In early 1933, as the Japanese invading army approached North China, the Palace Museum began packing up its cultural relics and transporting them south. Subsequently, these wooden crates filled with national treasures traveled from Beiping to Shanghai and Nanjing, and then split into several routes to the southwest hinterland. It was not until 1947, after the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan, that the westward-moved cultural relics…
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In early 1933, as the Japanese invading army approached North China, the Palace Museum began packing up its cultural relics and transporting them south. Subsequently, these wooden crates filled with national treasures traveled from Beiping to Shanghai and Nanjing, and then split into several routes to the southwest hinterland. It was not until 1947, after the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan, that the westward-moved cultural relics…