It is due to open to the public by the end of March next year.
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The museum is currently under trial operation and only invited groups can visit. The museum welcomes donations related to Shanghai's history, and since May this year, when it made a public call for donations, has received over 500 calls from all over the world. "Early gas lamps usually had only one 'head,' and since this one has five, it probably was created on a later date," she said, adding that the original location of the lamp had yet to be established.Īll seven lamps are to be installed in the courtyard of the museum. Qiu Zhengping, director of the museum's research department, said the lamp was probably made between 18 because there were no more gas lamps in the city after that. When Chon Wang (Chan) gets news of his estranged fathers murder in Shanghai, he leaves his honorable life as Carson Citys sheriff in a cloud of dust and reunites with his yarn-spinning sidekick, Roy OBannon (Wilson). "It's a beautiful story that the lamps finally returned to their home city after decades of traveling around the world," he said. Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson jump back in the saddle for Shanghai Knights, the hilarious sequel to the hit action-comedy Shanghai Noon. In addition to starring in the film, Chan also directed and helped contribute to the screenplay, making it one of his most hand-on films. Nine are on display at the Jackie Chan Museum in Shanghai.Ĭhan said a recent meeting with a city official gave rise to the idea of donating another one - a more beautiful one, he said - to the Shanghai History Museum. Originally intended as a sequel to an earlier film, Dragon Lord is a kung-fu comedy stand-alone that features some of Jackie Chan’s most complicated stunt sequence- including one scene that reportedly took almost three thousand takes to film. "Since the lamps were broken to different extent, some of them were restored and others were used to make new-old lamps," he said. He bought 19 lamps from the couple at up to US$4,500 each and had them shipped to Hong Kong. The Taiwan couple selling them said they were from Shanghai during the Republic of China (1912-1949) period.
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The original lamp is undergoing restoration, the museum said.Ĭhan, a keen antiques collector outside his movie career, said he spotted a number of ornate street lamps on sale while filming in the United States many years ago.
The 63-year-old film actor posed for pictures with one of the replicas during a ceremony at the museum at 325 Nanjing Road W. Two professors team up to locate a lost treasure and embark. Jackie Chan yesterday donated an antique street lamp and six replicas to the Shanghai History Museum. With Jackie Chan, Yixing Zhang, Miya Muqi, Disha Patani. Film actor Jackie Chan climbs on to a replica of an antique street lamp as he poses for the press at the Shanghai History Museum yesterday.
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