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Jadeite Cabbages: Museum Analysis
Although most of the historical elements are locked in the vault, the museum still chose some charming ones and put them in the exhibition hall to attract people to realize how amazing Chinese culture is. The most popular pieces are Jadeite Cabbages. They are six pieces of a set and which were brought to the empire of Ching Dynasty about three hundred years ago. Each Jadeite Cabbage has different shape and affiliates, for example, some of them have insects on their leaves. Because they are so small, perhaps two or three inches, and very dedicate that you might need a magnifier to watch their details, people can understand what kind of handcraft the Chinese jade masters already had. Nowadays, the museum director understands that they could not

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