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Shaanxi Provincial Museum
China, an East Asian country is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It has a vast cultural history of more than five thousand years and an outstanding natural beauty. On the other hand, this country has remained a comparatively isolated and secluded one, and being a land of mystery, this country is not known to the western half of the world. However, China is rapidly developing and has grown in the phase of modernization, with an immense speed and is also welcoming the outer world to interact and do business with them.
Shaanxi Provincial Museum houses the popular collection of stone books known as the Forest of Steles. This museum is situated within the old city walls in a building that used to be the Temple of Confucius. The architecture of the museum is simple, sophisticated and elegant and has a unique in style. It combines the construction of the antique Chinese palaces and courtyard buildings, melodious and elegant in tint, and demonstrates the Chinese traditional architectural style. This museum possesses a treasure of 113,000 historic and cultural artifacts unearthed in Shaanxi, and covers an area of 1,100 square metres for exhibition.
This museum has founded a science and technology centre for the preservation of cultural relicts. It has an advanced technology of examination and laboratory test and the means of repair and restoration. To endorse international cultural exchanges, it has also set up a computer-controlled, international conference hall where six different languages can be employed in the spontaneous interpretation.
Shaanxi Provincial Museum is definitely one of the popular tourist attractions in China. It is worth paying a visit while touring the country. This place will leave a pleasing and unforgettable memory and justify the proud cultural tradition of China.
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