Beyond relics

A recent expo shows that Chinese museums are keen to innovate. Wang Kaihao reports in Xiamen, Fujian province.

By designing stereo earphones fashioned after chaozhu, a pearl necklace that high-ranking officials wore in ancient China, the Palace Museum may have set off a trend to attract visitors in creative ways.

The museum in Beijing, and other museums in China, are all seeking to do more than just exhibit cultural relics.