About This Event

Join the curator in exploring the public debut of the Huang Kam Chak Yee Collection through an English, Cantonese, or Putonghua tour. In the Late Qing period (1800–1911 CE), China’s population of approximately 450 million people lived and worked through uprisings, invasions, and natural disasters. A time of both difficulty and opportunity, women outside of the imperial court navigated living within traditional frameworks of womanhood and a rapidly changing country. What did life look like for these women? Join the curator of Everyday Elegance: Daily Lives of Women in Late Qing China in exploring what women in urban communities wore, ate, did for work and for fun. From silver hairpins to wood cake moulds to gilt lacquer boxes, these functional yet elegant objects reveal that women in 1800s China expressed their individuality in creative ways. They far exceeded the duties they were expected to fulfil, making important contributions to the successes of their families and communities. English tours: 13:00-13:45 Putonghua tours: 14:00-14:45 Cantonese tours: 15:00-15:45 If you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your booking so your place can be offered to someone else.

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