Shanxi Quwo | Jin State Museum | Understand the rise and fall of the Jin State over a thousand years

🔶Museum Introduction: 1⃣️The Jin State Museum in Quwo County, Linfen, Shanxi, divides the history of the Jin State over more than 600 years into five units, namely: Tongye Fengtang, Quwo Daiyi, Duke Wen's Hegemony, Moving to Xintian, and the Three Families Dividing Jin, which are major events that have influenced the course of Chinese history. 2⃣️It has created three basic exhibitions: the Jin State Historical Culture Exhibition, the "Qu Village-Tianma Site" Excavation History Exhibition, and the Jinhou Tomb Site Exhibition. 3⃣️The museum has a collection of 3120 pieces/sets of cultural relics, of which 109 pieces/sets are precious. 🔶Main Highlights: 🔆Jinhou Su's Chariot and Horse Pit It is currently the largest chariot and horse pit discovered in China during the Western Zhou Dynasty. The chariots and horses in the site are clearly separated, and they are buried on the left and right sides of the partition beam, with 105 horses and 48 ancient chariots! Compared with the chariot and horse pit of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in Shaanxi, it is not only 600 years earlier, but also all are accompanied by real chariots and horses. In the chariot and horse pit, there are also war chariots, ceremonial chariots, and other chariots and horses for daily use. 🔆Jinhou Su's Ding The Jinhou Su's Ding is composed of five pieces. The belly of the Ding is hemispherical, with ears on both sides. The outer wall is decorated with convex chord patterns and heavy ring patterns. Dings with completely identical shapes and decorations, and sizes decreasing in order, are called column Dings! There are three lines of 13 characters cast on the back wall of the vessel, "Jinhou Su made a treasure Ding, its ten thousand years of eternal treasure use" 🔆Dragon Stream Human Foot Plate The dragon head flows, three three-dimensional corner dragons climb on the outer wall, the foot of the vessel is four half-squatting human figures, a round carved frog is cast in the center of the plate, the outer side is decorated with embossed fish patterns, and two bells are cast on the bottom of the foot of the vessel. The shape is unique and quite ingenious! 📍Address: Jin State Museum, Qu Village Town, Quwo County, Linfen City 📌Opening hours: Open from 09:00-17:00 (stop entering the park at 16:00), closed on Mondays 📌Ticket price: 48 RMB, free for those over 60 years old 🚌Transportation: Take bus No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and get off at Jin State Museum Station.