The Palace Museum in Hong Kong announced on the 18th that it will launch nine new exhibitions in 2026, showcasing national treasures of the Forbidden City, dazzling jewelry from around the world, and Buddhist treasures from the Silk Road. The 9 new exhibitions include 4 themed exhibitions jointly organized with the Palace Museum, 3 special exhibitions jointly organized with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Jimei National Museum of Asian Art in France, and the Tretyakov Art Museum in Russia, as well as 2 new themed exhibitions focusing on multimedia works by Hong Kong artists with Chinese mythical beasts as the theme, as well as works created and donated by calligrapher, painter, and collector Huang Junshi. It is reported that since its opening in 2022, the Hong Kong Palace Museum has collaborated with the Palace Museum on five special exhibitions that have been well received by visitors. In 2026, both sides will launch a series of special exhibitions, focusing on the "Zao Ban" institution in the Qing Dynasty that specialized in producing and repairing palace utensils, furnishings, and other items, as well as showcasing the rich cultural and lifestyle aspects of the Qing Dynasty court under the theme of the Four Seasons. The Palace Museum in Hong Kong will also select about 200 precious items from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, spanning from 2000 BC to the 21st century; About 100 precious collections from the Russian State Tretyakov Art Museum will also be exhibited. Wu Zhihua, the curator of the Palace Museum of Culture in Hong Kong, said that he would continue to strengthen cooperation with the world's top cultural institutions, link tradition with the contemporary, explore the rich collections of the Palace Museum from a new perspective, continue to present high-quality exhibitions, inspire Chinese and foreign audiences' interest in the background of Chinese civilization, Asian cultural context and even the global integration of literature and art, and promote cross-cultural exchanges. (New Society)