Precious relics excavated in central China's Hubei Province went on show at the Chinese National Museum in Beijing on Tuesday.

Ninety percent of the 150 artifacts on display are highly significant cultural relics. Most of them are priceless.

The exhibition is an important part of the Hubei Province Culture Week currently on in Beijing.

A journalist takes a photograph of the famous Sword of Goujian, King of the Yue Kingdom, still sharp and shiny after being buried underground for 2,000 years. Tuesday, November 21, 2006.

A journalist takes a photo of the ancient bronze chime bells. Tuesday, November 21, 2006.
 
(CRIENGLISH.com November 23, 2006)