Know Recorded History During Shaanxi Museum Tour

Shaanxi History Museum, Top China travel Destinations is a good-sized modern national museum and was completed and opened to the public in June 1991. It covers an area of 70,000m2. The entire building complex assumes the architectural features of the Tang Dynasty. The museum houses the best cultural heritage of Shaanxi Province and shows the systematic development process of Chinese civilization.

The museum of Xian day trips assumes the architectural features of ancient Chinese Palaces and courtyards, and houses 370,000 historic and cultural artifacts unearthed in Shaanxi. It chiefly displays the historic artifacts excavated in the province. The exhibition is divided into seven major sections: the Prehistoric Age, the Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern dynasties, the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Moreover, there is a preface hall. All the exhibitions vividly and systematically depict the history of Shaanxi Province, ranging from 1,150,000 years ago to the year 1840. Back in history, 15 dynasties established their capitals in Shaanxi Province, with duration of more than 1, 500 years. This area was established as the national capital by more dynasties and for longer periods than any other place in China. In a way, the ancient history of Shaanxi is a microcosm of Chinese history.

The temporary exhibits hall, located on the east side of the museum, has had a variety of exhibitions including Tang-tomb wall paintings, that is to say 39 of the actual paintings. Shaanxi's wall murals of this kind rank first in the entire country. They are fluid in concept and line, they have marvelous details, and they both depict Tang-Dyansty customs and are superb works of art. The special exhibition hall is located on the west side of the museum. Its first two exhibitions were a Shaanxi bronzes exhibit (260 were on display) and a Shaanxi-through-the-dynasties terracotta masterpieces exhibit (341 objects were exhibited). The area of this hall is around 2,600 square meters (3,111 square yards). Receive more China travel testimonials by contacting us.