About this episode

The episode discusses a new exhibition at the National Museum of China about a girl known as history's 'most spoiled child' and the curse associated with her tomb.

Today, we’ll talk about a new exhibition at the National Museum of China that tells the story of history’s ‘most spoiled child’, a girl whose tomb was sealed with her grandmother’s curse. And curiously, it seems that curse still held power after a thousand years.

Topics covered

• Chinese history
• exhibition
• curses
• tombs
• spoiled children

Keywords

• Li Jingxun
• National Museum of China
• spoiled child
• curse
• tomb

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Museum of China

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