Exhibit focuses on Chinese role in Virginia City

Deathways of the Comstock Chinese is the latest exhibit at the Comstock History Center.

The exhibit, which highlights the death and burial practices of the Chinese, features artifacts, photographs, video and an accurately reproduced, life-sized Chinese gravesite.

The free exhibit opens Aug. 14  at 11a.m.

The historic Chinese graveyard in Virginia City is no longer intact, so visitors will have an opportunity to see a replica Chinese burial site, complete with ornate decorations, reconstructed within the exhibit. The display illustrates the complex and symbolic death rituals that were part of China’s ancient, sophisticated culture.

The Comstock History Center is located at 20 N. E St. in Virginia City. It is open Thursday through Sunday from 11am-4pm.

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