Night at the museum brings ancient culture to life

HANGZHOU - The ancient past was brought to life at the China Jiangnan Water Town Culture Museum in Hangzhou in celebration of the 42nd International Museum Day last Friday.

Visitors to the museum in east China's Zhejiang province sang and danced to centuries-old melodies, while characters dressed in old robes and gowns talked about floods and harvests, kings and princesses, and shopping at the town fair hundreds or thousands of years ago.

"We intend to recreate scenes of day-to-day life in old times with accuracy in every detail, and we have excellent actors to impersonate diverse characters that would typically be displayed using mannequins," says Yu Qiuna, vice curator of the Museum.