New Henan museum features incredible artifacts dating back 3,000 years

The Yinxu Museum officially opened to the public on Monday morning in Anyang city, Henan province. It is China's first comprehensive archaeology museum dedicated to unveiling the panorama of the Shang Dynasty (c.16th century-11th century BC).

The museum features a diverse range of exhibits covering 17.5 hectares with an exhibition space of 22,000 square meters. It offers a remarkable opportunity for the public to appreciate the brilliance of the 3,000-year-old Shang civilization.

Nearly 4,000 unearthed cultural relics are on display, including bronze wares, pieces of pottery, jade artifacts and oracle bones. More than three-quarters of these have never been publicly exhibited before.

The Yinxu Ruins, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006, is an ancient capital city of the late Shang Dynasty. First excavated in 1928, Yinxu is also the longest-studied ancient capital city ruins in China and is thus honored as one of the cradles of modern Chinese archaeology.

Qi Xin contributed to this story.