HK's new Palace Museum, a gift from Beijing, aims to engage city's youth

A festive robe exhibit from the Chinese Qing Dynasty Qianlong period is displayed at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. Photo: AP

Hong Kong's new Palace Museum, a gift from Beijing to marks 25th anniversary of the territory's return to Chinese rule, aims to engage the city's younger generation with Chinese culture, its director said recently.

Spanning more than 30,000sq m, the museum showcases more than 900 artefacts on loan from Beijing's Palace Museum in the Forbidden City, including portraits from the Qing dynasty, calligraphy and ceramics.