This is a single piece of decorative painting. On its light-green background are patterns of “errant clouds”. In the middle stands a God of Wealth dressed in a ceremonial civil-official costume, unfurling a scroll that reads Wu Lu Jin Cai (wealth gathered from all directions). .....

The shell of the Diplommatina inferocusps is orange in color, dextral, tough, and minute. The front three whorls are cone-shaped with dense and fine axial ribs, which become less intense at the body whorl........

Acquired by Lin, Hen-li and Lin, Mei-rong (1956, Wufong, Hsingchu ounty)  
Collected by Museum of Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

This double-breasted, long sleeveless top is worn during ceremonies. The white color of the upper part of the clothes signifies a principle of a life of kind-heartedness and innocence. .......

In ancient China there is a belief that heaven is round and earth is rectangular. There is also belief that the sacrifice artifact must resemble the form of its receiver. On this basis, the sacrifice artifact for heaven is Bi, a jade disk. ...

This set of decorative paintings for doors is made up of two halves. The right half presents the Chinese phrase, tao xian qian nian (peaches confer a thousand years of longevity), and the left half presents liu kai bai zi (pomegranates bring about a hundred sons). With the main theme of “Qilin brings a child,” .....

Obtained in the Institute of History and Philologys 13th excavation in 1936, it is an oracle bone belonging to the first period of the age of Wu Ding. It has been somewhat damaged. The divination inscription has been filled in with vermillion, and the color is vivid and bright. ...

This enameled bronze jar has curled lips, thick neck, slant shoulder, closing body, and broad feet. Two dragon-shaped ears stretch from its shoulder to neck. This artifact is slender and entirely enameled except its mouth, upper shoulder, upper body, and broad feet. .....

The higher plants (also called vascular plants) include the ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. The ferns and gymnosperms are exhibited......

This object was obtained during the Institute of History and Philology's Fourth Xiaotun excavation in 1931.........

In the sixth century BCE, about the same era as Sakyamuni Buddha, Manjusri Bodhisattva was born in Sravasti (in present-day India). He came out from the right armpit of his mother. In Mahayana Buddhism, he is regarded as the head of all Bodhisattvas and, together with Samantabhadra, frequently served Sakyamuni Buddha. .....