Watches from the collections of Chinese emperors - the exhibition in Utrecht

The Museum Speelklok in Utrecht, the exhibition "SingSong: Treasures of the Forbidden City." She was crowned three years of restoration work, conducted jointly by the museum Speelklok and the Royal Museum of the Forbidden City in Beijing. The visitors now have a unique chance to admire the rare artifacts outside of China. During the XVIII century, European countries to sell to China the clock. They had the highest demand among the Chinese emperors, they were considered the most desirable gifts. Some of those hours playing melodic music every quarter of an hour. And at the Chinese imperial court called them "for hours, who call themselves" or, in Chinese, zimingzhong. Subsequently, this term has become a singsong - both in the West began to call all hours of music. Chinese Emperor Aysingero Hongli (Qianlong) gathered an impressive collection of such clocks. She became part of the stem-exhibition in Utrecht. The unique expertise of the museum Speelklok in time mechanics and music greatly helped in the process of restoration of exhibits, writes eTurbo News. For the first time in more than a century of imperial clock rings again and again. And visitors can appreciate the skill Speelklok European watchmakers and taste of Chinese emperors. The exhibition runs until February 28.