Palace Museum's 'emoji' of cultural relics goes viral

The Palace Museum is having fun with some artifacts again by releasing a series of light hearted emotions unearthed from its numerous cultural relics on its official Weibo account, and has captured the hearts of Internet users.

Gugong Taobao, a store opened by the museum on China's leading online market place Taobao, has published nine pictures of cultural relics with amusing captions, inviting Internet users to "enjoy non-typical sculpture relics of the museum."

A photo of a dog with Chinese text has been posted on Weibo by the Palace Museum's online store on Nov 30, 2015. [Photo/Weibo]

A crouching pottery dog with an open mouth made during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) is saying: "What?!"

A photo of a sitting arhat with Chinese text has been posted on Weibo by the Palace Museum's online store on Nov 30, 2015. [Photo/Weibo]

A sitting arhat, or perfected person, made during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), appears to be digging in his ear and smiling, with a caption reading: "I can't hear what you say."

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