A special exhibition on Chinese music, instruments and the technology behind them opened on Thursday at the Museum for Oriental Musical Instruments in Shanghai.

Co-organized by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, the exhibition consists of three display halls and many sectors. A large number of eye-catching musical instruments on display depict the footprints of Chinese civilization and musical development, including the bianzhong (bronze bells) of Marquis Yi of Zeng, the guqin (a plucked seven-string instrument) as well as diverse gongs and drums from different ethnic groups across China.