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Palace Museum's peach-themed relics spark appetite

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-07-05 11:16

With the season of peach growing and picking upon us, the Palace Museum has shared a range of pictures featuring peach-themed relics on Weibo, a Chinese version of Twitter. The fruit is a symbol of longevity, and the peach-shaped patterns on the relics imply auspiciousness.

The peach-themed relics have been listed below:

A jade mirror carved in the shape of a peach from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). [Photo/Official Weibo account of the Palace Museum]

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