| Shandong
Provincial Museum is found in south Jinan near the Thousand
Buddha Hill. It consists of a nature section and a history
section. Included in the exhibits are a number of exquisite
Buddhist carvings, stone seals and tablets from the Han
dynasty (206-220BC), bronzes from the Shang and Zhou eras
(1766-770BC) and pottery and other agricultural objects
excavated from neolithic sites in the area. There is also
a calendar dating from 134BC, which is believed to be
the oldest one in China.
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