Bronze mirrors of Tang Dynasty (618-907) are seen at the media preview of the Special Exhibition "Across the Oceans: the Local Connections and Global Dimensions of China's Maritime Silk Road" in Hong Kong Museum of History in Hong Kong, South China, Oct 25, 2016. The exhibition will be showing about 200 cultural relics from October 26 onwards. [Photo/Xinhua]
Porcelain works of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) are seen at the media preview of the Special Exhibition "Across the Oceans: the Local Connections and Global Dimensions of China's Maritime Silk Road" in Hong Kong Museum of History in Hong Kong, South China, Oct 25, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]
Relics on display at Yang Hui’s restaurant in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Yang has decorated his 700-sqm restaurant with 370 artifacts including a throne, porcelains from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and chariots from the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD). The museum restaurant pays four security guards for 24-hour watch over the relics, some valued at more than over 600,000 yuan ($88,600). The 32-year-old is also known for collecting more than 300 antique beds at a cost of several million yuan. (Photo/CFP)
Counterfeit Chinese currency are found in the bus fare boxes of Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Some passengers use fake coins and banknotes, including paper ghost money and one-yuan notes torn into two pieces, to steal a ride. At times, local bus staff have found more than 200 pieces of fake money in a day. (Photo/CFP)