(a reporter from Ta Kung Pao logged on to the official website of the Hong Kong Palace Museum at about 12 noon yesterday. It showed that there were 7835 people waiting in line in front. The reporter waited 60 minutes to enter the page.) The Hong Kong National Palace Museum of culture will open to the public on the 2nd of next month. Tickets began to be sold yesterday. There was a warm response. The reporter actually found that a large number of people had been waiting before the online sale at 10:00 a.m. at the moment of the sale, the web page showed that they had to wait for about an hour, and the number of people queuing at the peak of noon reached nearly 8000. The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority said that as of 6 p.m. yesterday, more than 40000 tickets had been sold or booked through different ticket purchase platforms, accounting for about 30% of the 140000 tickets available for booking in the first month. All free Wednesday tours in July were fully booked. The website last night showed that the 120 yuan special exhibition tickets for the first three weekends were nearly sold out. When the reporter of Ta Kung Pao opened the official website of the Hong Kong Forbidden City at 9 a.m. yesterday, the picture showed that 198 people were waiting to enter the website in front of him. The reporter waited for 6 minutes before successfully entering the website. When the tickets were officially sold at 10 a.m., the page automatically jumped to the ticket purchase page, but the screen showed that it took more than an hour to buy the tickets, and thousands of people were waiting in front. After waiting for more than 40 minutes, the reporter successfully entered the website to buy tickets. Nearly 8000 people are waiting in the peak period At noon, it was the peak time for ticket sales. At about 12:00, the reporter logged on to the official website of the Hong Kong Palace Museum. It showed that 7835 people were waiting in line. The reporter waited 60 minutes to enter the page. It is worth noting that there is a reminder on the web page. If you do not enter the website within 10 minutes when it is your turn, you need to queue up again; After the date and time of the visit are selected on the ticket purchase page, the page will start timing, and the ticket purchase process needs to be completed within 30 minutes. More than 75% of weekend special show tickets sold There are two kinds of tickets in the Forbidden City of Hong Kong. The 50 yuan standard ticket to visit the special exhibition hall 1 to exhibition hall 7120 yuan special exhibition ticket can additionally visit exhibition hall 8 to exhibition hall 9. As of 10:00 last night, the website showed that the 120 yuan tickets for the first two weekends (July 2, 3, 9, 10) and the third Sunday (July 17) had been sold out. There were only 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on July 16. A spokesman for the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority said that the ticketing system operated smoothly yesterday. Due to the large number of bookings in the earlier period, it took a long time to wait. After noon, you can log in to the online platform to buy tickets. By 6:00 p.m., the special exhibition tickets had received a warm response, and more than 75% of the weekend special exhibition tickets had been sold. Among the more than 29000 tickets sold, about 11000 are standard tickets, and the remaining 18000 are special exhibition tickets. All free Wednesday tours in July are fully booked, involving about 11000 free tickets. In order to avoid inconvenience or confusion caused by long queues at the beginning of the opening ceremony, there will be no on-site ticket sales service for the first three months of the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong Forbidden City. People can only buy tickets online. If you purchase tickets on the Palace Museum website in Hong Kong, you need to apply for "mywestkowloon" account first, and then select the payment method. BOCHK gives 33000 tickets to vulnerable groups BOC Hong Kong announced yesterday that it would give 33000 tickets to the Hong Kong Palace Museum of culture to vulnerable groups. In order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the opening of the Hong Kong Forbidden City, BOCHK will sponsor the "dialogue between Dunhuang and the Forbidden City: crossing the cultural Millennium" concert and cultural lecture to be held next Tuesday (21st) by the Hong Kong Forbidden City in cooperation with the sounds of nature Dunhuang orchestra. The Palace Museum of Hong Kong announced yesterday that BOC Hong Kong has become a strategic partner. With the support of BOCHK, the Palace Museum of Hong Kong will launch a series of artistic and cultural activities to promote Chinese culture locally and around the world, and implement the national "14th five year plan" to clearly support Hong Kong's mission to develop into a Sino foreign cultural and art exchange center. In order to support the Forbidden City of Hong Kong to go into the community and promote Chinese culture to the public, BOCHK will sponsor 33000 tickets for standard and special exhibitions of the Forbidden City of Hong Kong in the first year of the opening ceremony. Relevant tickets will be donated to vulnerable groups through the NGO partners of the forbidden city of Hong Kong, so that different levels of society can visit the Forbidden City of Hong Kong to appreciate and learn the culture of the Forbidden City in a new way. BOC Hong Kong also exclusively sponsored the "s howtime! In Hong Kong" from July this year to June next year Series, performing arts activities are held from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Hong Kong Palace Museum of culture Ticket ordering steps 1. log in to the website of the Hong Kong National Palace Museum of culture and select the "ticket guide" page. Website: hkpm org. hk/tc/home 2. select "standard ticket" or "special exhibition ticket", and select "appointment visit". 3. before purchasing tickets, first register and establish a "mywestkowloon" account. During the registration process, provide the e-mail address, name, mobile phone number, and set the login password. 4. after logging in the account, select the visit date, time period, ticket type and quantity. After picking, select Add to cart. 5. select the payment method. Currently, there are five payment platforms, "visa", "MasterCard", "American Express", "UnionPay" and "JCB". 6. after selecting the visit date and time period, the countdown will start on the website, and the ticket purchase must be completed within 30 minutes. 7. after successful ticket purchase, you will receive email notification and obtain electronic tickets. Members of the public are required to download electronic tickets and present them to the staff upon admission. (Xinhua News Agency)