Photo taken on Sept. 18, 2016 shows a flower decoration on Empress Xiao's crown during an exhibition in Yangzhou Museum, east China's Jiangsu Province. Chinese archeologists have restored a 1,400-year-old royal crown, which belonged to the wife of Yang Guang, or Emperor Yang of Sui, the second and last monarch of the short-lived Sui Dynasty (581-618). The crown was unearthed in the tomb of the queen, known as Empress Xiao, in 2012 in Yangzhou. It is the oldest official crown of a queen ever found in China. The exhibition on the ancient crown kicked off in Yangzhou Museum Sunday. (Xinhua/Sun Can)
Photo taken on Sept. 18, 2016 shows flower decorations (bottom) on Empress Xiao's crown and their imitations (up) during an exhibition in Yangzhou Museum, east China's Jiangsu Province. Chinese archeologists have restored a 1,400-year-old royal crown, which belonged to the wife of Yang Guang, or Emperor Yang of Sui, the second and last monarch of the short-lived Sui Dynasty (581-618). The crown was unearthed in the tomb of the queen, known as Empress Xiao, in 2012 in Yangzhou. It is the oldest official crown of a queen ever found in China. The exhibition on the ancient crown kicked off in Yangzhou Museum Sunday. (Xinhua/Sun Can)
Photo taken on Sept. 18, 2016 shows an imitation of Empress Xiao's crown during an exhibition in Yangzhou Museum, east China's Jiangsu Province. Chinese archeologists have restored a 1,400-year-old royal crown, which belonged to the wife of Yang Guang, or Emperor Yang of Sui, the second and last monarch of the short-lived Sui Dynasty (581-618). The crown was unearthed in the tomb of the queen, known as Empress Xiao, in 2012 in Yangzhou. It is the oldest official crown of a queen ever found in China. The exhibition on the ancient crown kicked off in Yangzhou Museum Sunday. (Xinhua/Sun Can)
