On July 11, at the invitation of the Peruvian Embassy in China and with the coordination by the Tsinghua University Latin America Center and the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University, more than 20 professors and students of Tsinghua made a visit to an exhibition in the Capital Museum about “Wonders: The Ancient Andean Civilization in Peru “ at the beginning of their summer holiday.

This visit was led by Professor Liu Jian, Associate Dean of the School of Architecture, and Professor Chen Taotao, Director of the Latin America Center. Besides, Mr. Ignacio Vargas, the officer in charge of cultural and academic affairs from the Peruvian Embassy in China, accompanied all the professors and students during the visit. He expressed warm welcome to the group and hoped this visit could be helpful for the professors and students to have a better understanding of the Peruvian civilization.

Group photo

“2021 is a special year because it marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Peru, the 200th anniversary of Peru’s independence, and the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Communist Party of China. This exhibition is one part of the celebration activities. It arrived in September in the Museum of Taiyuan on 2019, then travelled to Tianjin, Chongqiong, Changsha and Guangzhou, and now it comes to Beijing,” Mr. Ignacio Vargas said.

Listen to the introduction about the Peruvian cultures

The exhibition, hosted by the Capital Museum and co-organized by 11 Peruvian museums, showed the civilization development from the Chavin culture to the Inca culture. It includes four periods which are the beginning of the civilization, the diverse regional cultures, the interregional political systems and the Inca empire, and it contains 168 archaeological pieces of the National Heritage of Peru, including stoneware, pottery, gold and silverware, silk fabrics, feathers, and mummies.

Photos about some archaeological pieces

“It is a very interesting, impressive and valuable visit for us. We have great interest to experience the Peruvian culture and history, but it’s hard because Peru is very far from China. Thanks to the Embassy and the Capital Museum, hard to imagine, today I made it, in China, “some professors and students said, after the visit.

At the exhibition hall, there is also the video introduction