Shanghai Museum is one of the four big museums in China, with an exhibition area of 12,000 square meters, including 12 special exhibition rooms and 120,000 pieces of treasures such as bronze ware, chinaware, calligraphy, painting and various other types, among which bronze ware, chinaware, calligraphy and painting are the most characteristic of all. The building of Shanghai Museum is round on the top and square in the foundation,

symbolizing the ancient Chinese saying that "the sky is round and the earth is square". Seen from afar, the whole building resembles an ancient bronze ware.