An Imperial Examination Museum opened on January 28, the first day in Chinese New Year of the Rooster, in east China's Nanjing in Jiangsu Province. /VCG Photo

The museum contains over 700 exhibits, demonstrating the special test system in Chinese history. /VCG Photo

Imperial Examination system was used between 621 to 1905 to select elites to help run the imperial tasks. /VCG Photo

The top students who stood out in Imperial Examination were titled “the student of the emperor” and then became empowered officers who found themselves qualified a position in the government mechanism. /VCG Photo

The museum is installed in an almost 500-year-old Mingyuan Building, which served as a trial court in old times. /VCG Photo