Beautiful Ancient Things in the Palace Museum is another great book by Zhu Yong on the Palace Museum after Romance in the Forbidden City, The Secret Things in the Forbidden City and Looking for Su Dongpo in the Forbidden City. In this book, Zhu Yong has composed18 pieces of prose to tell the stories about 18 treasures selected from the collection of the Forbidden City, which provide a glimpse of the history of art in the Palace Museum and manifest the beauty of Chinese civilization. The “antiquities” in Zhu Yong’s works as the material carriers of the era reflect the cultural spirit of the age. The book shows amazement at our ancient civilization and genuine pride in the lineage of our culture.