The Forbidden City Calendar 2019 (Hardcover) (Chinese Edition)

The year 2019 will be the year of pig in China's lunar calendar. Pigs, sanguine and brave, serve as an important kind of livestock in traditional Chinese agriculture, a symbol of wealth and abundance, with an auspice telling golden pigs knocking at your door with good luck. On this note, The Forbidden City Calendar 2019 (Hardcover) selects everything related to pigs among the antiques housed in the Palace Museum as well as the cultural relics that demonstrate food culture and a well-off life, to create a joyful atmosphere with the pig elements for readers every day. The calendar is compiled by the research fellow of the Palace Museum Chen Lihua and written by the specialists long devoted to studies of the Palace Museum cultural relics Feng Hejun, Li Shi, Liu Yue andf Han Qian.