In the cultural and creative store of Liaoning Provincial Museum, many visitors are eagerly browsing through and purchasing the 2026 Liaoning Provincial Museum Calendar. Jointly launched by Liaoning Provincial Museum and Liaoning Fine Arts Press, this calendar gained instant popularity among cultural and museum lovers as soon as it hit the market. This calendar includes high-definition images of 333 cultural relics from the museum’s collection, along with detailed introductions to each piece. Not only is every page visually appealing, but readers can also gain extensive knowledge about cultural relics and museums through it every day.
Taking time as its axis, the 2026 Liaoning Provincial Museum Calendar weaves together the heroism and boldness of the Liao and Jin dynasties, the elegance and grace of the Great Tang, the refinement and sophistication of the Song and Yuan, and the magnificence and splendor of the Ming and Qing. With cultural relics as its mirror, it reflects the endless vitality of Chinese civilization. When opening the calendar, one will find that each daily selected cultural relic image is accompanied by interpretive texts written by cultural and museum experts, which analyze the historical background and craft characteristics layer by layer. It also thoughtfully notes the exhibition location of each relic, making it a worthy guidebook to the Liaoning Provincial Museum. The texts for dates and solar terms in the calendar are all compiled from stone inscriptions and calligraphy works by famous artists of past dynasties—from the powerful seal script on the San Family Plate (a renowned bronze vessel with ancient Chinese inscriptions), to the elegant running script of Wang Xizhi, the vigorous regular script of Yan Zhenqing, and the unrestrained cursive script of Huai Su. It offers readers a comprehensive overview of the evolutionary context of Chinese calligraphy, serving as an excellent reference for calligraphy enthusiasts to copy and study.
The museum’s four phenomenal exhibitions of the year are also integrated into the calendar. Among them, “Harmonious Co-Existence of Rivers and Mountains: Exhibition of History and Culture of Liao and Jin Dynasties” stands out as a highlight. National treasures from this exhibition, such as Playing Chess in Deep Mountain, A Painting of Bamboo, Sparrows and Two Rabbits, and the Capricorn-shaped water cup from Yaozhou Kiln, are beautifully presented in the calendar. Additionally, precious cultural relics from three other exhibitions—“Ethereal Grace: Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Figure Paintings Collected by the Liaoning Provincial Museum”, “Splendor of the Hehuang Region: Exhibition of Colored Potteries from Qinghai Province Collected by the Liaoning Provincial Museum”, and “Refined Radiance of Imperial Porcelain: Masterpieces of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns from the Liaoning Provincial Museum Collection”—are all included.
Unlike previous years’ calendars, the 2026 Liaoning Provincial Museum Calendar features 12 extended pull-out pages, one for each month, fully displaying famous long scroll paintings such as Lady Guoguo’s Spring Outing and Auspicious Cranes. The clarity of these paintings’ details is comparable to that of HD digital images. By condensing the essence of its precious collection into a compact format, Liaoning Provincial Museum has created not just a calendar for recording time, but a portable “museum on paper”. It allows people to encounter national treasures on every ordinary day and lets the millennium-old cultural heritage flow through their fingertips.
