Ningxia Museum

Ningxia Museum, the collection of the West Xia civilization and the Northern Song Dynasty, the old site is Chengtian Temple, the new museum was expanded in 2008. Among the museum's cultural relics, the platinum bronze cattle excavated from the King's Mausoleum of the Western Xia Dynasty became the treasure of the museum with its exquisite casting process and exquisite artistic expression.

💫 Ningxia, since ancient times, is the "Guanzhong barrier, river throat", from ancient times to 40,000 years, in this magical land, the formation of hunting culture, animal husbandry culture, farming culture, silk road culture, Xixia culture, have distinctive regional and national characteristics, rich folk customs, The enrichment of multicultural 💫🌟Yinchuan is a famous city with a long history. The historical records of the once glorious Xixia Dynasty are very few. After so many years, the cultural relics unearthed are especially valuable 🌟✨ Zhenguan treasure: ✨ The platinum gold copper cattle unearthed in the Xixia Wangling is the town here. The treasure of the museum reflects the high level of the bronze casting process in the Xixia, which is a treasure in the Xixia artwork. In addition, the stone carving Hu Xuanwu tomb door and the Lishi Zhiwen support are identified as national treasure class cultural relics ✨

The Ningxia Museum is located at No. 6, Renmin Square East Road, Yinchuan City, Ningxia. It is a provincial comprehensive museum and a national first-class museum. The total construction area is 30258 square meters with four floors. The image of components such as the support of Lux Zhiwen used in the exterior wall architectural decoration, as well as the decorative patterns such as Jialing Pinjia used on the wall, are representatives of the historical and cultural relics of Ningxia, with distinctive regional characteristics. The entire building is elegant, concise, balanced, and stable. In 2010, it won the "Highest Award of China's Construction Quality Project-Luban Award". As of 2019, the total number of cultural relics in the collection of the Ningxia Museum is 51,298, 3,551 are precious cultural relics, including 157 sets of first-class cultural relics. The stone tomb gate of Hu Xuanwu, the gilt bronze bull, and the Zhiwen support of Lux were identified as national treasures. The quantity and quality of the collections of cultural relics in Xixia and northern bronzes have attracted the attention of the cultural and cultural industry; the rock paintings of Helan Mountain, the Western Expedition of the Red Army and the revolutionary cultural relics of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border area are also very representative. The distinctive local and ethnic characteristics of the cultural relics in the collection are unique among the national museums. "Long Colors and Long Sky-Ningxia General History Exhibition" is the basic display of the Ningxia Museum, which is divided into six parts: the dawn of civilization, the spring and autumn of Xirong, the screen of the imperial capital, the important town of silk road, the pursuit of great summer, and the south of Saibei. The exhibition comprehensively displays the important historical treasures of the various stages of the development of ancient Ningxia civilization. Nearly 2500 exhibits (sets), 88 of which are first-class products, outline the chapter of Chinese beauty in the development of Ningxia civilization.

As a free museum, the Ningxia Museum is really good. You can visit it as long as you make an appointment with WeChat in advance. There are a total of 3 floors and many exhibition halls, which are worth seeing.

The time in Yinchuan was very rushed, but I still took time to go to the museum. The time to understand it was already 4pm. It was closed at 5:30. The visit was a bit rushed. I had to enter the entire venue from the south gate of the museum. The font was also suitable for Ningxia. There are a total of four floors in the Hui Autonomous Region. The first floor is the tourist service hall, temporary exhibition halls and gift shops. The most worth seeing is the rock paintings. The second floor is mainly about the general history of Ningxia from ancient times to the present. The third floor of the museum is the most worthwhile exhibition of Ningxia. Culture and collections are a good place to learn about religious culture. The fourth floor is a temporary exhibition because it is during the National Day. The history of the Red Army’s revolution is also very worth seeing. Yinchuan Museum is still a must-check place to learn a lot of history