PALACE OF HARMONY

Sounds of the Forbidden City are at the heart of a new music project, Chen Nan reports.

An old door creaking open, raindrops splashing down, cats meowing and birds chirping — those different kinds of sounds make the Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, euphonious.

Those sounds will be captured, recorded and presented to the audience via a new music project, The Sounds of the Palace Museum, which was launched on Feb 24 in Beijing.

Co-organized by the Palace Museum, the China National Traditional Orchestra and the China division of Universal Music Group, the project will include an album, a concert and a global tour.