Jade cong [Photo by Long Wei/Asianewsphoto]

8. The jade cong from Zhejiang Provincial Museum

Chinese actress Zhou Dongyu acted as Princess Yao of the Liangzhu (3310-2250 BC) to showcase a Liangzhu jade cong dating from the late Neolithic period, when humans first learned to plant crops and domesticate animals, which was discovered in the southeastern part of the Hangzhou-Jiaxing-Huzhou Plain.

The jade cong is in the shape of a square tube that becomes narrower towards the bottom, with a round hole drilled through it. With a weight of about 6.5 kg, a large size, and its unique and elaborate design, this is the most impressive of all the jade cong in Liangzhu culture. There is no consensus on the function of the cong, although most scholars believe that it was used in religious ceremonies to worship the earth and to pray for a good harvest.

9. The Arched Door of the Porcelain Pagoda of the Grand Bao'en Temple from Nanjing Museum

Actress Qin Hailu plays a lady in an unrequited love story to present the Arched Door of the Porcelain Pagoda of Grand Bao'en Temple. Known as "the most beautiful door of Nanjing", it is the only extant door of the Porcelain Pagoda's 144 doors, as they were mostly destroyed in wars in 1856.

The pagoda was built by order of Emperor Yongle during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and it took the country's best architects 17 years to complete the 78 meter-high octagonal structure, which was covered by colorful glazed porcelain bricks made by the most skillful workers of the time.

Noted as one of the seven wonders of the medieval world, the Porcelain Pagoda also captivated the West thanks to an introduction by Johan Nieuhof, a renowned 17th century Dutch traveler, in his illustrative and informative China memoirs.