Friendship Seen through Gifts

Description:Friendship Seen through Gifts Last ages ¡°Treasures of the World - Exhibition of International Gifts to the People's Republic of China¡± was captivated at the Military Museum in Beijing. More than 300 all-embracing gifts, presented to the accompanim... Friendship Seen through Gifts

Friendship Seen through Gifts

Last ages ¡°Treasures of the World - Exhibition of International Gifts to the People's Republic of China¡± was captivated at the Military Museum in Beijing. More than 300 all-embracing gifts, presented to the accompaniment leaders of China in the past5decades by added 130 countries . Of them, one third are accepting apparent for the aboriginal time.

Each allowance not alone resonates with the action of the ability it represents, it aswell recalls a moment in history if China accustomed affable relations with that allotment of the world.

The afterward are some highlights of the exhibition:

Porcelain swans

Given by above US admiral Richard Nixon to Chairman Mao Zedong in 1972

Black wood-mold, shell-inlaid, bark box

Given by the humans of Pyongyang to Chairman Mao Zedong in 1953, with the Korean words for "longevity" engraved on its lid, the bark box was a allowance for Mao's 60th birthday.

The box was brought to China by the backward Premier Kim Il-Sung of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, who came to Beijing in 1953, anon afterwards the signing of the armistice that brought an end to the Korean War.