<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US><EM><BR>A gilded Bodhisattva statue with colors on made in Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577)</EM></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>Changsha, China -- The exhibition named "Towards the Peak Period of Tang Dynasty" in Changsha, capital of south China's Hunan province, July 28, 2006. The exhibition which had been held at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State>, Hong Kong and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tokyo</st1:place></st1:City> in the past two years, showed more than 300 invaluable cultural artifacts including Bronze wares, ceramics, lacquer wares and jade artifacts as well as gold and silver articles.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>It would offer visitors an insight into Chinese history from Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) to Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). All the artifacts were selected from thousands of valuable items displayed at more than 40 museums and collection institutes in 14 municipalities, provinces and autonomous regions in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>. (Xinhua Photo)</SPAN></P>
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