Dali Museum

Dali Museum

Dali Museum is located in neizheng street, Nanmen, Zhonghe Town, Dali City, Yunnan Province. Founded in 1986, the museum is an institution for the collection, research and display of cultural relics in Dali city. It is a local comprehensive museum.

The Museum covers an area of 2650 square meters and mainly displays stone tools, pottery, bronze, porcelain, jade, stone carving, jade carving, wood carving, calligraphy and painting, etc.

Dali Museum has been awarded as "provincial patriotism education base" and "provincial popular science education base",

In 2010, it won the honor of "national popular science education base".

On May 18, 2009, it will be open to the whole society for free.

Development history

Dali Museum site in Ming Dynasty is divided into Xunyi West Road Department.

Qing Kangxi three years (1663), built for Yunnan governor yamen.

In the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856), after the anti Qing uprising army led by Du Wenxiu captured Dali City, the yuan Shuai mansion was set up in the governor's mansion, and Du Wenxiu was elected as the "Grand Marshal of the presidential army".

In 1872, after the failure of the uprising, it was restored to Yunnan Tidu Yamen.

After the revolution of 1911, it was transferred to Tengda, Chuda and Dianxi division to manage the headquarters. After liberation, it was transferred to the 14th army of the people's Liberation Army and built into a military kindergarten.

In 1986, it was transferred to the local government and built as Dali Museum.

On October 1, 1988, it was officially opened to the outside world.

In 2011, a forest of Steles exhibition area covering an area of 2650 square meters was formed.

Permanent exhibition hall

Exhibition hall of historical relics

Dali has a long history, known as the "famous nation of literature", leaving a lot of rich cultural heritage. Beiqiu site of Yinsuo island in the east of Dali sea is the earliest Neolithic site in Yunnan, which has been more than 5000 years. In 1253 ad, Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, led his troops to destroy Dali and establish Yunnan Province. A series of measures were taken to develop production and transportation, which made Dali's agriculture, handicraft industry, commerce and culture develop to a certain extent. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, officials at all levels of Dali government and county were sent from other places. The productivity was further improved, and the porcelain handicraft industry of Dali began to develop. In the Qing Dynasty, the governor's office was set up in Dali, which made Dali become the political, cultural and economic center of Yunnan again. The historical exhibition hall displays the relics left over from the process of historical development.

Buddhist art exhibition hall

When the Three Pagodas of Chongsheng temple were repaired in 1978 and the Buddha pagoda was repaired in 1981, thousands of precious religious relics of Nanzhao and Dali periods were cleared up. The metal statues of Nanzhao and Dali periods are called "Dali Buddha" by domestic cultural and Museum circles, Buddha lovers and collectors. The exhibition hall of Buddhist art displays Buddhist statues of different periods unearthed and collected in Dali.

Du Wenxiu uprising photo exhibition hall

In 1856, the people of all ethnic groups led by Du Wenxiu revolted against the Qing Dynasty in Yunnan, and the anti Qing regime centered on Dali was established. Du Wenxiu was elected as the Grand Marshal of the presidential army. Through the collection of pictures, materials and objects, this paper shows the process of Du Wenxiu's uprising.

Exhibition hall of ancient painting and calligraphy Museum

Among the works of calligraphy and painting in the collection are the works of famous calligraphers and painters in Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as Zhang ruitu, Weng Fanggang, Huang Shen, Zhang Zhidong and modern painter Xu Beihong.

Exhibition hall of the history of Yunnan governor

This paper presents the history of Yunnan Tidu yamen, where Dali Museum is located, in the form of pictures and materials. Through several famous Yunnan Tidu yamen, we can trace back the history and review the war years of Dali as an important border town and military place.

Exhibition hall of modern painting and Calligraphy Art Museum

The calligraphy works created by the artists living in Dali will be displayed together.

Exhibition hall of pottery museum

The exhibition adopts new materials and new technologies. The museum displays 228 pieces of fine pottery figurines. The pottery figurines are vivid, different and lifelike, with a strong Han style, integrated with the cultural characteristics of the local ethnic minorities, and of high artistic and research value.

Collection treasures

Major honors

In 1993, it was announced as Yunnan provincial key cultural relics protection unit.

In 2010, it was rated as a national third level museum.

In 2010, it won the honor of "national popular science education base".

research findings

Since its establishment, the cultural relics workers of Dali Museum have published more than 40 excavation and cleaning reports and academic papers in provincial and state-level publications such as archaeology, cultural relics, Yunnan Cultural Relics and Dali culture. They have sorted out the cultural relics in their collection, annotated the mountain flower stele, written the chronicle of Dali cultural relics, participated in the Nanzhao Dali cultural relics, and published the historical records of Dali cultural relics《 The work of sorting out such books as the records of gold and stone in Dali.

In June 2002, we worked with the Provincial Institute of cultural relics and archaeology to sort out and study the excavation data of Fengyi dafengle, and published the archaeological research monograph Dali dafengle with more than 200000 words, which established a yardstick for the study of the chronological system of cremation tombs in Yunnan Province.

In August 2003, Dali Museum collection essence was published, which is the first comprehensive and systematic professional book to introduce the collection of Dali Museum since its establishment.

Organization setup

There are three departments and three rooms in the museum, which are collection department, storage department, propaganda and education department, office, finance room and security room. The exhibition items include: historical relics exhibition, pottery figurines exhibition of Ming Dynasty, Dali Buddhist art exhibition, ancient calligraphy and painting art exhibition, Yunnan Tidu historical evolution exhibition, Du Wenxiu uprising picture exhibition, artist salon works exhibition, Dali cultural protection units picture exhibition and stele forest exhibition area.

Tour guide

geographical position

Dali Museum is located at 111 Fuxing Road, Dali City, Yunnan Province.

open time

Tuesday to Sunday.

Daylight saving time: 8:30-17:30 (admission will be suspended from 17:00).

Winter time: 9:00-17:00 (stop admission from 16:30).

Closed on Monday (except New Year's day, Spring Festival, march street ethnic day, labor day, national day and anniversary of the founding of the autonomous prefecture).

Traffic routes

Take bus No.8 at Xiaguan railway station of Dali City, get off at Fuxing intersection of Dali ancient city, and walk 1000 meters south along Fuxing Road.

In the north of Xiaguan Meideng bridge in Dali City, take bus No.4 to Honglongjing station of Dali ancient city, and walk along Honglongjing bar street to Fuxing intersection, 50 meters south.

Address: No.111, Fuxing Road, Dali ancient city, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture

Longitude: 100.162738

Latitude: 25.68974

Tel: 0872-2661777

Ticket information: free.

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