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An exterior view of the new Yinxu museum in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Li Chaoqing)

A new building of the Yinxu Museum opened to the public on Monday. About 3,000 among the 4,000 pieces of cultural relics are on display for the first time, including bronzes, pottery, jade ware, and oracle bones.

Jade birds of the Shang Dynasty(1600 B.C.-1046 B.C.) are displayed at the new Yinxu museum in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Li Chaoqing)

An archaic calcified jade notched axe, Qi of the Shang dynasty (1600 B.C.-1046 B.C.) is displayed at the new Yinxu museum in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Li Chaoqing)

Turtle shell oracles of the Shang Dynasty(1600 B.C.-1046 B.C.) are displayed at the new Yinxu museum in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Li Chaoqing)

A visitor views cultural relics of the Shang Dynasty (1600 B.C.-1046 B.C.) displayed at the new Yinxu museum in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Li Chaoqing)

Visitors view cultural relics of the Shang Dynasty (1600 B.C.-1046 B.C.) displayed at the new Yinxu museum in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Li Chaoqing)

Visitors view cultural relics of the Shang Dynasty (1600 B.C.-1046 B.C.) displayed at the new Yinxu museum in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Li Chaoqing)