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Various Exhibitions to See at National Museum of China
The National Museum holds various kinds of exhibitions all year round. Besides the representative special exhibitions, it also displays regular and permanent exhibitions, including exhibitions related to the history of the founding and development of P.R. China, gifts from other countries to China. However, the most distinctive and most priceless exhibition recommended is a series exhibitions about ancient China, which have covered the most famous archaeological collections from every dynasty in China, representative unearthed cultural relics from almost every province of China, such as the world-renowned Sanxingdui bronze mask (about 3600-3100 years ago), the fish-pattern pottery basin (5000 BC - 3000 BC), the vivid drumming and singing pottery figurine in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 AD - 220 AD), the Jade Dragon symbolizing authority in neolithic (about 5000 years ago), the exquisite Phoenix crown of the Empress Xiaoduan from the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD - 1644 AD), etc. According to the different types of collections, the permanent exhibits are distributed in different areas from the negative first floor to the fifth floor. Here are six recommended regular/permanent exhibitions.