Milestones
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2006

  • November
    • Applied for the building permit of Chung Tai World Museum
  • November 18, 2006 – January 1, 2007
    • The True Face of the Lotus Treasury – 2006 Chung Tai Shan Buddhist Art Exhibition opens

2007

  • May 15
    • Venerable Jian Deng, Abbot of Chung Tai Chan Monastery, presided over the Purification Ceremony for the construction of the new museum.
  • December 22, 2007 – October 2, 2008
    • The True Face of the Lotus Treasury – 2007 Chung Tai Shan Buddhist Art Exhibition opens

2009

  • January 14
    • Operating permit for Chung Tai Museum obtained.
    • The Chung Tai Art and Culture Foundation established.
  • September 29
    • Preview press conference for Heavenly Treasures Sprung from the Earth: Special Exhibition of Rare Artifacts from Zhejiang Provincial Museum.
  • October 3, 2009
    • Special lecture: “A Survey of the Buddhist Sutra Scrolls in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum Collection,” by Professor Chen Ping, Assistant Curator of Zhejiang Provincial Museum, for Heavenly Treasures Sprung from the Earth: Special Exhibition of Rare Artifacts from Zhejiang Provincial Museum.
    • Mind-Transforming Treasures: Chung Tai Museum Buddhist Art Exhibition
    • Grand Opening of Chung Tai Museum
  • October 3, 2009 - March 14, 2010
    • Heavenly Treasures Sprung from the Earth: Special Exhibition of Rare Artifacts from Zhejiang Provincial Museum
  • October 4
    • Special lecture: “The Excavation of Leifeng Pagoda and the Research of Ashoka Pagodas” by Director Li Yuxin, Curator of Zhejiang Provincial Museum, for Heavenly Treasures Sprung from the Earth: Special Exhibition of Rare Artifacts from Zhejiang Provincial Museum.
  • December 12
    • Cross-Strait Cultural Artifacts Exchange Symposium

2010

  • May 1 – August 8
    • Special exhibition: Offering the Misty Clouds: Buddhist Paintings, Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Museum Collection
  • September 18
    • “The cultural history hall for calligraphy art—A tour of Xi’an Beilin Museum”—A lecture by Director Zhao Liguang of Xi’an Beilin Museum from Shaanxi, China
    • Special exhibition: True Treasures in Stone and Ink: Stele Rubbings from Xi’an Beilin Museum
    • Ribbon-cutting ceremony for special exhibition: True Treasures in Stone and Ink.

2011

  • January 23
    • “Buddha’s relics in Famen Temple—heavenly Palace, treasures and the Buddhist world”—A lecture by Professor Han Jinke, the former Director of Famen Temple Museum

2012

  • August 25
    • Groundbreaking ceremony of Chung Tai World Museum

2013

  • July 31
    • Building permit for Chung Tai World Museum granted.
  • August
    • Construction for Chung Tai World Museum formally begins
  • October
    • Preparatory Committee of Chung Tai World Museum established
  • November 2
    • “Reciting the sutra and practicing calligraphy—the influence of the Stele of Emperor's Preface to the Holy Tripitaka in Wang Xizhi's Calligraphy on Tang dynasty’s Buddhist culture”—A lecture by curator Wang Qiwei of Xi’an Beilin Museum
    • All Dharma Teachings Lead to the One Truth—Special Exhibit on Flourishing of Buddhist Sects in Sui and Tang Dynasties: Focus on Capital Chang'an
  • November 3
    • “The bhiksuni in Tang dynasty’s Chang’an—with a focus on the Stele of Daode Temple” –A lecture by the Vice-director of the Exhibit Curator Department of Xi’an Beilin Museum

2016

  • August 13
    • Grand Opening of Chung Tai World Museum
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