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Gifts fit for kings

An ongoing exhibition, Mise Porcelain: Impressive Discovery and Mysterious Tribute, at Beijing's Palace Museum, sheds light on items given in tribute to emperors.

Mise (literally, mystical-colored) porcelain was given in tribute exclusively to emperors from the late Tang (618-907) to early Northern Song (960-1127) dynasties, and it is now on show at a former imperial court.

Learn more here.

If you go:

8:30 am-5 pm, through July 2 (closed on Mondays). Hall of Abstinence (Zhai Gong) in the Palace Museum (in the East wing), 4 Jingshan Qianjie, Dongcheng district.

Ticket: 60 yuan