Royal Asiatic Society Beijing – The Old Summer Palace Revealed Through Digital Technology – 4/4/15

Old Summer Palace Revealed Through Digital Technology

a unique RASBJ excursion

On April 4, you’re invited to this premiere tour of little-known sites in the Old Summer Palace, featuring digital recreations of imperial architecture, on Ipads and smartphones, brought exclusively to RASBJ by the Tsinghua Heritage Institute for Digitization (THID). We’re the first group to see THID’s unique presentation on efforts to bring the Yuanmingyuan ruins and gardens to digital life.  Please join us on this custom-designed excursion to parts of western Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, seldom visited by the public. The buildings were destroyed long ago, but THID’s experts and virtual reconstructions reveal how emperors, eunuchs and concubines lived daily life and observed festival rituals such as Qingming in a bygone era. Space is limited, please RSVP now!

WHEN: Saturday, April 4, 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM
WHERE: Our bus departs at 12:30 PM from the Hilton Hotel, N. Third Ring Road, (tel: 5865 5000, 400m north of Lufthansa Center) for transport to the ZAOYUAN GATE of Yuanmingyuan, where our tour begins at 2:00 PM. The return bus leaves from Yuanmingyuan South Gate at around 5:00 PM. If you’re using public transport, the nearest subway stops are Xiyuan – for the start – and Yuanmingyuan at the end.
RSVP: membership@rasbj.org  PLEASE RSVP BY APRIL 1!
HOW MUCH: RMB 400 for RASBJ members, RMB 450 for non-members. This includes bus transport to/from and within Yuanmingyuan (RMB 150); tickets; the use of AV devices such as Ipads; a tea break and administration/curation.
NOTE: Travel inside Yuanmingyuan will be mostly by electric sight-seeing bus, with some walking on garden paths.  Please wear appropriate shoes/hats, and bring water if desired.
Please see www.rasbj.org for details and updates. WE HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT!