SW China museum opens to showcase ethnic culture

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The ethnic museum of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, southwest China's Sichuan Province, opened to the public on Tuesday.

The ethnic museum of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, southwest China's Sichuan Province, opens to the public on Tuesday. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

The ethnic museum of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, southwest China's Sichuan Province, opens to the public on Tuesday. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

The three-storey museum, with a floor space of 5,000 square meters, boasts a collection of 1,446 cultural artifacts, demonstrating the natural resources, history and ethnic culture of the prefecture.

Among the most eye-catching exhibits is a tent made of 100 pieces of tiger skin. The tent was a gift sent by a tribal leader to a local temple about 600 years ago and was intended for use in chanting and praying.

Prefecture governor Yexe Dawa said, hopefully the museum will become a cultural research and exchange center for the prefecture.

Construction of the museum started in 2010.

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