Dinosaur Museum

Zigong Dinosaur Museum

synonym

Dinosaur Museum generally refers to Zigong Dinosaur Museum

Zigong Dinosaur Museum is located in the northeast of Zigong City, 11 kilometers away from the city center. It is a large-scale site museum built on the world-famous "Dashanpu dinosaur fossil group site". It is also the first professional Dinosaur Museum in China and one of the three major dinosaur site museums in the world. Covering an area of more than 66000 square meters, the museum's collection of fossil specimens covers almost all known dinosaur species in the Jurassic period 201-145 million years ago. It is one of the places with the largest collection and display of Jurassic dinosaur fossils in the world. It is rated as "the best Dinosaur Museum in the world" by National Geographic magazine.

In March 2020, in order to thank the national medical staff for their dedication, the museum will implement free medical service for the first-line medical staff and their families.

Basic introduction

The earth is the only celestial body known to have life in the solar system, which has gone through nearly 4.6 billion years. Long before the birth of mankind, in the Mesozoic Era (252-66m years ago) of the earth's history, reptiles dominated the planet. Among them, the most representative is "dinosaur". Therefore, the Mesozoic era in the history of the earth is called "dinosaur age".

Zigong, Sichuan Province, is not only a famous Millennium salt capital, but also an important dinosaur fossil producing area in China. The Jurassic (201-145 million years ago) terrestrial strata in this area are quite developed. Dinosaur fossils are buried in the early, middle and late Jurassic terrestrial strata, and the dinosaur fossils in this period are the weak link in the World Dinosaur research. Therefore, the dinosaur fossils in Zigong provide rich and key original data for the world to study the evolution of dinosaurs.

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According to geological investigation, during the Jurassic period, Zigong was an open lakeside area with hot climate, lush water and grass, and towering trees. It was an ideal living place for dinosaurs. Dashanpu was a calm sandy shoal, where the dead dinosaurs and the dinosaur carcasses carried by the river from afar were buried by the sand on the shoal. After a long period of alternation between the accumulation of human remains and the burial of sediment, and after a long backlog of 100 million to 200 million years, the fossil bearing sandstone strata are finally formed.

Dinosaur caves

The Dashanpu dinosaur fossil site in Zigong City, which is well-known at home and abroad, is located 11 kilometers northeast of Zigong City Center. The Dashanpu dinosaur fossil site was discovered in 1972, and a large number of precious dinosaur fossils have been excavated one after another, becoming a rare fossil treasure house. After investigation, Dashanpu dinosaur fossil site has an area of 17000 square meters, which is divided into three to four layers. Nearly 100 individual dinosaur fossils and more than 30 complete and relatively complete skeletons have been excavated in only two areas of more than 800 square meters. The dinosaur fauna consists of 3 classes, 11 orders, 15 families and nearly 20 species, and a number of precious associated animal fossils have been unearthed. Quite a few of them are new genera and new species. They are the second longest dinosaur in Asia, the herbivorous sauropod, the ferocious carnivorous dinosaur, the short ornithopod and the precious primitive Stegosaurus. They are rare in the same geological age at home and abroad, and have high scientific research value and sightseeing value. It provides a physical basis for the study of dinosaurs and ancient reptiles classification, ecology, physiology, life, evolution law, paleogeography, paleoclimate and Mesozoic geosciences. It has become an important place for the study of Jurassic fossils in the world. At the same time, it also provides a thrilling spectacle for Chinese and foreign tourists. It is known as "dinosaur caves, world spectacle" and "China's national treasure".

Library Construction

As soon as the dinosaur fossils in Dashanpu came out, they shocked the paleontological academia, and also attracted the attention of scholars at home and abroad and the favor of tourists. Its discovery fills a gap in the history of dinosaur evolution, excavation and research. Like a magnet, it attracts experts, scholars and tourists at home and abroad. Since the discovery of fossils, no less than 200000 tourists come here every year. Dinosaur fossils have also been invited to Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia and other places for exhibition. In order to reappear this glorious chapter in Zigong's geological history, since 1984, the state has invested tens of millions of yuan to build Zigong Dinosaur Museum, the largest dinosaur museum in Asia, at the excavation site of Dashanpu dinosaur fossil site. This is one of the three major dinosaur museums in the world after the national dinosaur park of the United States and the dinosaur park of Canada. It is known as the "Oriental Dragon Palace". In 1991, Zigong Dinosaur Museum was rated as "China's top 40 tourist attractions" and listed in the world geological heritage nomination list. In 2002, Zigong Dinosaur Museum became one of the first batch of national geoparks. In February 2008, Zigong Dinosaur Museum was approved by UNESCO to join the World Geopark network. Now it has become a tourist attraction for Chinese and foreign tourists.

Fossil excavation

Three themes

The first part focuses on the basic knowledge related to dinosaurs.

The second part mainly introduces all kinds of dinosaur fossils in Dashanpu. According to the scene style, there are 9 groups, which are: speed of life and death, fight back, warm family, deep love, walking together, little bit of Dinosaur kingdom, strong meat, continuation of life, dying struggle, etc. They are displayed in the large and spacious rack loading hall, where there are more than ten complete dinosaur fossil skeletons, among which "Tianfu Emei dragon" is the most eye-catching giant in the hall. Its head is supported high by the slender cervical vertebra, about 9 meters above the ground, and its whole body is about 20 meters long. It has a thick body, a long tail, four feet on the ground, and stands tall. In addition to the "Tianfu Emei dragon" in the hall, it is also a ferocious skeleton of "Jianshe Qilong", which can eat the "Laoshi Linglong", but its whole body is only four or five meters long. Other dinosaurs include the sauropod, Shulong Li, which is both progressive and primitive, the ornithopod, which is small and bipedal, hexinlu multidentate, and the more primitive Stegosaurus, Huayang Taibai. On the second floor, there are dinosaur age animals and plants exhibition hall and fossil treasures hall.

The third part is dinosaur burial sites. It shows people a large area of excavation site.

Architecture

The main building of Zigong Dinosaur Museum is based on the idea of "a pile of fossils in the flood and wasteland era" and the shape of giant stone. It looks like a giant "rock cave" in the distance and a giant dinosaur lying on its side in the top. It is quiet and dynamic. Designed by Southwest design and Research Institute of China architecture, the museum is a classic work of architectural design of China Modern Museum. It has won the "first prize of national excellent engineering", "Gold Award of national architectural engineering", "top ten Sichuan buildings in the 50 years since the founding of new China", "30 representative Chinese boutique buildings in the 20th century" and "100 year classic Chinese architecture from 1901 to 2000" .

In addition to the main hall, the other supporting facilities of the "Dragon Palace" are just like the huge stone shape of the main hall, with angular sandstone stones outside. They set off each other with the main hall, forming a trend of stars holding the moon.

The tourist center built and put into use in 2002 is another landmark of the dinosaur museum. It looks like a giant dinosaur in appearance, vivid and elegant, which is a model project with outstanding personality and distinctive characteristics.

Exhibition hall

The basic Exhibition "Jurassic dinosaur world" in Zigong Dinosaur Museum is in the order of "dinosaur world - Dinosaur ruins - animals and plants of dinosaur age - Treasures Hall - Dinosaur reappearance". It absorbs the modern exhibition concept, adopts scene display, personification combination, supplemented by sound, light, electricity and multimedia, and unfolds a magnificent, beautiful and beautiful painting The mysterious and magnificent prehistoric painting reappears the mysterious and colorful Jurassic era composed of dinosaurs and many species that have long disappeared. At the same time, it also highlights the essence of the museum - the fossilized burial site, giving people strong visual impact and mental shock, which fully embodies the dual characteristics of professional museums and ruins museums.

Library structure

Zigong Dinosaur Museum has a novel architectural design and unique shape. It is composed of several stone masonry buildings of different sizes, shapes and functions, like large sandstone bodies scattered in a subtropical flora. One of the hollow oval stone masonry buildings is located in a green ring lawn. From a distance, it looks like a huge dinosaur head and a huge dinosaur egg. This is a large stone carving: "prehistoric soul". The main building of the museum is rugged, simple and powerful. Its shape is in the shape of a rock cave. From a distance, it looks like a pile of yellow boulders, shining with the Mesozoic plants around it, giving people an impression of ancient times.

Entering through the gate of the "Dragon Palace" and stepping into the age of distant stone dinosaurs, you can see a magnificent prehistoric scene: the basement of the central hall and the fossil burial hall are like a huge "Dinosaur Cemetery", and many animal remains are like the "Wanlong pit" that was "buried alive" after being killed. This amazing natural landscape is amazing. The fossilized chamber is the essence of the dinosaur museum in Zigong, with an area of about 1000 square meters. About 40 individual materials of dinosaur fossils and symbiotic animal fossils have been uncovered. All fossils remain in their original burial state.

Museum

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