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One of Shanghai's top sights, the Shanghai History Museum is dedicated to the history of the city from its days as a cotton-producing town to the present day. The museum collects more than 30,000 cultural relics, including Shanghai ancient cultural relics and over 18,000 pieces of Shanghai modern cultural relics. Notable items in the collection include Gu Embroidery of flowers, insects, and fish by the Ming-Dynasty "needle saint" Han Ximeng; Hou Tongceng's Cursive Scroll; the Golden Classics collected by Qi Bao Temple; a bronze cannon attributed to General Zhen Yuan; the big Hua Qian of Tai Ping Heavenly Kingdom; and the old couple bronze lions located in front of the former HSBC.