| Hubei Provincial Museum |
Lying close to the East Lake, Hubei Provincial Museum is the center
for collecting, storing, displaying, researching, and exhibiting historical
and cultural relics. The museum boasts of about 200,000 historical
relics, including the world-renowned precious objects, like the excavated
chime bells of Zeng Houyi, the bronze sword of Gou Jian, King of Yue
State, etc. The Chime Bell Hall, built and opened in 1999, has become
a bright window to show the Chinese mysterious and splendid civilization
to the people around the world. Bur ied
for nearly 2,400 years, the chimes can still play beautiful music,
whether Chinese or foreign, ancient or modern, so that it is called
the Eighth World Miracle. |
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