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At the end of July, Shanghai Museum opened The Making of China: The Civilizations of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties, an exhibition offering a view into the country’s three earliest dynastics. Gathered here are 314 cultural artifacts and relics on loan from 20 cultural institutions and research centers in the Henan province, including Henan Museum and Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology, intended to demonstrate the central role of the region in the evolution of Chinese civilization. The exhibition feeds the ongoing appetite within China for cultural heritage, though more so, it bears out the prevailing trend...
