Source: CCTV.com

02-27-2008 08:43

Just a few days after the end of the Spring Festival holidays, the Culture Year of Greece in China has returned to Beijing.

The exhibition at Hellenic House gave people in Beijing  a preview of the new museum in Athens.

The exhibition at Hellenic House gave people in Beijing a preview of the new museum in Athens. The museum was constructed to house the famous exhibits from the site of the Acropolis, Athens' most famous landmark. Visitors are able to see cast copies of the west frieze of the Acropolis, as well as the Parthenon, and a photographic presentation of the New Acropolis Museum.

There's also a scale model of the museum's "Parthenon Gallery." The Gallery will house the original blocks of the frieze and other elements of the architectural decoration of the Parthenon. The new museum in Athens will be fully opened by late 2008.

Another remarkable event this week debuts a contemporary adaptation of an ancient comedy, by Aristophanes. "The Birds," is to open at Beijing's National Grand Theatre.