Tree-shaped gold shimmering headdresses, tiger-shaped bronze vessels with high heads and upturned tails, ceramic meditating Buddha statues with white hair between their eyebrows... On September 4, more than 100 Three Yan cultural relics from Liaoning Province were unveiled at the autumn special exhibition of the China Institute Gallery of China Institute in America located in New York, renarrating the stories of the Three Yan states more than 1,600 years ago.

The cultural relics on display include sculptures, bronze mirrors, inkstones, seals, horse gear, pottery ware, golden ornaments, etc. One of the highlights in the exhibits is a series of tree-shaped gold shimmering headdresses. The headdress will sway and glitter as a wearer walks. This type of headdress (called buyao in Chinese) was introduced to China’s northern regions via the Silk Road. Thereafter, it became popular in the Liaoxi Regions, and is now a typical artefact of the Three Yan culture.