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Harmonious melodies

More than 200 objects tracing the diverse evolution of musical instruments and their social role are on display at The Sound of Harmony, at the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum in Urumqi, and runs through to Sept 1. This is the third exhibition under a long-term collaboration between the Urumqi museum and the National Museum of China in Beijing, through which the latter tours curated artifact exhibitions to Xinjiang.

The previous two exhibitions were themed on archaic bronze ware and ancient mirrors. The current exhibition brings together instruments of historic importance, some of which are notable archaeological finds, such as the Jiahu bone flute, a crane bone flute found at a Neolithic site in Henan province.