Over 100 newly restored bamboo slips publicly displayed for first time at Nanchang exhibition

A visitor is pictured during "An Exhibition on the Culture of Han Dynasty Bamboo Slips from the Haihun Marquisate" at the Nanchang Relic Museum of Haihun Marquisate of Han Dynasty in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 13, 2026. The exhibition opened here early this week, during which over 100 newly restored bamboo slips are publicly displayed for the first time since their discovery.

The main tomb of the Marquis of Haihun, the excavation of which was one of the most significant archaeological activities in the country in recent years, opened to the public in December of 2023 in east China's Jiangxi Province.

The Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-25 A.D.) tomb, located in the provincial capital Nanchang, is one of the few imperial tombs not to be looted. [Photo/Xinhua]