Chengdu Yongling Museum

The Royal Tomb of Wang Jian is located at No. 10, Yongling Road, Jinniu District, Chengdu City, covering an area of 54000 square meters. It is composed of three parts: cultural relic reserve, comprehensive museum and garden reserve. Chengdu Yongling mausoleum, also known as "Wang Jian tomb", is the mausoleum of Wang Jian (847-918), the founding emperor of Shu state, before the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907-967). In 1961, Chengdu Yongling was rated as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council; in 1978, Chengdu Wangjian tomb management office was established; in 1990, Chengdu Wangjian tomb museum was established; in 1998, it was renamed Chengdu Yongling Museum. The museum is the first imperial mausoleum to be scientifically excavated in China and the only imperial mausoleum on the ground in China. It is now a national second-class Museum.

door of a tomb

The front, middle and back rooms were separated by wooden doors, which had been rotten for a long time. The door is still covered with head, decorative pieces and foam nails. All the bronzes are finely made, which shows that they are gilded. Now the wooden door is duplicated.

Color painting

The top of the ticket is painted with azure, and the straight wall is painted with vermilion. On the third ticket, there is a section of color painting in red and green.

Coffin bed

The coffin bed is of xumizuo type, covered with Minyu plate and three wooden steps. The coffin on the wooden steps has long been decayed. During the excavation, a large amount of mercury and various funerary objects were found in the broken coffin. The coffin bed is surrounded by relief images of Jile, flowers and birds, and clouds and dragons. The patterns are exquisitely decorated. Originally, they were all painted or gilded. On both sides of the coffin bed, there are half body stone carvings of "Twelve strong men", or "Twelve Gods", in the shape of supporting and lifting the coffin bed. It plays the role of "dispelling evil spirits and suppressing victory" in the tomb.

Twenty four tricks

The most precious cultural relic of Yongling is the "24 Jiyue" carved inside the door of the coffin bed and pot. There were 10 people in the East and 10 in the West and 4 in the south. Among them, there are 2 dancers and 22 people playing various musical instruments. There are 20 kinds of 23 musical instruments. Among all kinds of cultural relics of the same time in our country, their music and dance scenes and musical instruments are the most realistic and charming. The musical instrument system belongs to Kucha music system. The stone carvings vividly represent the music and dance scenes of court banquets in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. They show deep attainments in carving techniques and are of great value to the study of ancient Chinese music history.

Cylinder

The oil in the cylinder is filled with a lamp, which is also called "perpetual lamp". As a rule, the jar should be placed at the foot of the tomb owner, that is, the south end of the coffin bed. This seems to be a special case.

Stone bed

The stone bed symbolizes the imperial bed of the emperor in his lifetime. The front end of the stone bed is embossed with dragon and lion like beasts, and the statue of Wang Jian is placed in the middle. In front of it, there are double treasures, and on both sides are Shi CE box and AI CE box. Shi Bao, Shi CE and AI CE are important national treasures in Shi Fa etiquette.

The statue of Wang Jianshi

Wang Jian's stone statue is a sitting statue of red sandstone, with a height of 86 cm. He is dressed in a royal robe, a head with a head, a jade belt around his waist, and leather boots on his feet. He has a long eyebrow and broad catfish. He has a great appearance, wisdom and courage, and is dignified and serene. The depiction of Wang Jian's manner is lifelike, which is quite consistent with the image of Wang Jian in historical books. Stone carving techniques realistic, exquisite carving skills, vivid, is the only imperial portrait in China's mausoleum.

On March 26, 2016, the Museum held the first season of Yongling salon, Huajian Yaji poetry season.

On March 19, 2016, the museum's foreign exchange exhibition hall held an exhibition of the works of famous oil painters of the Russian Repin Academy of fine arts.

On March 9, 2016, the Museum held the "Chinese dream · dream journey - works exhibition of Chinese contemporary calligraphers and painters".

The twenty-four musical instruments in Yongling tomb represent the performing scenes of court music and dance in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, which has a very high historical status in the history of Chinese music; the "jade ribbon", "Shibao", "yuce", gold and silver flat lacquerware and silver products unearthed in the tomb have a very high cultural and artistic value. These unearthed cultural relics reflect the great economic and cultural achievements of Chengdu in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and represent the history and culture of ancient Chengdu.

admission ticket

The cultural relic protection area is 20 yuan / piece, and the comprehensive museum implements the "free and non free ticket" system, and the audience can get tickets and enter by security check with valid identity documents.

Children under 6 years old (including 6 years old) or under 1.3 meters tall (including 1.3 meters) are free of charge; minors over 6 years old (excluding 6 years old) and under 18 years old (including 18 years old), full-time undergraduates and students with bachelor's degree or below are free of charge; college students and primary and secondary school students are free of charge with reservation form.

Opening Hours

8:30-17:30 in the cultural relics protection area and comprehensive museum, 7:00-22:00 in the garden protection area (open all year round, no ticket sales at 17:30).

Traffic information

bus line

The public can take Metro Line 2 to Datong huimen station, walk along Xi'an road to Yongling intersection, or take the city bus No. 42, 126, 127, 341, 54, 30 to Yongling Road station to get off, "scenic through train" has direct line.

geographical position

No.10, Yongling Road, Jinniu District, Chengdu

Self driving

The ground parking lot of Yongling Museum, the east parking lot of sandongqiao and the opposite parking lot of Minzu Hotel are available for parking.

Chengdu Yongling Museum

The Royal Tomb of Wang Jian is located at No. 10, Yongling Road, Jinniu District, Chengdu City, covering an area of 54000 square meters. It is composed of three parts: cultural relic reserve, comprehensive museum and garden reserve.

Chengdu Yongling mausoleum, also known as "Wang Jian tomb", is the mausoleum of Wang Jian (847-918), the founding emperor of Shu state, before the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907-967). In 1961, Chengdu Yongling was rated as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council; in 1978, Chengdu Wangjian tomb management office was established; in 1990, Chengdu Wangjian tomb museum was established; in 1998, it was renamed Chengdu Yongling Museum.

The museum is the first imperial mausoleum to be scientifically excavated in China and the only imperial mausoleum on the ground in China. It is now a national second-class Museum.

Development history

In 918 ad, Wang Jian died of illness at the age of 71, posthumous title "emperor Gaozu Shenwu Shengwen Xiaode Minghui", buried in Yongling.

In 1961, Wang Jian's tomb was announced by the State Council as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

In 1978, the cultural relics protection agency, Chengdu Wangjian tomb management office, was established.

In 1979, Wang Jian's tomb was officially opened to the public.

In 1990, the Museum of Wang Jian's tomb in Chengdu was established.

In 1998, with the approval of the State Administration of cultural relics and the approval of the Chengdu Municipal People's government, Chengdu Wangjian tomb museum was officially renamed "Chengdu Yongling Museum".

Venue layout

Chengdu Yongling tomb is well preserved. The earth seal of the tomb is hemispherical, about 15 meters high and more than 80 meters in diameter. The interior of the tomb is divided into three chambers: front, middle and back. Each chamber is separated by a wooden door. The tomb is made up of fourteen red sandstone flat slabs, and 50000 large-scale green bricks are used outside the stone tomb to build the vertical walls on both sides of the tomb and the double-layer arch on the top. This kind of longitudinal arch structure bears the main pressure of the tomb, which makes the whole mausoleum magnificent.

Collection

Yongling and its cultural relics are of great historical, scientific, cultural and artistic value. It is one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by the State Council in 1961.

door of a tomb

The front, middle and back rooms were separated by wooden doors, which had been rotten for a long time. The door is still covered with head, decorative pieces and foam nails. All the bronzes are finely made, which shows that they are gilded. Now the wooden door is duplicated.

Color painting

The top of the ticket is painted with azure, and the straight wall is painted with vermilion. On the third ticket, there is a section of color painting in red and green.

Coffin bed

The coffin bed is of xumizuo type, covered with Minyu plate and three wooden steps. The coffin on the wooden steps has long been decayed. During the excavation, a large amount of mercury and various funerary objects were found in the broken coffin. The coffin bed is surrounded by relief images of Jile, flowers and birds, and clouds and dragons. The patterns are exquisitely decorated. Originally, they were all painted or gilded. On both sides of the coffin bed, there are half body stone carvings of "Twelve strong men", or "Twelve Gods", in the shape of supporting and lifting the coffin bed. It plays the role of "dispelling evil spirits and suppressing victory" in the tomb.

Twenty four tricks

The most precious cultural relic of Yongling is the "24 Jiyue" carved inside the door of the coffin bed and pot. There were 10 people in the East and 10 in the West and 4 in the south. Among them, there are 2 dancers and 22 people playing various musical instruments. There are 20 kinds of 23 musical instruments. Among all kinds of cultural relics of the same time in our country, their music and dance scenes and musical instruments are the most realistic and charming. The musical instrument system belongs to Kucha music system. The stone carvings vividly represent the music and dance scenes of court banquets in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. They show deep attainments in carving techniques and are of great value to the study of ancient Chinese music history.

Cylinder

The oil in the cylinder is filled with a lamp, which is also called "perpetual lamp". As a rule, the jar should be placed at the foot of the tomb owner, that is, the south end of the coffin bed. This seems to be a special case.

Stone bed

The stone bed symbolizes the imperial bed of the emperor in his lifetime. The front end of the stone bed is embossed with dragon and lion like beasts, and the statue of Wang Jian is placed in the middle. In front of it, there are double treasures, and on both sides are Shi CE box and AI CE box. Shi Bao, Shi CE and AI CE are important national treasures in Shi Fa etiquette.

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