As an anthropological museum, China Nationalities Museum mainly collects items that reflect ordinary people's lives and on July 15, the museum will open a new exhibition titled Ordinary People's Exhibition - Our History and Our Root, displaying items such as needles, bowls and pouches.

The preface of the exhibition states: "Most of the production tools and daily utensils of the common people arelost without any trace in history. However, it is these articles that give us a vivid picture of our life and culture they tell us about our history and help us find our roots."

"What should we present to the world during the Olympic Games? It's our culture and our people, I believe," says Wang.

(China Daily July 15, 2008)