Huaxi Insect Museum, Chengdu

Located at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain in Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, the Huaxi insect museum in Chengdu is the first modern insect museum in China, with the largest number of specimens on display in Asia. The museum has collected all the butterfly species, rare and ornamental insect specimens found in Sichuan Province, as well as a large number of butterfly and insect specimens from all over China. Among them, there are more than 1700 species of butterflies in China alone, accounting for more than 95% of the known species in China. It is recognized by the international academic community as the museum with the most complete collection of Chinese butterfly species in the world. The number of butterfly species collected is three times that of all butterfly species in Europe. It is called "the largest insect museum in Asia" by many foreign media such as the New York Times. The museum has more than 570000 rare and unique insect specimens from more than 40 countries on six continents, many of which are unique in China. In September 2018, it was identified as a national second-class Museum.

introduce

Huaxi Insect Museum, the first modern insect museum in China and the largest number of specimens in Asia, is located in the new tourist center of Qingcheng Mountain. The exhibition focuses on the Sichuan butterfly and ornamental insect species represented by Qingcheng Mountain according to the scientific classification system, including a large number of exotic insects from all over the world that have never been exhibited in China before. Compared with similar museums in the world, the museum has complete museum facilities in line with the international advanced level, and its exhibits and exhibition hall construction are no less than those of insect museums in Europe, the United States, Japan and other developed countries. In addition to a large number of specimens that are famous in the world, it also has a huge multimedia computer display system, insect movie screening hall, butterfly trees and butterfly pillars made of thousands of famous ornamental butterfly species, and huge insect simulation models magnified accurately according to the scale of real objects. Many exhibits are unique in the world or in line with the world's top insect museums. For example, the multimedia computer display system is available in Chinese, English and Japanese, with a total of nearly one million words. There are as many as 5000 kinds of insect photos, ranking first among insect museums in the world in terms of content richness. It is designed and produced in accordance with the international first-class Museum exhibition standards, and has a long-standing reputation in European countries and the world's top 10 Among the nature museums, the Oxford University Museum, the Vienna Museum of natural history and the Milan Museum of natural sciences have the same level of production of insect models.

Collection

More than 95% of the known butterfly species in China are collected in the museum. There are also more than 400000 rare and peculiar insect specimens collected from all over the world. In addition to native species, Huaxi insect museum also collects thousands of world-famous butterflies and insects from more than 40 countries on six continents. Many materials and specimens are unique in the world, including the world's only hermaphrodite Hercules King moth, a large number of exotic insects that have never been exhibited in China. After the establishment of the museum, the history that there is no special modern insect museum in Western China to display and study the rich insect resources has ended.

There are more than 700 species of butterflies in Sichuan Province, which is more than the total number of the European continent. It is regarded by international experts as one of the most valuable areas for insect research in the world. It is three times as many as the butterfly species in Japan, and nearly 300 more than the so-called "butterfly kingdom" in Taiwan, China.

Zhao Li, curator of huaxikun Museum, has been obsessed with insect collection and research since childhood. He is a senior biology and wildlife conservation engineer, a science consultant of CCTV, the chief expert of global Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) investigation program of National Natural Science Foundation of the United States, WWF, CI and other international works Members of the international expert group specially invited by the nature conservation organization. Over the past 20 years, he has traveled all over China to investigate butterflies and other insects. He has traveled more than 100000 kilometers, taken more than 200000 insect photos, published many monographs, and published hundreds of papers and popular science articles. He published more than 2000 pages of Chinese Lepidoptera - butterflies in Taiwan, with tens of thousands of photos. He is the most complete monograph recording Chinese butterflies in the world, and has won the Golden Tripod award, the highest award for educational books in Taiwan. China's first popular science book on insect culture published in the mainland, illustrated Insect Records of China, was rated as one hundred excellent books recommended to teenagers by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Ministry of education and the State Administration of press and publication. For this reason, he was praised as "China's butterfly Prince" and "China's fable" by the media and academia.

Development history

The museum was officially opened free of charge on June 1, 2011. The museum was founded by Zhao Li, an entomologist in China, in 2004. It was formerly known as West China Entomological Museum, and was renamed Huaxi Entomological Museum in 2010. In May 2013, the museum was rated as a national third-class Museum by the State Administration of cultural relics, becoming one of the only 11 national museums among the 982 private museums in China.

In September 2018, it was identified as a national second-class Museum.

Huaxi Insect Museum

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Huaxi insect museum in Chengdu generally refers to Huaxi insect museum

Located at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain in Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, the Huaxi insect museum in Chengdu is the first modern insect museum in China, with the largest number of specimens on display in Asia. The museum has collected all the butterfly species, rare and ornamental insect specimens found in Sichuan Province, as well as a large number of butterfly and insect specimens from all over China. Among them, there are more than 1700 species of butterflies in China alone, accounting for more than 95% of the known species in China. It is recognized by the international academic community as the museum with the most complete collection of Chinese butterfly species in the world. The number of butterfly species collected is three times that of all butterfly species in Europe. It is called "the largest insect museum in Asia" by many foreign media such as the New York Times. The museum has more than 570000 rare and unique insect specimens from more than 40 countries on six continents, many of which are unique in China.

In September 2018, it was identified as a national second-class Museum.

introduce

Huaxi Insect Museum, the first modern insect museum in China and the largest number of specimens in Asia, is located in the new tourist center of Qingcheng Mountain. The exhibition focuses on the Sichuan butterfly and ornamental insect species represented by Qingcheng Mountain according to the scientific classification system, including a large number of exotic insects from all over the world that have never been exhibited in China before. Compared with similar museums in the world, the museum has complete museum facilities in line with the international advanced level, and its exhibits and exhibition hall construction are no less than those of insect museums in Europe, the United States, Japan and other developed countries. In addition to a large number of specimens that are famous in the world, it also has a huge multimedia computer display system, insect movie screening hall, butterfly trees and butterfly pillars made of thousands of famous ornamental butterfly species, and huge insect simulation models magnified accurately according to the scale of real objects. Many exhibits are unique in the world or in line with the world's top insect museums. For example, the multimedia computer display system is available in Chinese, English and Japanese, with a total of nearly one million words. There are as many as 5000 kinds of insect photos, ranking first among insect museums in the world in terms of content richness. It is designed and produced in accordance with the international first-class Museum exhibition standards, and has a long-standing reputation in European countries and the world's top 10 Among the nature museums, the Oxford University Museum, the Vienna Museum of natural history and the Milan Museum of natural sciences have the same level of production of insect models.

Collection

More than 95% of the known butterfly species in China are collected in the museum. There are also more than 400000 rare and peculiar insect specimens collected from all over the world. In addition to native species, Huaxi insect museum also collects thousands of world-famous butterflies and insects from more than 40 countries on six continents. Many materials and specimens are unique in the world, including the world's only hermaphrodite Hercules King moth, a large number of exotic insects that have never been exhibited in China. After the establishment of the museum, the history that there is no special modern insect museum in Western China to display and study the rich insect resources has ended.

There are more than 700 species of butterflies in Sichuan Province, which is more than the total number of the European continent. It is regarded by international experts as one of the most valuable areas for insect research in the world. It is three times as many as the butterfly species in Japan, and nearly 300 more than the so-called "butterfly kingdom" in Taiwan, China.

Zhao Li, curator of huaxikun Museum, has been obsessed with insect collection and research since childhood. He is a senior biology and wildlife conservation engineer, a science consultant of CCTV, the chief expert of global Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) investigation program of National Natural Science Foundation of the United States, WWF, CI and other international works Members of the international expert group specially invited by the nature conservation organization. Over the past 20 years, he has traveled all over China to investigate butterflies and other insects. He has traveled more than 100000 kilometers, photographed more than 200000 insect photos, published many monographs and published many articles

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