Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Museum

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Museum

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Museum is located in the eastern foot of Fenghuang, Enshi City. It is the largest regional comprehensive minority museum with the richest cultural relics collection in Hubei Province. It is also the Central Museum for the display, storage and research of minority cultural relics in Hubei Province. The Museum covers an area of about 33400 square meters, with pleasant scenery. The main building is a four story display and warehouse complex with national architectural style, with an area of 3500 square meters, including 2000 square meters of exhibition area. There are 17 staff members, including office, exhibition department, storage department, Archaeology Department and security department.

Visit information

Address: No.2 Shiguan Road, Wuyang Avenue, Enshi City, Hubei Province

Transportation route: take bus No.2, 8, 11, 13 to geological team or Enshi maternal and child health hospital station

Opening hours: 9:00-16:00

Postal Code: 44500

Development history

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Museum, formerly known as Enshi regional cultural relics team, was renamed Enshi regional museum in September 1976 and Western Hubei Autonomous Prefecture Museum in December 1983. In April 1993, as the Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Western Hubei changed its name to Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, it was also changed to Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Museum, which is still in use today. It was officially opened to the outside world in December 1996.

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Museum is located in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the west of Hubei Province, "Jingchu in the East, Guizhou and Chongqing in the west, Xiaoxiang in the south pole, and Central Plains in the north". The people here, Ba people (Tujia ancestors), have lived in this land for generations. They have created a unique Ba Tu civilization with wisdom, diligence and simplicity, and left us a large number of precious cultural relics.

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Museum shoulders the historical mission of carrying forward national culture. Since its establishment, it has attached great importance to the collection and collection of cultural relics. Through allocation, collection, purchase, archaeological excavation and other ways, more than 70000 pieces of cultural relics are collected, which has the characteristics of Ba culture. Such as "Shuanghu niufuyu", "Ba style Yongzhong", "Ba style spear", "Ba style sword" and "Tusi hat", "Tusi seal", and "jinfengguan" used by Tusi's wife. In particular, "Shuanghu niuyu" participated in the French bell Art Festival in October 1999, which can be described as the treasure of the museum.

Collection

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Museum has a collection of 70000 cultural relics (traditional measurement), mainly reflecting the Ba culture, cliff burial culture, Tusi culture, as well as historical, folk and revolutionary cultural relics of ethnic customs. The objects of Ba culture are the most precious, while Tusi culture and cliff burial culture are unique. The museum has special exhibitions such as Ba Feng Tu Yun and red land. "Ba folk rhyme" is the first comprehensive display of Ba culture and Tujia culture in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Museum in 30 years. A total of 678 pieces of cultural relics are displayed, including "tiger button jueyu", "Ba style chime bell", "Ba style spear", "Ba style sword" used by Ba people, and "Tusi hat" and "Tusi sword" unearthed from local minority areas It is a precious cultural relic, such as the seal of the chief executive, the Golden Phoenix crown used by the wife of the chieftain. The exhibition consists of two parts: "historical relics" focuses on the whole process of the formation, development and growth of human beings in Enshi, from "Jianshi Homo erectus" and Ba Culture in Qingjiang River basin to Tusi culture and peculiar cliff burial culture in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. "National folk custom chapter" mainly reflects the rich and colorful national folk culture created by different nationalities in Enshi Prefecture from the aspects of Tujia and Miao people's eating, wearing, using and walking. The revolutionary cultural relics exhibition "red land" reflects the fighting experience, life and culture of the revolutionary predecessors in Enshi during the second revolutionary civil war, and highlights the fighting process of Zhongbao and chestnut garden.

The Museum of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture has published monographs such as archaeological culture in Tujia region, research on ancient architectural culture in Western Hubei, Grand View of inscriptions in Enshi Autonomous Prefecture, etc., published more than 200 academic papers, and participated in the project of "comprehensive research on early human and its environmental background in China" carried out by Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Enshi Prefecture "Climbing plan").

Basic Display

Ba Feng Tu Yun is composed of two parts: "historical relics" and "national folk custom". "Historical relics" focuses on "Jianshi Homo erectus", Ba Culture in Qingjiang River Basin, Tusi culture in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties and peculiar cliff burial culture in Southwest Hubei, showing the whole process of human formation, development and growth in Enshi area. "National folk custom chapter" mainly reflects the rich and colorful national folk culture created by different nationalities in Enshi Prefecture from the aspects of Tujia and Miao people's eating, wearing, using and walking.

The exhibition of revolutionary cultural relics in red land mainly shows the cultural relics and pictures of the second and sixth Red Army Corps led by he long in the revolutionary bases of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou during the second Civil Revolutionary War.

museum piece

Shuanghu Niubi is a kind of military musical instrument used by Ba people of Tujia ancestors, and it is also a kind of musical instrument used by Ba people in sacrifice, entertainment and other activities. It is the only double tiger nuoyu with a definite time and place of excavation in China, which is very precious.

Jin Fengguan in Ming Dynasty. The Phoenix crown is the Phoenix shape of Queen Mother of the West. The Phoenix is in the shape of spreading wings and flying. The tail of the Phoenix is decorated with flowers. The queen of the West sits on the lotus, surrounded by gold ribbon. It consists of 29 small pieces.

The saddle was used by Comrade He long when he was in charge of the third Red Army.

Hubei farmers association notice paper. The content is to call on the farmers to unite and organize the red spear club, the hard belly club, the broadsword club and other farmers who have not cultivated for many years to join the farmers' Association.

Introduction to leaders

Hu Jiahao, curator, male, Han nationality, born in December 1955 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, is a member of the Communist Party of China. From December 1976 to January 1981, he served in the 34312 army of the Chinese people's Liberation Army; graduated from Hubei Radio and Television University in June 1988, majoring in Library Science; from March 1981 to July 1993, he worked in Enshi library as deputy director; from July 1993, he was transferred to Enshi Museum, serving as director and deputy research librarian of cultural museum; he is now a member of the professional committee of National Museum of China Museum Society; middle school He is a member of China Folk Custom Museum Association, deputy secretary general and executive director of Enshi Ba Culture Research Association.

Yan Daoyuan, deputy curator, male, was born in Enshi in December 1962. He is a member of the Communist Party of China and a cultural and Museum librarian. He began to work in 1981 and graduated from Hubei provincial Party School in 1992. From 1997 to 1998, he was deputy director and acting director of Enshi national hall. From 1998 to 2000, he served as the deputy head of Enshi song and dance troupe. In 2001, he was transferred to Enshi Museum as Party branch secretary. In 2002, he was deputy director of Enshi Museum.

Wang Xiaoning, deputy curator, male, born in Enshi in January 1960, Han nationality, CPC member, deputy research librarian, was transferred to Enshi Autonomous Prefecture Museum in 1985 to engage in cultural relics and archaeology. Since 1990, he has been the deputy curator and has been in charge of business. At present, he is the director of Southwest China Ethnic Research Association, the member of Ethnic Museum Professional Committee of China Museum Society, the member of Hubei Archaeology Society, and the member of Chu history and Culture Research Association.

Function value

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Museum is located in the eastern foot of Fenghuang, Enshi City, at the junction of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou provinces, covering an area of more than 50 mu. It is the only regional comprehensive minority Museum in Hubei Province.

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Museum has held a number of temporary exhibitions to meet the needs of publicity and education. For example, in 1996, Kong Fansen's life story photo exhibition was held, in 1997, Hong Kong's return to China photo exhibition was held, in 1998, Zhou Enlai's 100th birthday photo exhibition was held, and in 2001, for tomorrow, prevention of juvenile delinquency photo exhibition was held. Through these series of exhibition activities, the audience received profound patriotic education and social support Socialist education has set up a good social image of the museum, which has been highly praised by all walks of life.

Address: North Wing platform of Enshi cultural center, Jingui Avenue

Longitude: 109.494

Latitude: 30.30922

Tel: 0718-8231412

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