The Quai Branly Museum close to our inns has simply opened a brand new exhibition organised with the assistance of the Taipei Nationwide Palace Museum in Taiwan β Dragons β exploring the myths and legends of dragons in Asia relationship again 5,000 years.
Uncover the origins of dragons in Asian tradition, very totally different creatures from these we all know within the West. These βpig-dragonsβ originated in China 5,000 years in the past, and the figures we recognise as we speak took kind across the Bronze age, 2700-800 BCE.
Symbolising pure forces (for good or dangerous), ruling over seas, mountains and the skies, dragons have been rapidly extremely popular designs on porcelain objects and jade, to such a degree that they turned the image of China itself.
The exhibition exhibits numerous objects with drawings or the types of dragons, an animal with no wings that doesn’t spit hearth just like the dragons typically seen in western media.
The exhibition goals to be as accessible as doable, providing (in French) texts for individuals with visible disabilities, and one other simple learn model (extra about simple learn right here).
For younger French audio system (7 years and older), a recreation pamphlet is out there as a PDF, together with enjoyable actions across the theme of the exhibition. Click on the picture beneath to test it out.
Linked with the exhibition, there are guided visits for adults, and others for households. A present known as LβΓ©veil de la montagne (Mountain Daybreak) can also be being placed on twice every night of the thirteenth & 14th December.
{The catalogue} for the exhibition (112 pages, round 22β¬) can also be obtainable right here out of your native Amazon.
The Dragons exhibition is on the Quai Branly Museum (right here) till 1st March 2026
Open on daily basis besides Mondays from 10.30am-7pm (10pm Thursdays)
Admission: 14β¬ / 11β¬
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