---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 22 Jul 2001 (HL) New in IGCS - Academic Institutions: 故宮博物院 (Beijing Palace Museum) Ed./Corp.: The Palace Museum, Bejing, China URL: http://www.dpm.org.cn/ Language: Chinese (Big5, GB), parts also available in English and Japanese. Supplied note: "[...] The Beijing Palace Museum has gone online [on] 16th July 2001, offering its many treasured artefacts for world-wide viewing. It took three years and some US$2.5 million for this cybernetic project. [...]" Description: A very resourceful site, including dictionary entries for famous artists, names and institutions; some background information on displayed artefacts; and sometimes even related articles from Chinese journals (some in fulltext, some in citation only). However, the WWW "hightech" used on this site very often is more a show-off than a real help in accessing the material. Site contents: (1) 故宮博物院總說 General Introduction to the Palace Museum; (2) 紫禁城快訊 Latest News; (3) 紫禁城遊覽 Tour through the Forbidden City; (4) 藏品精粹 Collection Highlights; (5) 網上博物苑 On-line Museum; (6) 紫禁城宮殿 Palaces of the Forbidden City; (7) 明清五百年 500 Years of Ming and Qing Dynasty; (8) 專家論壇 Ask the Scholars; (9) 故宮藏書 Precious Books; (10) 故宮出版物 Publications; (11) 文物保護 Preservation of the Artefacts; (12) 精品贈送 Giftshop; (13) 關於本站 About this Site; (14) 友情鏈接 Links. Note: Some parts require special plug-ins for full display; loading time of images can be very long! Resource suggested via Asian Studies WWW Monitor (20 Jul 2001) by Siu-Leung Lee. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINESE STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ An archive of this list as well as an subscribe/unsubscribe facility is available at: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/igcs-l.html