An 800-year-old Shaman Dress weighing 75 kilograms will be shown in the China Millennium Monument in Beijing along with other cultural relics from Inner Mongolia.

Titled Chinghis Khan -- Northern Grassland Nomadic Cultural Exhibition, the event will open on Saturday, or June 12th, and will last until August 22nd.

Experts from the Museum of Inner Mongolia said it will be the world's largest exhibition of Mongolian cultural relics.

At least 330 items will paint a picture of the 3,000-year-long history and life of the ancient ethnic minorities living in China's northern grasslands, including the Hun and Hsien-pei.

About 30 percent of the articles are listed as national top-level relics, including the Shaman Dress. 

How to get there: you can take subway or take buses 1, 4, 33, 57, 65, 320, 337, 728 or 827 to Chinese Military Museum (Jun Shi Bo Wu Guan)

Telephone: 86-10-68573281




(CRI.com June 9, 2004)