Exhibits aim to draw Greek visitors to Forbidden City

ATHENS - A rare exhibition about China's Emperor Qianlong is being held at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, with artifacts to be presented to the public for the first time on Saturday, the museum said.

The ongoing exhibition, titled From the Forbidden City: The imperial apartments of Qianlong, has been organized by the Acropolis Museum in cooperation with the Palace Museum of Beijing and will run through Feb 14, 2019.

It boasts 154 exquisite works of art, ceremonial robes, furniture and functional objects from the emperor's private apartments at the Palace of Many Splendors (Chonghua Gong).