Yinxu Museum
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The new museum of Yinxu Museum. There are three floors in total and the area is large. If you want to visit and understand the whole content in detail. It will take at least half a day. If you don't ask a narrator, it is difficult to visit in order. The furnishings in the museum are OK. But the $80 fare is a bit too high compared to the free-for-all for most other museums.
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Yinxu is the site of the capital of the late Shang Dynasty in China. It is the first capital confirmed in Chinese history and is located in Yindu District, Anyang City. A large number of bronze artifacts, oracle bones and other cultural relics with precious historical value have been unearthed in Yinxu. Among them, the "Simuwu Large Square Ding" weighing 875 kilograms is a precious bronze artifact; and oracle bones are the predecessors of ancient Chinese writing and Chinese characters. Its discovery has changed China's archaeological chronicles and brought China's credible history with written records back to the Shang Dynasty.
The total area of Yinxu is very large, reaching 24 square kilometers. Tourists mainly visit the Yinxu Museum (currently moved to the new Yinxu Museum), the Yinxu Royal Tombs and the Yinxu Palace Temple Site. The signboards in the scenic area are very clear, and it is very easy to walk around according to these signs. The Yinxu Museum (new building), which opened in March 2024, displays a large number of unearthed cultural relics such as bronze, stone, and jade, but precious cultural relics such as the "Simuwu Large Square Ding" and the "Fuhao Owl Zun" have been transferred to the National Museum of China or the Henan Museum. What you see here are replicas of cultural relics.
The Yinxu Royal Tombs in the scenic area are recognized by the academic community as the royal mausoleum and sacrificial site of the Shang Dynasty. A large number of oracle bones and bronze artifacts were unearthed in the palace area, including the "Simuwu Large Square Ding". 13 royal tombs, more than 2,000 burial tombs, sacrificial pits and chariot pits have been discovered here. In the eastern area of the Royal Tombs, there are many sacrificial pits with many people (those buried alive) and animal skeletons in them. It was a public sacrificial site for the Yin royal family to worship their ancestors.
The palace and ancestral temple ruins of Yinxu were the places where the Shang kings handled government affairs and lived. They are the most important ruins and components of Yinxu, including more than 80 palace and ancestral temple foundations. To the west and south of the palace and ancestral temple ruins, there is an artificially dug defense moat that surrounds the palace and ancestral temple, playing a role similar to that of a palace city. The ancestral temple ruins are also one of the famous "classical city-states" among the ancient civilizations of the world.
The palace and ancestral temple ruins also include the tomb of Fu Hao, the wife of King Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty. This is the best-preserved tomb of a member of the Shang royal family discovered so far, and it is also the tomb of a member of the Shang royal family that can be linked to oracle bones and determine the age, tomb owner and identity. 16 "sacrificial victims" were also found in the tomb, and thousands of artifacts were unearthed, including bone, jade and bronze artifacts.
In the eastern part of the scenic area, there is an "Oracle Bone Stele Beilin", which displays a large number of oracle bone inscriptions in the form of steles. Interested tourists can go and have a look.
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The new museum of Yinxu Museum. There are three floors in total and the area is large. If you want to visit and understand the whole content in detail. It will take at least half a day. If you don't ask a narrator, it is difficult to visit in order. The furnishings in the museum are OK. But the $80 fare is a bit too high compared to the free-for-all for most other museums.
China's history of 3,000 years ago to see Henan, it is worth going, and fortunately met Mr. Li to explain, Mr. Li is very knowledgeable, quoted the scriptures, explained in place, and we deeply feel that Mr. Li is very proud and full of feelings for the historical attractions of Anyang!
As for business trips, I am full of curiosity about this place. I want to know more about the legacy problems in history. I came in for two hours. There are many people. There are more adults and children. There are fewer cultural relics. The historical deeds are not very complete. How to develop and develop which areas
Awesome museum worth a visit. On the morning of May 4, because the explanation was about nine o'clock, according to the explanation teacher's request to arrive at 8 o'clock in the morning, there are parking spaces in the parking lot. It rained that day, the museum set up a canopy for tourists to avoid the rain, and there were security guards who kept patrolling and standing guard to stop the queue. I feel that the management is good. Because there are more people on holidays, I can understand. Please explain this kind of museum, otherwise you will be blind.
Awesome museum worth a visit. On the morning of May 4, because the explanation was about nine o'clock, according to the explanation teacher's request to arrive at 8 o'clock in the morning, there are parking spaces in the parking lot. It rained that day, the museum set up a canopy for tourists to avoid the rain, and there were security guards who kept patrolling and standing guard to stop the queue. I feel that the management is good. Because there are more people on holidays, I can understand. Please explain this kind of museum, otherwise you will be blind.
The site of Yinxu Zongmiao in Anyang, Henan, is a historical and cultural excavation in the Yinshang period more than 3,000 years ago. There are Chema Keng, Oracle, Women's Tombs, many people every day, there is a parking lot, suitable for self-driving with the elderly, children to play together, 60-year-olds free tickets, this is better than Hebei, Take the elderly to increase popularity, lively and energetic, increase traffic, attract customers, and drive local consumption vitality.
It is worth going. It is under the management of Anyang Branch of the Academy of Social Sciences, but the management of the museum is chaotic. It is not the same management unit as the king's tomb of the zongmiao. So the connection is chaotic. Don't think about visiting it on holidays. It is best to have a museum for about one day and the king's tomb of the zongmiao for about one day. There are very few staff, the shuttle bus has no waiting area, there is no team, everyone sees the car swarm on, the elderly and children are basically hopeless. There is no museum staff to lead the outdoors, and volunteers rest on the chairs in the museum. There is no separate narrator on holidays. I don’t know if the explanation of 900 yuan for a group of 30 people is to make money or let everyone have the opportunity to listen to what the museum said... But don’t you drive your brain in charge? ! What can 30 people see before they squeeze into the exhibition cabinet? Can people of different cultural levels and different ages have the same needs? You can't operate and can't go to mature scenic spots such as Yungang Grottoes Terracotta Warriors and Horses to study! It's really ruined those cultural relics...
The sense of history is full, feeling the aesthetic and manufacturing craft of ancestors thousands of years ago, and you can understand the evolution of Chinese characters. Shuttle between the Yinxu Museum, as if you feel the war and life at that time, you must go and see!