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(10 Nov 1999) XFA VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan In China the discussion of sexual activity has long been something of a taboo. But that may be changing - thanks to a new museum in Shanghai, the country's financial centre. On display are various artefacts - some thousands of years old - which show that China did not always find sex such a private affair. 0.02 Hidden in a back lane near the busy business streets of Shanghai, the museum doesn't attract a lot of attention. 0.13 But it houses a most unusual collection - antiques dedicated to the carnal pleasures. 0.19 More than one thousand sex toys, fertility idols and erotic paintings are on show. 0.22 Twenty years ago it would have been illegal to keep such pieces in private, let alone show them off in public. 0.32 The museum is the brainchild of Professor Liu Dalin. He's been collecting these artefacts for ten years. The oldest of which is two thousand years. 0.39 UPSOUND 0.41 He says the aim of the museum is help people understand that their ancestors were very open-minded and active in sex activities, so why should people be different today? 0.52 Some visitors are disappointed by what they see as their generation's lack of sexual knowledge, compared with the knowledge of their ancestors. 1.02 UPSOUND Soundbite 1.05 This visitor said he'd never seen anything quite like it. The museum really surpised him. Many of what he thought were modern ideas, had in fact been practiced centuries ago. 1.17 Many may leave the museum somewhat enlightened, perhaps wondering what kind of sexual inheritance they themselves might leave to future generations. 1.28 VISION ENDS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...