As the first museum of the New China, Liaoning Provincial Museum is well-known all over the world for its rich collections and distinct features. So far, it has collected nearly 120,000 pieces of cultural relics, including tens of thousands of pieces of valuable cultural relics. Most of the collections are cultural relics and historic art relics unearthed in Liaoning, in 17 categories including calligraphy, painting, silk embroidery, bronze and porcelain. Paintings and calligraphy works of Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, K’o-ssu embroidery works of Song, Yuan and Qing dynasties, Jades of Hongshan Culture, bronze wares unearthed from the hoard of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, porcelain wares of Liao Dynasty, epitaphs of the previous generations, prints of Ming and Qing Dynasties, ancient maps, currencies through the ages are the most characteristic and influential.