Exhibit showcases aesthetic taste of Qianlong Emperor  

两岸故宫在台北联手举办“十全乾隆”艺术特展

People visit the "All Complete Qianlong: a Special Exhibition on the Aesthetic Tastes of the Qing Emperor Gaozong" at the Taipei Palace Museum in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Oct. 8, 2013. The exhibition, jointly organized with Beijing's Palace Museum, was opened Tuesday with around 200 pieces of cultural relics originally collected by Qianlong (1711-1799), a meritorious emperor in China's Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). (Xinhua/Lu Peng)

Taipei (CNS) -- A special exhibition that explores the aesthetic tastes of the Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), who reigned during China's Qing Dynasty, opened Tuesday in Taipei.

Jointly hosted by Taipei's Palace Museum and the Palace Museum in Beijing, the exhibit not only includes a display of 200 artifacts from the Taipei collection, but also 45 works on loan from Beijing.

This exhibition has three sections. The first is "Taste and Cultivation," referring to Qianlong's artistic inspiration from his grandfather, father, and teachers. The second part, "Connoisseurship and Production," mainly presents the emperor's systematic organization of the Qing imperial collections. The third section, "Life and Art," deals mostly with the emperor's six decades of rule, including his six southern inspection tours and sojourns into Jiangnan.

The exhibition will last until January 7, 2014.