Porn looks dated at sex museum's explicit exposition

Traversing China I continue to be delighted and surprised with its amazing juxtapositions of the very old and new. My recent trip to Tongli, another of China's beautiful water towns, is no exception.

The slow boat rides down ancient canals, past exquisite mansions, cobbled streets and arching bridges. Many of the lovely old buildings are still in use, including the China Sex Museum. The sex museum? Yup, Tongli has it all, including one of the world's few museums dedicated solely to all matters sexual.

If your purpose is to pay 20 yuan and romp around in a titillating porno palace, you will be terribly disappointed. The purpose of the museum's founder, professor Liu Dalin, is to add to our body of knowledge, not necessarily our knowledge of bodies. He is an esteemed professor of sociology and the author of many books on love, marriage and sex.