Royal inspiration

The Palace Museum will host two displays in Beijing to welcome the Year of the Pig, Wang Kaihao reports.

Beijing's Forbidden City, which is the former imperial palace of China and is now officially known as the Palace Museum, will soon welcome the Year of the Pig following the Chinese zodiac.

A major exhibition displaying 885 cultural relics will open to the public on Jan 6, the first day of the 12th month in the Chinese lunar calendar, at the Meridian Gate Gallery, which is above the entrance gate of the museum. It'll take visitors back in time with royal rituals of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).