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Golestan Palace draws wide attention on Chinese state TV
Chinese state broadcaster China Global Television Network (CGTN) marked International Museum Day on May 18 by featuring Tehran’s Golestan Palace in a global cultural program that drew strong engagement from Chinese audiences, Hossein Khalifi, representative of Iran’s Touring and Automobile Centre in China, said.
The UNESCO-listed Qajar-era complex emerged as one of the most-watched segments in CGTN’s “Bridging the World Through Museums”, a multinational showcase spanning museums and cultural institutions from Iran, Greece, Tunisia, Brazil, Argentina and Slovenia, ISNA reported.
Khalifi said the Iranian entry stood out for blending Khorasani folk music with sweeping imagery of the palace’s mirror halls, luminous tiles and royal courtyards.
The soundtrack, performed by Iranian vocalist Gholamhossein Ghaffari, lent the production a lyrical cadence that resonated with Chinese viewers’ longstanding interest in Iran’s traditional arts, he said.
CGTN described museums as living arenas of cultural exchange that preserve civilization across generations and geographies.
In its portrayal of Golestan Palace, the network highlighted the site as a meeting point between Persian craftsmanship and European architectural influence, where “the echoes of shared heritage” ripple through vaulted chambers and mosaic-lined halls.
The program juxtaposed Golestan Palace with landmarks including China’s Old Summer Palace and Greece’s Acropolis, framing museums as active spaces where history, memory and artistic dialogue continue to converge.
Iranian cultural bodies, including the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, and the Owj Arts and Media Organization, collaborated on the production.