National Museum of China

The National Museum of China is the largest comprehensive museum in China, which gathers the essence of culture from all over the country. Here, you can see not only the terracotta warriors and horses in Shaanxi, but also the masks of Sanxingdui in Sichuan and the animal heads of Yuanmingyuan. Many of the national treasures in textbooks are really in front of you. When you visit, it's like reading a living textbook.

The museum is divided into five floors, with a total of 48 exhibition halls. The exhibition area is very large, and there are many exhibits, including rare national treasures. It will take at least one day for the National Museum to take a close look. It is not only a brainstorming of knowledge, but also a physical test to walk all the way.

Generally, the tour lasts about 3 hours, focusing on ancient China (about 2 hours) and bronze Exhibition (about 1 hour). After entering the museum, we went straight to the exhibition hall of ancient China on the ground floor. The exhibits here were arranged in the order of the times from ancient times to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, like a general history of China, and the essence of the whole country is here. When you visit the exhibition hall, remember to enter from the entrance of the preface hall on the north side of the exhibition hall, so that you can start browsing from ancient times, otherwise you should go back from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. That is, deja vu is not very familiar with the cultural relics. You can also see many familiar cultural relics here, such as: the painted fish pottery basin, the Yangshao Eagle shaped pottery tripod, the Hongshan Culture ERON, the drum drum rap pottery figurine, the Shang and Zhou four sheep side Zun, the Western Han Dynasty Terracotta Army Figurine, the Chenghua pot, the Ming Wanli Queen's Phoenix crown, and so on. The exquisite degree can be called the essence of Chinese civilization, and is very eye catching.

From ancient China, take the elevator to the exhibition hall of ancient Chinese bronze art in the central hall on the third floor. The tripod of the bronze exhibition is also one of the highlights of the National Museum, especially the Simuwu tripod, which is known as "the first tripod in China", the largest round tripod Zilong tripod in the Shang Dynasty, and the big bowl tripod with nearly 300 characters on the inner wall. It is thick and exquisite, and is the peak of China's Bronze Age All the works are concentrated here.

If you still have time, you can continue to browse the other special exhibitions on the third floor, including Buddha statues, jade, coins, porcelain, etc. you can select a few interested visitors. If you are interested in modern history, it is recommended to go to the exhibition hall of "road to revival" on the first and second floors. The exhibits here are also arranged in chronological order, which is a miniature from the Opium War to modern society. In addition, the famous oil painting of the founding ceremony can be seen on the first floor of the collection of modern classic art works.

The above permanent exhibitions are regularly explained free of charge by professional commentators and volunteers every day. The explanation time of each exhibition is about 1.5-2 hours, and then you can wait at the entrance of the exhibition hall. In this way, it is easier to grasp the key points and better understand the story behind the exhibits. The weekly volunteer explanation and schedule will be updated on the official website http://www.chnmuseum.cn/tabid/1810/Default.aspx .

After listening to the explanation, you can walk around the exhibition hall at will, or take a look at the temporary exhibition that you are interested in at this time. If there are children together, it is recommended to make an appointment for activities in the education experience area to make history vivid through painting, handmade and other forms, which is a good enlightenment for children. Especially in the winter and summer holidays, there will be interesting special activities. Time, content and registration method can be found on the museum website: http://www.chnmuseum.cn/tabid/836/Default.aspx .

On the first floor of the museum, there are tea rooms and coffee shops where you can have a drink and have a rest. There are also small shops where you can buy some simple meals such as sandwiches. If you visit for a long time, you are advised to bring some dry food. You can bring your own drinks into the museum after you try them. You can also bring your food into the museum after security inspection. However, you should pay attention to that you can only eat in the rest area. After visiting the National Museum, you can continue to see the monument to the people's heroes and the Great Hall of the people in Tiananmen Square. If it's the end of the afternoon, you can also wait for the flag lowering ceremony in Tiananmen Square. In the evening, you can go to Qianmen Street and eat Quanjude roast duck.

National Museum of China

The National Museum of China (hereinafter referred to as Guobo) is located in the east of Tiananmen Square and the south of East Chang'an Street in the center of Beijing. It is symmetrical with the Great Hall of the people. It is a comprehensive museum that pays equal attention to history and art, and integrates collection, exhibition, research, archaeology, public education and cultural exchange. Under the Ministry of culture of the people's Republic of China.

By the end of 2013, the National Museum of China had a total construction area of nearly 200000 square meters, more than 1 million pieces of national museum collections and 48 exhibition halls. It has the largest single building area in the world, and is also one of the museums with the richest collection of Chinese cultural relics. Its overall scale ranks in the forefront of museums in the world, with 5.37 million visitors in 2012 and 7.45 million visitors in 2013

Is one of the most popular museums in the world.

In March 2018, the National Museum officially cancelled the paper tickets, and visitors can directly enter the National Museum with their ID cards.

It will be reopened on April 10, 2019. At the same time, the Expo also announced three activities to be held at the Expo on April 11: "the function and mission of the National Museum of the Silk Road" global museum curator forum, "sharing among different parties - fine exhibition of cultural relics of the National Museum of the Silk Road" and "collection of essence of ancient Chinese cultural relics overseas - volume of British Museum".

Historical evolution

On July 9, 1912, the Ministry of education of the Republic of China decided to set up the Preparatory Office of the National Museum of history with Guozijian as the site.

In July 1918, it was moved to the Duanmen and Wumen gates of the Forbidden City.

In November 1920, the National Museum of history was officially established.

The museum was officially opened in October 1926.

In October 1949, it was renamed the National Museum of Beijing history, which is subordinate to the Ministry of culture of the Central People's government.

In March 1950, the Preparatory Office of the Central Revolutionary Museum was established. Located in Tuancheng, Beihai, it soon moved to Wuying hall, xihuamen, the Forbidden City.

In October 1958, a new hall was built on the east side of Tiananmen Square.

The project was completed in August 1959 and became one of the top ten buildings in the 10th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China.

In October 1959, the exhibition of general history of China was held in public.

In August 1960, the "Beijing History Museum" was renamed "China History Museum" and the "central Revolution Museum" was renamed "China Revolution Museum".

In September 1969, the Museum of Chinese history and the Museum of Chinese revolution were merged to be known as the Museum of Chinese revolutionary history.

In early 1983, it was divided into the Museum of Chinese history and the Museum of Chinese revolution.

On February 28, 2003, the two museums merged again to establish the National Museum of China.

On January 31, 2007, the museum closed and began to expand. The design plan was announced in the spring of the same year.

In March 2011, the new National Museum of China opened. Since then, it has been in trial operation, holding more than 50 exhibitions a year, and receiving more than 4.1 million domestic and foreign visitors.

In March 2018, the Expo officially bid farewell to paper tickets and implemented free admission. Visitors can enter the museum directly with their ID cards. In addition to identity cards, non paper temporary identity cards, elderly cards, household registration books, registered residence certificates, social security cards, primary school student certificates, disability certificates, officers' certificates, soldiers' certificates, passports, Hong Kong and Macao pass, Taiwan compatriots, driving licenses and other valid documents can also serve as entry vouchers.

On December 11, 2018, the bronze "Huying", a cultural relic of Yuanmingyuan, which was auctioned in the UK, was officially put into the National Museum of China.

From September 21 to October 2, 2019, according to work needs and arrangements, the National Museum of China will suspend its opening to the public.

On October 3, 2019, the National Museum of China reopened.

architectural composition

building structure

The National Museum of China is the largest museum in the world, with a total construction area of nearly 200000 square meters. The total land area is 70000 square meters. The building is 42.5m high, with 5 floors above ground and 2 floors underground.

The building consists of two axes and two zones. The two axes are: the east-west axis from west gate to east gate and the north-south axis from south to north. The two areas are: the north and South exhibition areas separated by the central hall in the central axis. The west gate faces Tiananmen Square, opposite the Great Hall of the people; the north gate faces Chang'an Street. The North-South art gallery is 260 meters long and 28 meters high, and there are 368 caissons with Chinese traditional architectural style on the top, with unique functions of decoration, lighting, lighting and ventilation. There are nearly 20000 square meters of green space on the roof, showing the concept of environmental protection and energy conservation.

As of 2013, there are 48 exhibition halls, with the largest of 2000 square meters and the smallest of nearly 800 square meters.

There are also nearly 800 seats theater, nearly 300 seats academic lecture hall (also digital cinema), 600 square meters studio and 2800 square meters library. There are also a large area of leisure public space open to the public and 600 cars

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