New Exhibit at a Taipei Museum Highlights Cultural Exchanges
A new exhibit at Taipei's National Palace Museum showcases cultural exchanges in the "Age of Discovery" by displaying items on loan from 12 countries.
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00:00 Taiwan's National Palace Museum has opened a new exhibit showcasing items from 12 different
00:06 countries.
00:07 It's called "Boundless" and highlights cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia
00:11 during the Age of Discovery.
00:13 The exhibit itself is the result of the modern exchange between museums around the world.
00:18 78 artifacts from the 16th century are on loan from museums in France, Japan, and the
00:24 Netherlands, among others.
00:26 The large number of loaned items spans an ocean of history.
00:31 "When Europeans came to East Asia, they ordered from merchants in Guangzhou, China.
00:35 On traditional green paper, you can find the English and Roman alphabet of Europe.
00:40 This is a new thing that has suddenly emerged under a different cultural intermingling.
00:46 In fact, the 16th century is the first time in human history that we have seen the coming of a globalized era."