New mysterious part of Palace Museum opens to public

A photo taken on Sept 29 shows the catering services area, an area renovated from an ancient icehouse in the newly opened part of Museum Palace in Beijing. [Photo/VCG]

Tourists who plan to visit Beijing's Palace Museum during the National Day holiday are lucky as mysterious parts of it will be opened to public for the first time on Thursday, according to chinanews.cn.

New historical sites, including a bridge and trees planted in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), will be seen for the first time by the public.

In the newly opened area, an ancient icehouse is in its last stage of renovation for catering services and will be put into use soon. And a VR studio is available for reservation of students' group.

It's reported that the opening area of the Palace Museum will reach 76% of its total area by the end of this year, 11% up from last year, thanks to a series of new measures.