Exhibition on Traditional Chinese crafts opens in Beijing(1/10)

A visitor looks around traditional opera costumes at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Beijing, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Hou Yu)

The museum officially opened to public visitors on Sunday. An exhibition on Chinese intangible cultural heritage, arts and crafts presented a total of 1,298 treasures, including traditional Chinese musical instruments, ancient paintings, opera costumes, and others.

A child is fascinated by an ostentatious opera crown at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Beijing, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Hou Yu)

Children appreciate several types of opera costumes at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Beijing, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Hou Yu)

Visitors admire traditional Chinese musical instruments from successive dynasties at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Beijing, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Hou Yu)

A set of Yangliuqing woodblock New Year printed with two mighty generals Qing Qiong and Yuchi Jingde from the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.) is exhibited at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Beijing, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Hou Yu)

Yangliuqing craft that originated from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.) is a New Year paintings-featured intangible cultural heritage commonly found in north China’s Tianjin city.

A copy of a mural from Bezeklik Buddhist Caves in Turpan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is displayed at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Beijing, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Hou Yu)

A visitor plays a duplicated traditional Chinese musical instrument at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Beijing, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Hou Yu)

A tiger-patterned Hunan embroidery is presented at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Beijing, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Hou Yu)

A tiger-patterned traditional Chinese musical instrument is unveiled at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Beijing, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Hou Yu)

A tiger-patterned traditional Chinese musical instrument is unveiled at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Beijing, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Hou Yu)