Archives in Ming and Qing Dynasties account for half of the world's total. In addition, the Forbidden City allocated 6.5438+0.4 million copies of palace books to the National Library and other institutions, including Tianlu Lin Lang Rare Books.
The Palace Museum now has more than 600,000 ancient books and buildings, including about 400,000 rare ancient books and more than 200,000 printed versions. The special collection of the Forbidden City includes: manuscripts produced by the libraries in the palace during the compilation process, books to be engraved for the emperor to be familiar with, Manchu-Mongolian-Chinese classics that have never been engraved, all kinds of books copied again for the convenience of the emperor to read or carry, and all kinds of ornamental books specially designed for display in the halls inside and outside the palace. In addition, there are unpublished books written by Hanlin Bachelor and Ci Chen, as well as books submitted by bibliophiles all over the country; A large number of court dramas and archives; Empress dowager cixi's clothing and utensils samples, architectural drawings, maps, photos of the Qing palace, etc. In addition, there are more than 200,000 exquisite original engravings of Wuying Hall. In addition, the ancient buildings department of the Forbidden City has preserved a large number of ancient architectural relics.
Ganjul is a Tibetan book written in clay by Emperor Qianlong in the imperial palace to celebrate his mother's birthday. It received more than 65,438+0,000 Buddhist scriptures, and counted 65,438+008 letters. Scriptures are written in clay and decorated with gold and more than 10,000 pearls, coral beads, turquoise and other jewels, which are extremely gorgeous. 96 in Beijing and 0/2 in Taipei/KLOC. [ 16]
Full-name Manchu tripitaka: Qing translation, including 699 Buddhist classics, including a large number of exquisite prints and illustrations, representing the highest level of book block printing and binding in Qing Dynasty. The original seal 12 sets, the other set is collected in the Forbidden City on both sides of the strait, with 76 letters from Beijing and 32 letters from Taipei. Beijing has a collection of more than 40,000 original engraving plates of the Qing Dynasty and 160 Buddhist plates.