A local resident views an ancient wine container dating back to ancient China's Shang Dynasty (1,600 BC-1,100 BC) in the newly-built Shanxi Museum in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 8, 2005.
316 million RMB yuan (US$38.26 million) has been invested to build the museum.
More than 4,000 pieces of cultural relics are displayed in the 10,000-square-meter museum to showcase the province's rich culture.
(Xinhua News Agency January 10, 2005)
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