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Yunnan Provincial Museum is in a huge new building in the outskirts. Entry is free but you still need to get a ticket at the information centre next door.





Bronzes are common exhibition items in Chinese museums. These relics date from the Han Dynasty around the 1st century BC - AD.



















After so many bronzes, it was time to move onto porcelain.





Scroll paintings





Wartime currency became worthless after the Japanese defeat.



Local minority groups used their own language and not Chinese characters.