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The Yellow River basin (流域) has extraordinary landscaped and cultural relics (文化遗产).Along the river path,there are 20 World Heritage Sites,more than 300,000 non-movable cultural relics,649 national cultural her it ages,47 national tourism demonstration areas and 84 national top tourist attractions.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently launched 10 themed routed around the yellow River.Let's take a look at some of the highlights.
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Qinghai Museum
The Museum is especially known for the chipped stone tools from the Paleolithic Age,colored pottery from the Neolithic Age,bronze mirrors and inscriptions from the Han (206 BC-AD 220)and Tang dynasties(618-907),paper money and stone statues from the Yuan Dynasty(1271-1368),and porcelain and paintings from the Ming (1368-1644)and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911).
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Inner Mongolia Museum
The museum displays a large number of fossils(化石)from paleontological eras,including dinosaurs from across the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.There are also 44,000 relics bearing witness to life in ancient times.In particular,Mongolian female clothing from different places and statues as well as religious relics is the biggest attractions for most visitors to the museum.
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Shanxi Museum
The museum in Shanxi province houses over 400,000 cultural relics,and has exhibitions that follow history in time order and show highlights of civilization.The exhibits also define the unique contributions Shanxi has made to the 5,000-year evolution of Chinese civilization.
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1. Who would be probably interested in Inner Mongolia Museum? ______
A. Painters. B. Composers.
C. Physicians. D. Clothes designers.
2. What will visitors do in Shanxi Museum? ______
A. Read some ancient books that cannot be scan very often.
B. Appreciate plenty of dinosaurs fossils from paleontological eras.
C. Witness the difference that Shanxi has made to Chinese civilization.
D. See bronze mirrors and inscriptions from the Han and tans Dynasties.
3. What do the museums mentioned above have in common? ______
A. They are in the same province.
B. They focus on various paintings.
C. They are around the Yellow River.
D. They house 400,000 cultural relics.