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Chinese Culture and Traditions at the Museum+ Programme

2026. March 11.

The exhibition Guardians of Eternity – The Terracotta Soldiers of the First Chinese Emperor opened at the Museum of Fine Arts on 27 November 2025, with our Institute as one of the cooperating partners. Originally scheduled to remain open until 25 May 2026, the exhibition has been extended until 14 June due to great public interest. Several thematic programmes presenting Chinese culture have also been organized in connection with the exhibition. One of the largest of these was the Museum+ event, held on 11 March 2026 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., to which our Institute also contributed with a colourful programme.

The event attracted approximately 700 visitors. In the Schickedanz Hall, our teachers welcomed guests with tea and calligraphy demonstrations, while visitors also had the oppor-tunity to try fan painting and Chinese knotting.

Further cultural and gastronomic presentations, handicraft activities, as well as music and dan-ce performances took place at several venues throughout the Museum of Fine Arts. Naturally, visitors could also view the exhibition with guided tours.

The exciting and diverse programme included a lion dance and a martial arts demonstration, both held in the museum’s Renaissance Hall. The former was performed by members of the Hungarian Lion Dance Association, while the latter was presented by members of the Hunga-rian Chan Wu Federation. In addition, a concert by students of the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music was also met with great success. The Chinese guest students, who are currently stu-dying at the ELTE Institute of Arts Communication and Music, performed Chinese songs and pieces played on traditional instruments, including the Chinese bamboo flute, guzheng, and ruan, in the museum’s Romanesque Hall.








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