A footage shows Wang Chunfa, director of the National Museum of China introduces a Qing Dynasty ceramic zun vessel once adorning Yuanmingyuan the Old Summer Palace.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A bronze human life-size figure with acupuncture points made in the Ming Dynasty.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A rhinoceros-shaped bronze zun dated to the Han Dynasty.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A porcelain Guanyin figure now on show at the National Museum of China.[Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily]

A Qing Dynasty ceramic zun vessel once adorning Yuanmingyuan the Old Summer Palace.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]