Eighty-five years ago today, on April 16, 1940 (March 9, 1940), was the birthday of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Margrethe II of Denmark, the eldest daughter of the former King Frederik IX of Denmark, was born on April 16, 1940. She inherited the throne in 1972. She loved art since childhood, but in order to inherit the throne, she had to study subjects such as history, politics and economics. Strangely, she became fascinated with archaeology during this period and participated in archaeological work at home and abroad many times. When she became queen, her daily schedule was always so full that it was impossible to engage in archaeological work. Therefore, in the leisure of official business, on quiet nights without any activities, she reused her paintbrush. Every Thursday afternoon, she put down all her official duties, hid in the studio, and devoted herself to painting for more than ten years. The Queen's first published work was book illustrations. Once, while reading the novel "King of Wings" by the British author Torke, she was so fascinated by the characters and scenery described in the book that she couldn't help but read and conceive while making paintings. After reading the book, the paintings were also done. She sent these paintings to the writer as a reading experience. The writer was surprised to find that the queen's paintings were very similar to several of her own paintings. Later, when the "King of Wings" trilogy was translated and published in Denmark, the queen's paintings were used as illustrations for the book and received praise. The first success made the queen confidently enter the Danish painting world. She was invited to design stamps, Christmas cards and silverware patterns, and one after another, she was invited to design costumes for actors when Danish TV made a TV film of Andersen's fairy tale "The Chimney Sweeper and the Shepherdess." She readily agreed and went to the TV station in person, spread paper on the floor, leaned over, and concentrated on the creation, like a professional designer. In 1990, the Queen held a solo exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden, showing her amateur paintings over the past ten years, including both traditional and modern abstract paintings; landscape paintings, book illustrations, and designs for stamps and stage costumes. The exhibition was praised by visitors. She came to China in 1979. According to reports at the time, on the night she arrived in Beijing, she told her Chinese host: "The Prince and I look forward to this visit with great hope. China has always attracted every Danish." This time she came to China, she was very interested in China's cultural history, ancient architecture and unearthed cultural relics. On the afternoon of their visit to China, Queen Margaret and Prince Henrik, despite the fatigue of their long journey, went to Beijing Liulichang after a short break to admire the poems and paintings of Rongbaozhai, as well as the porcelain and treasures of antique shops. At Rongbaozhai, the queen and the prince viewed a series of valuable ancient Chinese poems and paintings. Here are the earliest engravings in China in 868 BC - the wooden plate print of the King Kong Sutra, the Dunhuang murals of the Northern Wei Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago, the ancient paintings inscribed by Emperor Gaozong of Song himself, as well as the ancient paintings of the Five Dynasties, Tang and Ming Dynasties and the famous paintings of Qi Baishi and Xu Beihong in modern times. When the queen saw a silk fan painting of the Song Dynasty, she humorously said that it was a Chinese fan. The queen and the prince happily took a train to the Great Wall for sightseeing. The train arrived in Juyongguan and looked out at the sky. The peaks were undulating and the weather was endless. The majestic ancient Great Wall snaked through the mountains. The queen and the prince climbed the beacon tower to praise the majesty of the Great Wall of Miles. In the ancient capital of Xi'an, the splendid culture and art of China's Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties attracted the queen and prince even more. They came to Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Terracotta Warriors and Horses Burial Pit, standing in the middle of a real-life Terracotta Warriors and Horses, curious to watch. Queen Margaret to the local archaeologists said, archaeological work is very hard, you have done a lot of meaningful work. Delivered a New Year's message on TV in January 1972 Proclaimed Successor to the Throne Holiday with Prince Henrik Photograph with husband and two sons Margaret II's birthday (at the wedding of son Prince Joakim) Skiing with Queen Sonia of Norway On a boat trip to our country with Prince Henrik in Guilin, Guangxi in September 1979 Browsing the excellent artworks of the Queen on the Li River Queen's paintings Queen's clothes for Danish TV shows Queen's illustrations for books Queen's illustrations for books