Hainan National Museum

Located in the north of Tongshi City, yaxuling museum was built and opened in 1986, covering an area of more than 5000 square meters. It is the largest museum in Hainan at present. This quadrangle building with national characteristics, carved beams and painted buildings, cornices and angles, is simple and magnificent. There are six main exhibition halls and two mobile exhibition halls, as well as ethnic arts and crafts shopping malls and studios, which are matched with complete sets. The first part shows the long history of Li, Miao and other nationalities in Hainan. The second part shows the history of revolution. The third part shows the social economy, culture and art of Li and Miao in Hainan. Each exhibition hall displays various cultural relics, folk goods, historical pictures and materials, reflecting the politics, economy, culture, local conditions and customs of the Li and Miao people in each historical stage from the Neolithic period to the liberation of Hainan, as well as the history of their common development and construction of Hainan with the Han and Hui people. At the beginning of 1994, Hainan first Longmen, a large stone carving with a height of 4.41 meters and a total weight of 40 tons made of 19 pieces of granite, was completed and opened to tourists in the welcome Hall of the museum. Fangli village is one of the supporting projects of the museum. It reproduces the appearance of the ancient Li village before the 19th century, where you can enjoy the Li Folk Customs, watch the Li songs and dances, enjoy the tropical exotic flowers and plants, buy Ethnic crafts and taste the Li diet.

Hainan National Museum

Hainan National Museum is one of the largest museums in Hainan.

As of February 18, the reconstruction of the museum was completed according to the domestic mainstream Museum standards, and it was officially opened to the public.

The full name of the museum is Hainan Provincial Museum of nationalities, formerly known as the Autonomous Prefecture Museum of nationalities. Relying on the geographical advantages of ethnic minorities, the museum is a rare cultural attraction of ancient and rich style in Hainan Province.

After the reconstruction, the cultural and Museum conditions of the museum have been greatly improved, and the positioning is clear. It is recommended that tourists who want to know Hainan Folk Customs for the first time visit Hainan.

This quadrangle building with national characteristics, carved beams and painted buildings, cornices and corners, is simple and magnificent. There are six main exhibition halls and two mobile exhibition halls, as well as ethnic arts and crafts shopping malls and studios, which are equipped with complete sets. Each exhibition hall displays various cultural relics, folk goods, historical pictures and materials, reflecting the political, economic, cultural and local conditions and customs of the Li and Miao people in various historical stages since the Neolithic period, as well as the history of their common development and construction of Hainan with the Han and Hui people. In the welcome Hall of the museum, there is a large stone carving, the first Longmen in Hainan, which is 4.41 meters high and 40 tons in total weight, made of 19 pieces of granite.

In September 2019, it was rated as the national model of national unity and progress.

architectural composition

The museum has 8 exhibition halls, including history exhibition hall, revolution exhibition hall, Li exhibition hall, Miao exhibition hall, Hui exhibition hall, ethnic customs video broadcasting hall, ethnic costume rental photo room and shopping mall. There are more than 50 staff of Li, Miao and Han nationalities in the museum. The museum displays the long history of Hainan, the revolutionary struggle history of the people of all ethnic groups in Hainan, and various cultural relics and materials rich in the traditional culture of Li, Miao and Hui Nationalities. There are more than 7000 kinds of cultural relics in the collection. Enter the hall and turn left for the history hall. This hall displays a large number of unearthed stone tools of the Neolithic Age of Li ancestors; Shiqi, the totem of father's society; early shell coins and pottery; bronzes, colored pottery, porcelain, and stone coins of wuzhu coin, which are closely related to the cultural characteristics of the mainland; the seal of Zhulu Zhigua, which belongs to Hainan Island in the Han Dynasty; the ancient tombstone of Muslim coral stone, which was moved to Hainan Island in the early Hui Dynasty; and Hainan stone coins of various dynasties Historical relics and historical figures, such as Fubo, Mashu, Li Deyu, Jianzhen, Su Dongpo, Huang Daopo, Hai Rui, Feng Zicai, etc. in Hainan. The exhibition hall of revolutionary history displays historical relics of the glorious revolutionary struggle of the people of all ethnic groups in Hainan in modern Chinese history. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the objects and materials of the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the war of resistance against Japan and the war of liberation are displayed, and the glorious achievements of QiongYa army and people under the leadership of general Feng Baiju are displayed. The exhibition hall of Li nationality tells visitors that Li nationality is the earliest nationality in Hainan Island, with a population of about 1.1 million. The working people of Li nationality have a long history and culture in developing Hainan Island. The hall displays agricultural tools for slash and burn cultivation, bamboo and wood tools for hunting and fishing, canoes for burning pottery in the open air, drilling wood for fire, tying ropes for counting and drifting, various kinds of fabrics such as shady sugarcane melon and rattan bamboo grass, as well as bone hairpin carving, Li brocade, clothing, embroidery and tie dyeing crafts with the national characteristics Oral literature, colorful dances, unique musical instruments and religious props are a large number of national exhibits with research value. The Miao exhibition hall tells people that there are more than 50000 Miao people in Hainan, and it has been more than 400 years since Miao people moved to Hainan Island. The exhibition hall shows Miao people's agriculture, hunting, fishing and family life, various bamboo and wood tools, Miao medical herbs, wedding customs, costumes, embroidery and batik crafts, silverware, painting, carving, etc. The exhibition hall of Hui nationality makes people know that there are more than 5000 Hui people in Hainan. They entered Hainan Island in the 7th century. The "Silk Road" of the Tang Dynasty dredged the relations between European and Asian countries. The Arabs and Persians who believed in Islam came to China from sea boats to do business and stayed on the island. Then the "Hui" people from all over the mainland and the Muslims from Vietnam entered Hainan one after another, and their descendants were incorporated into Hainan nationality. The hall displays the cultural relics of the Hui people in Hainan, the objects that are good at business and fishing, religious and cultural customs and other exhibits. There is also a folk video broadcasting hall, which plays rich and colorful folk songs and dances of Li and Miao; a photo studio for ethnic costumes, which rents out men's and women's costumes with Li, Miao and Hui characteristics for photo taking; and shopping malls sell various souvenirs to tourists.

Development history

Hainan National Museum is the base of patriotism education in Hainan Province, located in Wuzhishan City, Hainan Province. The administrative unit is the Department of nationalities and religions of Hainan Province. Hainan Provincial Museum of nationalities covers an area of 56 mu, with a construction area of 3772 square meters. It is a quadrangle building with carved beams and painted buildings, cornices and angles, simple and magnificent. In the welcome hall stands the first dragon gate in Hainan, a large stone carving with a height of 4.41 meters and a total weight of 40 tons, which is made of 19 pieces of granite. There are six large-scale Li brocade wall hangings in the main hall, and men's and women's clothing with Li and Miao characteristics are displayed on both sides.

Hainan Provincial Museum of nationalities was founded in the autumn of 1981 and opened on October 1, 1986. This museum with national characteristics is a comprehensive national museum which mainly collects, collects and displays Hainan historical relics, revolutionary relics and Hainan Li, Miao and Hui cultural relics, studies Hainan history and Hainan minority traditional culture, rescues and protects minority cultural heritage, and carries out revolutionary traditional education and patriotism education. It is also the largest and most popular Museum in Hainan A museum with the largest collection of cultural relics and rich national characteristics. The museum displays the excellent traditional culture of Hainan's ethnic minorities. It is an important window for Hainan's cultural exchanges with foreign countries, promoting ethnic culture, and understanding Hainan's history, politics, economy, culture and local customs. There are more than 30000 cultural relics in Hainan Provincial Museum of nationalities, especially the Li cultural relics. There are six main exhibition halls and two special sub exhibition halls in the museum, including Hainan historical relics exhibition, Hainan revolutionary relics exhibition, Li nationality relics exhibition, Miao nationality relics exhibition and Hui nationality relics exhibition. Through objects, words, pictures and videos, the exhibition introduces the social life and cultural customs of Li and Miao people in Hainan from the Neolithic period to the liberation of Hainan, as well as the history of their common development and struggle with the Han and Hui people to build Hainan. In the museum, there is a "Li nationality tourism village", in which there are various houses following the ancient architectural technology, and rich and colorful Li nationality folk song and dance performances, representing the original appearance of Li Nationality Village before the 19th century. The whole museum integrates knowledge, entertainment and appreciation.

Since its opening, the museum has received party and state leaders Li Peng, Wan Li, Li Tieying, Sima Yi aimaiti, Zhang Zhen, Hua Guofeng, Qian Qichen, Chen Muhua, Fei Xiaotong, Zhao Puchu, Yang Chengwu, Cheng Siyuan, Liao Hansheng, sun Qimeng, Hu Sheng, as well as 48 ambassadors to Beijing, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, general secretary of the Communist Party of Peru and Prime Minister of the Republic of Mozambique Vice Premier of the Republic of Korea, Secretary of the Central Committee of the former Soviet Union, first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania, etc. In 1994, the museum was awarded the title of "national excellent county-level Museum" by the State Administration of cultural relics.

Museum specifications

It is one of the largest museums in Hainan. This quadrangle building with national characteristics, carved beams and painted buildings, cornices and corners, is simple and magnificent. There are six main exhibition halls and two mobile exhibition halls, as well as ethnic arts and crafts shopping malls and studios, which are equipped with complete sets. Each exhibition hall displays various cultural relics, folk goods, historical pictures and materials, reflecting the political, economic, cultural and local conditions and customs of the Li and Miao people in various historical stages since the Neolithic period, as well as the history of their common development and construction of Hainan with the Han and Hui people. In the welcome Hall of the museum, there is a large stone carving, the first Longmen in Hainan, which is 4.41 meters high and 40 tons in total weight, made of 19 pieces of granite.

Adjacent attractions

Wuzhishan tourist resort Taipingshan waterfall, Chinese Culture Village

Hainan Provincial Museum of nationalities is located in the north of Wuzhishan City, Hainan Province. Its predecessor is the National Museum of Hainan Li and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. After the founding of Hainan Province, it was renamed Hainan National Museum. It is a museum for storing and displaying the history of Hainan Province, Li, Miao and Hui cultural relics, as well as studying the biography of Hainan ethnic groups

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