Dunhuang Museum

Dunhuang museum is located in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. Founded in October 1979, formerly known as the archaeological group of the county cultural center. The building area is 2400 square meters. There are a large number of precious cultural relics in Dunhuang. The museum now has more than 4000 cultural relics.

Dunhuang Museum

Dunhuang museum was founded in 1979, and the new museum was built in 2011. The construction site is 16000 square meters. It is a rectangle, 129 meters long from east to west, 100 meters wide from north to south, with two floors on the ground and a building height of 24 meters. The architectural scheme is designed by Cui Kai, a master architect of China Architectural Design and Research Institute. The whole architectural appearance is beautiful, solemn and generous, integrating cultural symbols such as the Great Wall, beacon and ancient castle buildings. The new building area is 7500 square meters. There are six exhibition halls, including exhibition hall, cultural relics storeroom, projection hall, rest hall, etc., with the theme of "the city of Huarong fair". With complete facilities and perfect functions, the museum is an important window for promoting Dunhuang culture and displaying Dunhuang ancient civilization, and also an important research base for Dunhuang studies.

Dunhuang museum is responsible for the collection, publicity, management, investigation and maintenance of cultural relics in the city. It is a comprehensive museum integrating cultural relics protection, research, collection, collection and exhibition. It has a standard cultural relics warehouse and exhibition hall, displaying more than 1000 cultural relics. It is listed as the first batch of free museums in Gansu Province in 2008.

Collection

There are 13297 pieces of cultural relics in the museum.

The overall layout of the basic exhibition of Dunhuang museum is divided into a preface hall and five exhibition halls. The first exhibition hall is the great development of Dunhuang in Han Dynasty, the second exhibition hall is the continuous development of Dunhuang in Wei, Jin, southern and Northern Dynasties, the third exhibition hall is the prosperity of Dunhuang in Sui and Tang Dynasties, the fourth exhibition hall is the development of Dunhuang in Tubo and Five Dynasties, song, yuan and Ming Dynasties, and the fifth exhibition hall is the development of Dunhuang in Qing Dynasty. The first sequence hall and the fifth exhibition hall combine the hall style with the through style, adopting the grand scene and panoramic style, seeking refinement in details and liveliness in form. Make the display cabinet, cultural relics, lighting, color and the whole space unified and harmonious, match properly, and serve the theme. It is not only concise but also focused.

Dunhuang historical relics exhibition, a city of Huarong fair, displays 147 pictures of Dunhuang manuscripts, nearly 100 pictures of Dunhuang murals, 266 pictures of Dunhuang historical sites, and more than 1000 cultural relics.

Preface hall: preface, relief sculptures with the theme of "the city of Huarong fair", distribution map of Dunhuang and its surrounding cultural relics, chronology of Dunhuang ancient events, and evolution table of Dunhuang's historical system. This paper mainly introduces the prehistoric civilization of Dunhuang. The activities of Qiang Rong, Wu sun and Yue clans, the early inhabitants of Dunhuang, and the activities of Huns in Dunhuang brought the audience's emotions into the ancient times of Dunhuang.

Exhibition hall 1: the great development of Dunhuang in the Han Dynasty

The Han Dynasty is a new era of Dunhuang history. It can be divided into two groups: the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. Through a large number of plates, together with the unearthed cultural relics, it shows the prosperity of the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty. Let the audience enjoy the spectacular scene of silk trade and merchants gathering in the Han Dynasty, and deeply understand the military, political, economic and cultural development of Dunhuang in the Han Dynasty. It truly reproduces the magnificent scenes of production and life of Dunhuang people in the Han Dynasty and the eastward spread of Buddhism.

The second exhibition hall: the continuous development of Dunhuang in the Wei, Jin, southern and Northern Dynasties

The Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties is a very important historical period in Dunhuang history. It is characterized by abundant unearthed cultural relics, which reflect the prosperous culture of this period through the unearthed tiles, military utensils and daily necessities. The artifacts unearthed in this period are also very distinctive. The exquisite tomb pot, the colorful chicken head stove, the bronze crossbow machine used by the ancient frontier officers and soldiers, the pottery warehouse reflecting the real life of the ancient times, and the gorgeous silk all bring people into the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

The third exhibition hall: the prosperity of Dunhuang in Sui and Tang Dynasties

The Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties are the most glorious period in Dunhuang history. Social production, economy and culture reached the peak. Dunhuang has become an important transportation hub between China and the West. The unearthed precious cultural relics, such as pearl, go, jade, pottery, camel pulling figurines, fully illustrate the historical facts of Dunhuang Tang Dynasty as an important town of Shang and Fu, an international market, and a gathering of Hu merchants. The Five Dynasties is a special scene in the history of Dunhuang, and the economy and culture come down in one continuous line with the Tang Dynasty. The important historical events such as Tubo's rule over Dunhuang, Zhang Yanchao's regime of Guiyi army, Jinshan kingdom of Western Han Dynasty, and Guasha's regime of Cao family all add a lot of color to Dunhuang's medieval history.

The fourth exhibition hall: Tubo and Five Dynasties and song, yuan and Ming Dynasties

The exhibition focuses on the history and culture of Xixia to the audience. The overall exhibition reflects the style of Xixia and shows the rugged and bold character of Xixia nationality. After the Song Dynasty, with the decline of the Silk Road, the prosperous economy and culture of Dunhuang began to decline since the Han and Tang Dynasties. During the yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Mongol and Yuan governments managed Dunhuang effectively, making Dunhuang the gateway to the western regions open again, and Dunhuang's economy and culture flourished again.

Exhibition hall 5: the development of Dunhuang in Qing Dynasty

Since Yue Zhongqi, governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi Province, emigrated 56 counties in Gansu Province to build counties, he used cultural relics and pictures to show the audience the development of Dunhuang in the Qing Dynasty and the discovery of Sutra caves, which truly reflected the social outlook of Dunhuang in the Qing Dynasty. This paper mainly introduces the Dunhuang manuscripts collected in Dunhuang Museum, which can stimulate people's patriotic enthusiasm, express the feelings of the Chinese people in building the motherland and revitalizing China, show the artistic charm of Dunhuang studies, and enhance the cohesion and centripetal force of the Chinese nation.

Visit information

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: in summer (from May 1 to September 30, from 9:00 a.m. to 18:30 p.m. every Tuesday to Sunday, and closed on Monday; in winter (from October 1 to April 30, from 9:00 a.m. to 18:00 p.m. every Tuesday to Sunday, from 17:00 a.m. to 17:00 p.m.). It's closed on Monday.

Best season: All Seasons

1. Take Dunhuang bus No.3 to the Museum Station. 2. The downtown area of Dunhuang is not big. It is about 1.5km from the municipal government in the center of the city to the museum and 2.5km from the bus station. You can take a taxi in the city within 10 yuan.

Address: 1390 Mingshan North Road, Dunhuang City, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province

Longitude: 94.6626011759

Latitude: 40.1293844605

Tel: 0937-8822981

Official website: http://xn--9cvucs56bv6a911b.com

Tour time: 1-2 hours

Traffic information: take Dunhuang bus No.3 to Jinye Hotel station, walk 500 meters south along Mingshan North Road;

Dunhuang is a small city. It is about 1.5 km from the municipal government in the center of the city to the museum on foot. It is about 2.5 km from the bus station on foot. It is within 10 yuan by taxi in the city

Ticket information: collect tickets free of charge with ID card

Opening hours: Summer (May 1 - September 30) 9:00-18:30 (stop at 17:30)

Winter (October 1 - April 30) 9:00-18:00 (stop entering at 17:00)

Closed every Monday

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