There are countless precious treasures on display, fragments of national historical memory are sealed, and those stories and legends that have been buried for a long time are softly whispered…
The theme for this year’s International Museum Day is “The Power of Museums”. What is the significance of a museum to you? Today, let LP take stock of the national first-class museums (parts) located all over the country for you, as well as those national treasures that must not be missed~
National Museum of China
Houmu Wufang Ding; the National Museum of China located on the east side of Tiananmen Square, with more than 1.4 million collections, is the museum with the largest single building area and the most abundant collection of Chinese cultural relics in the world. Basic exhibitions and special exhibitions trace the progress of China’s civilization from ancient times to modern times, bronze ware, pottery, Buddha statues, jade ware, calligraphy and painting…
If you don’t know where to start, you can’t go wrong with the basic display of “Ancient China” in the north area of the basement floor. The exhibition is divided into 10 exhibition halls, with the change of dynasties as the context, sorting out the historical process of Chinese civilization, which can be called the essence of the National Expo. Among them, the most important collection is the bronze ware, such as the legendary stepmother Wufang Ding, the Warring States period “refrigerator” bronze ice mirror, the bronze rhinoceros with wrong gold and silver cloud patterns, and the painted bronze lanterns, all of which are amazing.
Shanxi Museum
bird statue
A large and comprehensive museum can give you a glimpse of the profound history of Shanxi. With the theme of “Jin Soul”, the museum imitates the structure of the wooden pagoda in Yingxian County, and has a total of 7 historical exhibitions.
As the first important dynasty to rise in Shanxi, the exhibits of “Jin State Domination” mostly come from the funeral objects of the cemetery of the Marquis of Jin. From the angle of the bird looking back, the bird has turned into an elephant, which is very ingenious. “Hometown of Opera” is the most prestigious exhibition of theatrical cultural relics in Shanxi. The “Civil Works Chapter” displays models and murals of Shanxi buildings such as the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, as well as the real object of the owl kiss in the Yongle Palace.
Inner Mongolia Museum
eagle crown gold crown;
The towering yurt dome, the wings draw a flying arc. It can be called an “encyclopedia” that condenses the history of changes in northern ethnic minorities and the development of grassland civilization. The exhibition halls of the museum are located on the second, third and fourth floors, each with its own emphasis.
The two pavilions of Tianjiao Mongolia and Prairie Beacon on the third floor are the essence of the museum. Taking the Mongolian history as the main line, it shows the rise and fall of the Mongolian people in the past 4,000 years from the birth of the Mongolian people around 2000 BC to the modern revolution. The golden crown on the top of the eagle is the treasure of the museum. It was unearthed in the Hangjin Banner of Ordos City. It is the only Hun chief’s crown ever found, and it is exquisitely crafted from pure gold.
Zhejiang Provincial Museum (Gushan District)
The silver gilt Ashoka Pagoda; the Wenlan Pavilion in the northwest corner is the essence of the museum. It was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty in imitation of the Wenyuan Pavilion in the Forbidden City in Beijing for the display of Siku Quanshu. But now Siku Quanshu is not in the Wenlan Pavilion, but in the Ancient Books Department of Zhejiang Library.
Most of the exhibits in the museum have been moved to the Wulin Pavilion located in the West Lake Cultural Plaza, but the treasure of the town pavilion, the silver-gilt Ashoka Pagoda unearthed from the underground palace of Leifeng Pagoda, is still in the Gushan Pavilion. For details, please refer to the official website.
Fujian Museum
The most important basic display in the museum is “Light of Ancient Fujian Civilization” on the second floor of the main exhibition hall, which shows the history of Fujian through more than 500 cultural relics. The Western Zhou Dynasty cloud pattern bronze nao is the largest bronze ware unearthed in Fujian. The most exciting historical stage is the late Tang and Five Dynasties. The lion furnace of Yanhan, the gilt bronze king of the Five Dynasties of Fujian, is a well-deserved treasure of the town hall. Its owner, Wang Yanhan, is the son of Wang Shenzhi, the second monarch of Fujian.
During this period, a large number of pottery figurines were unearthed from the tomb of Liu Hua (Liu Hua was the wife of Wang Yanjun, the third ruler of Fujian), which was still in the Tang style. Witness of road exchange. The silk fabrics unearthed from Huang Sheng’s tomb in the Southern Song Dynasty are very rich, which shows that the silk weaving industry in Fujian at that time was comparable to that of Sichuan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Shandong Provincial Museum
The building itself of the Shandong Provincial Museum is very grand, with a dome structure in the image of Baotu Spring. The content of the collection is mainly the essence of literature and history in the province, and the first floor is mainly for temporary exhibitions.
The treasure of the town hall is the mural of the Dongping Han Tomb in the second exhibition hall. It is the earliest, most complete, and the highest artistic mural found in Shandong. It reproduces the scenes of social offerings, audiences, cockfights, banquets, and dances in the Han Dynasty. Among them, the 12 figures drawn on the inner side of the lintel have raised eyebrows and are lifelike. In addition, although the red pottery animal-shaped pot in the Dawenkou Culture period is a practical utensil, it has a vivid shape and does not lose artistic interest.
ShangHai museum
Big Keding;
This building, which symbolizes the roundness of the sky, was once ridiculed as a “big hot pot”, but more than 1.02 million bronze wares in the collection and national treasure level make this cultural hot pot attractive to travelers who love Chinese culture.
On the 1st floor, the Ancient Chinese Bronze Museum is the first choice. The treasure of the town hall is the Dike Ding. The 290-character inscription records Zhou Tianzi’s book name for the nobles. . The works of famous calligraphers such as Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Huai Su, Zhao Meng, and Wang Anshi from the Eastern Jin Dynasty are all collected by Shanghai Bo, and their traces can be found in the Chinese Calligraphy Museum of Past Dynasties on the third floor.
Nanjing Museum
Ming Yongle blue and white Shoushan Fuhai pattern porcelain incense burner;
The predecessor was the Preparatory Office of the Central Museum of the Republic of China. Among the “one courtyard and six museums”, more than 430,000 collections cover various categories from ancient times to modern times, including the collections of the Qing Palace in Shenyang Imperial Palace and Chengde Mountain Resort when cultural relics were moved southward. The number of precious cultural relics is second only to the Palace Museum.
The most precious exhibits of the museum are displayed in the Treasures Exhibition Hall of the Town Hall, including the Ming Hongwu glaze plum vase with red Suihan Sanyou pattern, Ming Yongle blue-and-white Shoushan Fuhai pattern incense burner, gilt Tibetan Buddhist pagoda, etc., but each time only focus on the exhibition. One piece is issued and replaced from time to time.
Hubei Provincial Museum
King of Yue Gou Jianjian;
This provincial history museum has more than 200,000 collections, of which nearly 1,000 are national first-class cultural relics; however, compared to the long and splendid historical civilization, it is still a drop in the ocean. There are four “treasures of the town hall” in the Provincial Expo. The Yue King Goujian Sword and the Wu King Fucha Spear are located in the Chu Culture Museum on the right wing. The weapons of the Jiangnan Wu and Yue kings were brought back by the Chu State as war trophies.
The Chime and Bell Museum houses the chime of Zeng Houyi, who shocked the world. The “Yunxian Human Exhibition” and “Qujialing Exhibition” where the Yunxian Human Skull Fossils (Town Pavilion) are located show the development of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in the Old and Neolithic Ages. The “Art Exhibition of Earth and Fire” selected ancient porcelain unearthed in Hubei, including the Yuan blue-and-white four love map plum vase, which represents the highest skill of blue-and-white porcelain. in the tomb.
Guangdong Provincial Museum
Xinyi bronze pheasant;
Among the core landmarks of Zhujiang New Town, this square “black box” is relatively low-key. The permanent exhibition in the museum is divided into three parts: history, nature and art. It is recommended that you go directly to the fourth floor and first visit the Guangdong History and Culture Exhibition Hall. Several treasures such as the Xinyi bronze pheasant in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the white jade carved dragon wearing peony cover button in the Yuan Dynasty, and the golden lacquer wood carving shrine of the Republic of China will also make you Eye-opener.
Then enter the Guangdong Province Natural Resources Exhibition on the same floor. The exhibition halls occupying two floors are divided into 7 themed exhibitions such as geological landforms, jade, and paleontology. The huge dinosaur fossils will make children excited. In the two exhibition halls of Chaozhou woodcarving and Zhaoqing Duanyan on the third floor, you can learn about the art of living in Lingnan, and you can even play with tenon and tenon like building blocks.
Guangxi Museum of Nationalities
The large bronze drum with cloud and thunder pattern; it has the largest number and most complete variety of bronze drums in the world, which can be seen from the shape of the museum building. There is also the most complete physical display of the 12 historical residents of Guangxi (including the Han nationality), covering clothing, life, festivals, handicrafts and other aspects. No matter how long or short your trip to Bagui is, Minbo is the best Knowledge dissemination field. The most shocking thing in the “Bronze Drum Culture” exhibition hall on the second floor is the large bronze drum with a cloud and thunder pattern (collection No. 101) with a diameter of 165 cm, which is the largest bronze drum ever discovered in the world.
Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum
Outside Beijing, the China Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing, the first named after “China”, collects the history and development of a common and coastal town. Its predecessor was the Chongqing Municipal Museum. During the Three Gorges Project, it has collected tens of thousands of cultural relics unearthed in the Three Gorges area, including the national treasure-level Wuyang Hanque, “Wushan Man” fossils, Jingyun Stele, etc., more than 100,000 pieces. The fine works of cultural relics are displayed in the permanent exhibition halls such as the Magnificent Three Gorges Hall, the Yuanba Yu Hall, the Han Dynasty Sculpture Hall, and the Southwest Ethnic Minority Customs Hall.
Sichuan Sanxingdui Museum
Bronze sacred tree; Sanxingdui shocked the world with its magnificent and strange bronze cultural relics, and also rewrote the historical picture of Bashu. The museum has two exhibition halls, the General Hall and the Bronze Hall. The former mainly displays jade, pottery, stone tools, etc. unearthed in Sanxingdui, and depicts the appearance of ancient Shu civilization and the historical context of Sanxingdui through cultural relics; the latter is the essence of the museum, where almost all the unique sacrificial cultural relics are.
Sanxingdui is worth spending 2-3 hours to browse, but if you have limited time, you can start visiting from the sixth exhibition hall of the comprehensive museum. The bronze sacred tree here is the largest single piece of bronze cultural relic in the world and is considered to be an ancient sacred tree.” The incarnation of Fusang, symbolizing the worship of the sun in ancient Shu. The whole bronze hall is wonderful, but the bronze Zong-eye mask in the first exhibition hall, the bronze Da Liren in the fourth exhibition hall and the golden rod in the fifth exhibition hall are the best of the best. If you are interested in the background story of Sanxingdui, remember to go to the third floor to see the exhibition about the excavation process and the “mysteries of the ages” behind it.
Guizhou Provincial Museum
Copper chariots and horses; this modern building with a construction area of more than 45,000 square meters is magnificent and unique in shape, and it does not fail in the Guiyang Financial Convention and Exhibition Area where there are many high-rise buildings. The museum has three permanent exhibitions. As soon as you enter the ethnic Guizhou exhibition, with the curtain of 17 ethnic minorities living in Guizhou, the visitors are quickly brought into the atmosphere of “colorful Guizhou”. In addition, the Paleontological Kingdom Exhibition won the children’s love. The most dazzling star of the historical Guizhou exhibition is the “Treasure of the Town Hall” bronze chariot and horse. This Eastern Han cultural relic is composed of about 300 parts, and the thickness of the shed is only 0.1 mm. one of.
Yunnan Provincial Museum
Bronze case of cattle and tiger; come here to appreciate the wild aesthetics on the bronzes of ancient Dian people. In the ancient exhibition hall on the second floor, there are dinosaur skeletons that children will like; in the bronze exhibition hall, there are many collections of heavy objects, such as the bull-tiger bronze case and the four-ox-gilt knight’s shell storage, as well as the murder scene with a Gothic aesthetic style. Bronze shell storage; the restored tomb of Huo Chengsi in the exhibition hall of Nanzhong Dominance is worth a visit. The Miaoxiang Buddhist Country Exhibition Hall on the third floor sorts out the history of Nanzhao to Dali Country, restores and displays several exquisite grottoes in Shibao Mountain in Jianchuan, and there are many treasures of Dali Country’s metal Buddhist statues, among which the silver-backlit gold Akuye Guanyin statue is of high value In addition, in the exhibition hall of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the gold inlaid red and sapphire crown originally belonging to the Mu family, the colorful collection of Tibetan Buddhist statues in Qing Dynasty, and the Jianshui purple pottery in the Porcelain Museum are all excellent collections.
Tibet Museum
The Tibet Museum can be regarded as a window to understand the history, culture, art and customs of Tibet. The treasure of the town hall is displayed in the “Prehistoric Culture” exhibition hall on the second floor.
The “Historical Witness” exhibition hall introduces the relationship between Tibet and the central government in various periods since the Tang Dynasty. You can learn about important events in three important periods in Tibetan history. In the Thangka exhibition hall, you can enjoy Thangkas of various schools. The Folklore Exhibition Hall introduces the living environment, architecture, clothing, and daily utensils of the Tibetans. There are also four exhibition halls on the third floor, among which the exhibition hall of “Yuan, Ming and Qing Jade” has very exquisite exhibits, and the exhibition hall of “Buddhist Statues” has Buddhist statues of India, Kashmir, Nepal, the Central Plains and Tibet.
Shaanxi History Museum
The Shaanxi History Museum is one of the first eight national-level museums jointly built by the central and local governments. The cultural relics are displayed brilliantly. In the basic display of ancient Shaanxi civilization, starting from the restoration of the statue of Lantian ape-man, Banpo painted pottery, Shang and Zhou bronzes, Qin Terracotta Warriors, Han and Tang gold and jade, Song porcelain and other treasures from the past dynasties are listed, and the “eighteen national treasures” are extracted here. The essence of it, but the actual situation is that the collection of national first-class cultural relics is as many as 762 pieces (groups)! The museum has two special exhibitions for an additional fee. Relics of the Tang Dynasty—Exhibition of Unearthed Cultural Relics from Hejiacun Cellars (ticket 30 yuan) propped up the dome of the “Relics of the Tang Dynasty” with 4 national treasure-level cultural relics: “Treasure of the Town Hall” inlaid with gold animal head agate cup, Datang gold and silverware The representative of the gilt silver pot with dancing horsebit cup pattern, the exquisitely decorated gilt silver jar with parrot pattern with beam and the golden bowl with mandarin duck and lotus petal pattern. In addition, the silver sachets with grape flowers and birds pattern that once appeared on the “National Treasure” program and the 6 red gold walking dragons that were kept after being stolen are not only exquisite and small, but the stories behind them are even more embarrassing.
Gansu Provincial Museum
Bronze Galloping Horse; Gansu Provincial Museum has five permanent exhibition halls, which are distributed on the second and third floors. On the second floor of the Silk Road Civilization Exhibition, the famous national treasure “horses treading on flying swallows” is here. The exhibition hall traces the development history of the Silk Road, and is accompanied by the display of related themed cultural relics such as painted pottery, bronze, jade, Tang Sancai, and porcelain. The majestic bronze chariot and horse honor guard is the second protagonist of the museum, and the five-layer letter set from the Tang Dynasty, which was unearthed from the Dayun Temple in Jingchuan, is also of great value. The Gansu Painted Pottery Exhibition on the third floor introduces the development history of painted pottery from Dadiwan Culture, Yangshao Culture to Majiayao Culture in detail, and exhibits more than 400 painted pottery pieces. The Gansu Buddhist Art Exhibition on the same floor can be used as a preview for your next trip to the grottoes. The stone statue tower of the Northern Dynasty with five square stones stacked in a trapezoid shape and the statue tower of Quan in the Western Wei Dynasty are worth seeing. The paleontological fossil exhibition hall occupying two floors will take you into the Cretaceous era.
Qinghai Provincial Museum
Gilt bronze statue of Guanyin; the exhibition hall of the museum is set up on the second floor, which is divided into two parts: Qinghai Province Historical Relics Exhibition and Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition. The historical and cultural relics exhibition hall of the North Hall revolves around the civilization of the source of the river, and there are many wonderful highlights. “The Best of Qinghai” is marked on the left wall of the entrance, and the ten “treasures” listed can be found in the exhibition hall.
The South Pavilion is an intangible cultural exhibition hall. It uses text, videos, models and other methods to restore the handicraft skills, folk customs, singing and dancing, life and other scenes of this multi-ethnic area. The one-person-high bronze gilt Guanyin statue facing the entrance is made in In the Ming Dynasty, it was the “treasure of the town hall” of the museum.
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum
Painted wooden figurines of heavenly kings stepping on ghosts; as the only comprehensive museum at the autonomous region level in Xinjiang, there are more than 40,000 pieces of various cultural relics and specimens collected here. It is divided into five permanent exhibition halls, and many treasures from the Silk Road are here. The memory of the history of the Western Regions on the first floor – the exhibition of historical relics in Xinjiang is divided into 12 units according to the age, which collects all kinds of fine cultural relics unearthed from all over Xinjiang, including the treasure of the town hall – the painted wooden figurines of heavenly kings and ghosts unearthed in the tombs of Astana , The king of heaven is majestic, the little devil has a handsome face, vivid image, exquisite production, amazing. The most attractive to the visitors is “The Dead Over a Thousand Years – The Exhibition of Ancient Mummies in Xinjiang” is located on the second floor. Several thousand-year-old ancient corpses are displayed, and a large number of fine burial cultural relics are displayed to restore the life scene of that year.
Hainan Provincial Museum
Three colored horses in Tang Dynasty; the old museum is in the front, and the new museum is in the back. The new three-story building is more comprehensive. More than ten exhibition halls have introduced Hainan from the aspects of geographical origin, marine civilization, historical changes, and local customs. Especially, don’t miss the “Huaguang Reef No. 1” shipwreck exhibition on the first floor. , 360-degree giant screen images, real shipboard wrecks, and ceramic cultural relics buried under the sea for more than 800 years are all worth seeing.
The old museum focuses on Hainan’s “intangible cultural heritage”, including food (“Qiong Food Street”), crafts (“Qiong Workshop”), opera (“Qiong Opera Stage”), minority culture (“Qiongya Village”), etc. , the exhibition environment simulates scenes such as the old arcade street, the Qiongju teahouse, and the Limiao village. You can also use the somatosensory equipment to learn the moves of the Qiongju actors.
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