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"Looking at Shanxi with a History of 5,000 Years", the Shanxi Museum located on Binhe West Road, Taiyuan City, gathers the essence of Shanxi cultural relics. Shanxi Museum consists of the main building and the four-cornered auxiliary building. The main building looks like a bucket and a tripod. It is the main place for tourists to visit the collections in the courtyard.
The main building has four floors. The lobby on the first floor is equipped with a general service desk, the second and third floors have special exhibitions on history and culture, and the fourth floor has special exhibitions on art. These exhibitions constitute the basic display of Shanxi Museum. After stepping into the hall on the first floor, follow the stairs to the second floor, where the historical journey with the theme of "Jinhun" begins.
The special exhibition of history and culture, from the relics of ancient human beings in ancient times, to the rise and fall of Shanxi merchants in Ming and Qing Dynasties for 500 years, through numerous cultural relics and treasures, shows the splendor of Shanxi in the process of 5,000 years of civilization. When visiting, several fine cultural relics must not be missed.
Bird Zun, a bronze ware of the Western Zhou Dynasty, is a ritual vessel for sacrifices in the Jinhou Ancestral Temple. The shape of the bird statue is extremely delicate, with the phoenix bird as the main shape, and a small bird on the back of the phoenix bird, which is used as a handle on the cover of the bird statue. At the tail of the phoenix bird, there is an elephant. Its long nose fits perfectly with the feet of the phoenix bird to form a tripod, ensuring the stability of the bird statue. This collection is a representative work of the bronzes in the courtyard.
In addition, you can also see: Hou Ma's League Letter, the letter of oath held by the senior officials of Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period; wooden lacquer paintings, lacquer painted screens from the Northern Wei Dynasty, painted with colorful stories of "Biography of Women"; Han white marble The coffin is a cultural relic of the Sui Dynasty. The owner of the tomb was from the Central Asian country of fish at that time. There are patterns carved inside and outside the stone coffin. The characters in the patterns have deep eyes, high nose and black hair, and belong to the Mediterranean Caucasian race. In the cultural thematic exhibition, you can also learn about the origin or development of Buddhism and traditional opera in Shanxi.
On the fourth floor of the main building, there is an art exhibition area. Among them, "Civil, Wood and Huazhang" - a special exhibition of ancient architectural art, reflects Shanxi's side as a province of cultural relics and ancient buildings. "Look at Shanxi for cultural relics on the ground". Shanxi has the reputation of "treasure house of ancient Chinese architecture". It has more than half of the ancient buildings on the ground in China, with a complete range of categories, especially the large number of religious buildings. If you are a fan of ancient buildings, you must come here.
The museum also holds some temporary exhibitions from time to time. At the service desk in the lobby on the first floor, the museum provides the service of hiring a guide (in Chinese and English) and renting a guide. The cost of the guide: 100 yuan (within 10 people, 1 hour). There are also restaurants and tea houses in the main hall of the museum for tourists to use.
opening hours
Closed on Monday throughout the year; January 1-December 31 Tuesday to Sunday 09:00-17:00 (last entry 16:00); Chinese statutory holidays 09:00-17:00 (last entry Garden 16:00); closed every Monday, New Year's Eve, and the first day of the first month (it is normally open on Mondays on national statutory holidays).
