Treasures – Bronze Spade-shaped Coins (Spring-Autumn Period)
Money makes the world go round. The earliest minted money found in China.
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Treasures – Jade Shroud Fastened with Gold Threads (Western Han)
In the movie it was called 金縷玉衣, and it caused quite a stir when it came to Singapore for an exhibition in 1991.
National Treasure – “Guoji Zibai” Bronze Pan (Western Zhou Dynasty)
This bronze basin was the largest ever excavated in China and was used for bathing. Just don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater!
National Treasure – “Zi Long” Bronze Ding (Shang Dynasty)
The Chinese government spent an undisclosed amount of money to procure her home.
Treasures – Oracle Bone Medical Records (Shang Dynasty)
These were supposed to be divination bones, but they turned out to be the first medical records in history.
National Treasure – Eagle-shaped Pottery Ding (Neolithic Period)
It catches your eyes the moment you enter the museum. And it looks intently at you just like Kermit the Frog.
National Treasure – Painted Pottery Jar with Nude Figure in Relief (Neolithic Period)
The sanctity of childbirth and the male-female figures are important symbols of Chinese Neolithic culture.
Treasures – Bronze Ding with Dragon-shaped Flat Legs (Shang Dynasty)
It could have been just another bronze ware if not for the prominent crunching tigers on the handles.
National Treasure – Houmuwu Ding (Shang Dynasty)
The Houmuwu ding is definitely the heaviest of the heavy, the ultimate National “Heavy” Treasure 國之”重”器.
National Treasure – Da Yu Bronze Ding (Western Zhou Dynasty)
After leaving Beijing two different times, it is finally back in the Capital for good.