Preserved the national treasures of the Forbidden City for seventy years

Author: Na Zhiliang
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: After the September 18th Incident of 1931, North China was in peril. On the night of February 5, 1933, Peking was placed under martial law. From the Square of Divine Prowess, 13,491 boxes of rare cultural relics from the Palace Museum embarked on two trains and headed south. They traveled along the Pinghan, Longhai, and Jinpu railways, beginning a long and arduous journey that lasted over a decade, moving through North China, Southeast China, Northwest China, Southwest China, and enduring countless hardships.