This artwork features two monkeys hugging each other. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Another four major exhibitions are to be expected in the Capital Museum in 2016, with rare national treasures displayed to the public for the first time. They are the special exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the Fu Hao Tomb (Fu Hao, wife of King Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty, who died in 1192 BC); an exhibition on the three capitals in the Yuan Dynasty (AD1271-1368); a show of the "Eight Palace Handicrafts" (royal artworks and handicrafts in the Qing Dynasty, 1636-1912) and a special exhibition on the Forbidden City's Hall of Mental Cultivation (the royal hall where emperors worked and lived in Qing dynasty).