本书以风趣的语言，对馆藏在12个省的23件国家级珍贵文物进行详细介绍，并配以精致的手绘文物高清插图，以及可爱搞笑的小故事、典故、知识点插图。正文生动幽默地讲述了许多文物背后鲜为人知的故事、制作工艺、相关的历史文化等等，兼具人文性、知识性和艺术性，令读者爱上国宝，爱上中华文明。

Testaments to the nation's resilience
Eagle-shaped pottery ding
Hongshan jade dragon
Min fanglei
Fu Hao owl-shaped zun
"Li" bronze gui
He zun
Guo Ji Zibai pan
Cloud-patterned bronze jin
Marquis Yi of Zeng carillon
Tiger tally of Du County
Bronze chariot at Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum
Changxin palace lantern
Brocade armband featuring "the middle kingdom"
Bronze galloping horse
Storyteller clay figurine
Dugu Xin's polyhedron jet seal
Wu Zetian's gold tablet
Agate drinking flask with beast head and gold nose
Silver incense burner with grape, flower and bird patterns
Silver bottle with gilded cup-in-mouth dancing horse
Tricolor pottery figurine of camel carrying musicians
Yuan Dynasty imperial decree gold tablet
Nine-stringed crown of Prince Lu