Virtual Reality Theater to Be Built in Forbidden CityA virtual reality theater is to be built within the Forbidden City to showcase the country's centuries-old architecture and cultural relics.The letter of intent to that effect was signed here last Friday between the Palace Museum and Japan's Toppan Printing Co. ltd. The project, involving an investment of 500 million Japanese yen from Toppan, is believed to be the first joint venture of the kind within the Forbidden City. The application of digitalization technology in the theater will make it possible for visitors to see more relics and almost every details of them which people can not do with naked eyes. And the use of the high-tech will also be conducive to the management and protection of the ancient architecture and relics, said Zhu Chengru, deputy curator of Palace Museum. Palace Museum, covering a total area of 720,000 sq. m., is world-renowned for its collection of nearly one million pieces of rare ancient cultural relics and also the home to the world's unique and the largest number of imperial buildings. The number of cultural relics on display at present is only one percent of the total preserved, and only one third of the ancient architecture in the Museum open to the public. |
| People's Daily Online --- http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/english/ |