Smart Palace @ HKU
Smart Palace
Culture × Technology
Smart Palace @ HKU
Smart Palace @ HKU — Culture × Technology
From culture,towards the future.
Where technology brings heritage to life.
Upcoming / 2026
National Treasure Stories opens for submissions soon.
Your story could be published.
Revisit fifteen highlights from Brian Chow’s writing workshop
in Event Recaps.
Latest Events / Upcoming events
Discover
what’s next.
The National Treasure Stories cultural writing and publishing project invites HKU students to write in Traditional Chinese and continue the stories of cultural objects.
National Treasure Stories · Writing Competition
11 / 012026 · Expected opening for submissions
National Treasure Stories
Your story could be published alongside essays by Palace Museum directors and other distinguished writers.
Write poetry or a narrative in Traditional Chinese about a national treasure. Shortlisted authors will be invited to refine their work at a workshop led by Ming Pao Monthly editors.
- Expected submission period
- 1 November 2026–31 January 2027
- Eligibility
- Registered HKU students
Full-time and part-time students - Requirements
- Poetry: no more than 500 Chinese characters
Narrative: no more than 3,000 Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese · One entry per person
A writing workshop and publication opportunities are available. Full-time students may also receive a Palace Museum visit award, depending on the prize. See the full rules.
View competition rules01 / What’s happening
History ishappening now.
Approach history anew
through lectures, films and conversations
across disciplines.
Museum Cultural Week 2026Opening keynote
and conversation:
The power of museums
Distinguished Lectures / Video lectures
Let history
speak.
From Palace Museum stories to conversations on curation, technology and culture: ten videos featuring distinguished speakers.
what would he post when it snowed?吳十洲
02 / The collection
In the details,an era unfolds.
From metalwork to painted fans,
explore materials, patterns and craftsmanship.
Gem-set silver filigree bracelet
with gold and longevity motifs
This gemstone-set silver filigree bracelet bears the “Daqing Guobao” inscription and longevity motifs.
Painted silk fan with a bamboo duck-foot handle
The painted fan depicts Chinese scholars and has a bamboo handle shaped like a duck foot.
03 / Keep exploring
Explore
further.
Continue the conversation
between culture and technology.