxi History Museum]

The Shaanxi History Museum released the first calendar of cultural relics in Shaanxi province on Tuesday, showcasing 365 pieces of exquisite collections from ancient China.

The 2018 "Shaanxi History Museum Calendar", themed on "Glamour of Chang'an, the Tang Treasures", is a collaboration between experts from Shaanxi History Museum and the design team of "Palace Museum Calendar", which was a hot seller.

Turning the calendar, the left side reveals pictures and Chinese-English bilingual introductions of fine selected 365 pieces of cultural relics, while the right side has dates and space for note taking, and the dates and festivals are collection of words from ancient masters' inscriptions.

The cover of the "Shaanxi History Museum Calendar". [Photo/Official Weibo account of Shaanxi History Museum]

Qiang Yue, curator of Shaanxi History Museum, said by collaborating with the Palace Museum's cultural creative team, which has rich experience in the publishing of cultural calendar, the museum strives to turn the "Shaanxi History Museum Calendar" into a celebrity cultural creative product.

The "Shaanxi History Museum Calendar" will print 30,000 copies in the first run, and customers can buy both online and in stores.

The Shaanxi History Museum, which has more than 1.7 million collections spanning over 1 million years, is one of the 10 most popular museums in the world.

The calendar released by the Shaanxi History Museum. [Photo/Official Weibo account of cnwest.com]