Pingyao

Shanxi Province Museum

Photos by Lorraine Thomas

Shanxi Museum has is a beautiful museum assembled the largest collection of cultural relics in Pingyao, Shanxi Province, about 200,000 items. Some of the most important items include the relics from the Neolithic Age, relics from the Shang Dynasty, artifacts from the Northern Dynasties, stone carvings, local ceramics, operatic artifacts from the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and relics of Shanxi merchants from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Photos by Lorraine Thomas

Photos by Lorraine Thomas

Photos by Lorraine Thomas