钟表是故宫博物院众多文物藏品中较为特殊的一个门类。它是晚明西学东渐下的产物,也是反映明清时期中国宫廷中西文化交流盛况的重要遗存。故宫所藏钟表共1500余件,其中英国钟表居多,这些钟表不仅走时、打点准确,而且造型精美。同时,这些钟表还融雕塑、工艺、音乐、机械、科技等于一体,从中可以领略数百年前钟表制造的精湛技艺。西洋钟表与中国结缘 Clocks and watches is the Palace Museum of many cultural relics in a more special category. It is a product of the gradual decline of western learning in the late Ming and an important legacy reflecting the grand occasion of the Sino-Western cultural exchange between the Chinese court and the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Palace Museum possession of a total of more than 1,500 pieces of clocks, including the majority of British clocks, these watches not only go time, RBI accurate, but also beautiful shape. At the same time, these watches also melt sculpture, craft, music, machinery, science and technology into one, from which you can enjoy hundreds of years ago watch manufacturing skills. Western clocks and Chinese knot