Story of stone

Guangdong Museum has extended its Cultural Exhibition of the Story of Stone, which has been well-received among audiences, up to Feb 15. The show centers on Dream of the Red Chamber, a semi-autobiographical novel that is a Chinese classic, by 18th-century author Cao Xueqin. The exhibition brings together a selection of the novel's copies, related publications and Qing-era artifacts to reflect the social context in which Cao lived and wrote it. Highlights on show include a 128-meter-long colored silk brocade woven in the Nanjing Yunjin craft style that visualizes the novel's major scenarios. New additions to the display are a collection of four ink screen paintings by Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) painter Zhang Mingzhuo.

9 am-5 pm, closed on Mondays. 2 Zhujiang East Road, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe district, Guangzhou, Guangdong province. 020-3804-6886/6877.