02 / WHAT REMAINS

WHAT
REMAINS

What survives is not only the body, but the traces of a life.

More than two thousand years later, silk, lacquer, clothing and painted objects still tell us how Xin Zhui lived.

OBJECT 02

SILK

Fine textiles reveal the extraordinary craftsmanship of the Western Han Dynasty.

OBJECT 03

COFFIN

Painted layers protectedh Xin Zhui and carried her into another world.

OBJECT 04

DAILY LIFE

Objects from the tomb preserve fragments of ordinary life.

2000+

YEARS LATER

STILL
HERE

Her world remains through the things she left behind.

THE WORLD OF XIN ZHUI

A LIFE
REMEMBERED

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Explore the objects that survived her world.