August 17, 2025
This wasn’t on my original list of things to see but was highly recommended by the folks at the Visitor Centre. I found it fascinating.
Those tall ivory pieces had some intricate detail:
There was also a mahogany furniture display, again, with some amazing detail:
There was an entire living room set, which must have (literally) weighed a ton.
They had a replica of a 2nd Century earthquake measuring device, called Toads and Dragons:
It is enormous, and each of the dragons has a ball in its mouth. If an earthquake occurs devices inside will release the ball which falls into the toad’s mouth.
There was also a display of Chinese clothing, which is generally very colorful and elaborate.
As I left, this was the view looking up into the dome which I showed at the beginning of this post:
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