A Buddhist statue from Tibet is at the center of a gallery at a relic exhibition at the China Art Museum in Shanghai, Oct 27, 2015. The exhibition opened on Tuesday during Tibet Culture Week, which is a major activity of the ongoing Shanghai International Arts Festival. The exhibition will run through Nov 26.

The exhibition, the largest-ever display outside Tibet, showcases many precious collections, and many of the relics are out of Tibet for the first time. The more than 120 collections on display present a history spanning from the Northern Wei Dynasty (368-534) to modern times.

Visitors examine Thangka from Tibet at a relic exhibition at the China Art Museum in Shanghai, Oct 27, 2015.

A visitor gets up close to statues from Tibet at a relic exhibition at the China Art Museum in Shanghai, Oct 27, 2015.

Visitors gets up close to a statue from Tibet at a relic exhibition at the China Art Museum in Shanghai, Oct 27, 2015.

Visitors take pictures of cultural items from Tibet at an exhibition at the China Art Museum in Shanghai, Oct 27, 2015. 

Visitors view Thangka from Tibet at a relic exhibition at the China Art Museum in Shanghai, Oct 27, 2015.

(From China Daily)