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The Palace Museum's annual exhibition "Why China" opened

China Daily (Reporter Jiang Dong) On January 25, 2022, under the guidance of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the "Why China" exhibition organized by the Palace Museum and the Central Radio and Television Corporation and 29 museums opened in the Wenhua Hall of the Palace Museum in Beijing.

The exhibition is divided into three units: "Source", "Flow" and "Hui", each of which has three sections under the three units, which are combined into "Nine Chapters", exhibiting a total of more than 130 pieces/sets of precious cultural relics, from the Upper Stone Age to the Qing Dynasty, including stone tools, ceramics, jade, bronzes, gold and silverware, calligraphy and painting, ancient books and rare books, seals and other categories (limited by the exhibition hall environment, most of the paper and silk cultural relics are reproductions), including He Zun, Changxin Palace lamps, Tibetan "Four Medical Classics" and other well-known national treasures.

The Palace Museum's annual exhibition "Why China" opened

On January 25, the audience admired the Changxin Palace lights of the Han Dynasty. Photo by Jiang Dong, a reporter from China Daily

The Palace Museum's annual exhibition "Why China" opened

On January 25, the audience enjoyed the Neolithic Hongshan culture jade dragon. Photo by Jiang Dong, a reporter from China Daily

The Palace Museum's annual exhibition "Why China" opened

On January 25, the Neolithic Hongshan Culture Jade Dragon (left), the Western Zhou Dynasty He Zun (middle), and the Neolithic Liangzhu Culture Jade Dragon (right) simultaneously appeared in the exhibition. Photo by Jiang Dong, a reporter from China Daily

The Palace Museum's annual exhibition "Why China" opened

On January 25, the audience enjoyed cultural relics from the Spring and Autumn Period. Photo by Jiang Dong, a reporter from China Daily

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