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Contents

Foreword 1

Chinese Treasures 3 Palace Museum 4 Taipei Palace Museum 15 Capital Museum 19 Shanghai Museum 22 Shaanxi History Museum 25 Henan Museum 28 Nanjing Museum 31 Museum of Liaoning Province 34 Three Gorges Museum 38

The Contributions of China’s Ethnic Minorities 41 The Cultural Palace of Nationalities 42 Shenyang Palace Museum 44 The Inner Mongolia Museum 48 The Xinjiang Uighur Museum 50 Tibet Museum 53 The Guangxi Zhuang Museum 56 The Ningxia Museum 61 Yunnan Provincial Museum 64

Tracing the Path of History 67 National Museum of China 68 The Sanxingdui Museum 77 Jinsha Site Museum 80 Zhouyuan Museum 83 Suizhou Zenghouyi Tomb Exhibition Hall 86 Museum of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang 88 The Changsha Mawangdui Han Tomb Exhibition Hall 94 Mancheng Han Tomb Exhibition Hall 98

Treasures of China’s Grottoes 101 Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes 102 Yungang Grottoes 106 Longmen Grottoes 110 Dazu Rock Carvings 114

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Subterranean Imperial Palaces 117 The Tomb of the Yellow Emperor 118 Maoling Museum 120 Qianling Museum 122 Dingling Museum 125 Qing Dongling and Qing Xiling Tombs 128

Huaxia Civilization 131 The National Silk Museum of China 132 China National Tea Museum 135 The Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum 137 The Huqingyutang Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine 140 Quanzhou Maritime Museum 143

Assembly of Talents: Arts and Literature 147 National Art Museum of China 148 The National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature 151 Beijing Theater Museum 154 The Sports Museum of China 156 The Hong Kong Museum of History 158 Macao Maritime Museum 161

Gardens and Architectural Monuments 163 Suzhou Garden Museum 164 The Summer Palace 167 The Great Wall Museum of China 172 The Temple of Heaven 175 The Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu 179 Jinci Museum 184

The Homes of Our Forebears: Archaeology 187 Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site Museum 188 Shenyang Xinle Site Museum 191 Hemudu Site Museum 193 Xi’an Banpo Museum 196

Marvels of Heaven and Earth: Natural History 199 The Beijing Ancient Observatory 200 The Geological Museum of China 202 The Zigong Dinosaur Museum 204 The Tonglushan Ancient Metallurgy Museum 206 The Zigong Salt Industry Museum 209

Appendix: Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties 212

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