After eight years of negotiations and arrangements, relics from Beijing’s Summer Palace have arrived in the US for the first time. /China News Service Photo

An exhibition of 80 pieces of royal relics opened at the Bowers Museum in Orange County, California, in the US on Friday, including the shoes of Empress Dowager Cixi and a car she received as a birthday present. /China News Service Photo

As the largest and most well-preserved imperial park in China, the Summer Palace was the main residence for royal families to rest and entertain during the Qing Dynasty. /China News Service Photo

The exhibition is part of the events to promote people-to-people exchanges between China and the US. /China News Service Photo

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