Liaoyang Museum

Liaoyang museum is a museum of history and art with local characteristics. It is a cultural institution integrating the collection, research and publicity of the city's cultural relics and historical materials. The original site of the museum was Peng Xian's other residence, which was the general office of the three eastern provinces' official bank and the president of the northeast border bank during the reign of the Fengxi warlord. It covers an area of more than 20000 square meters and has a construction area of nearly 3000 square meters. It is a quadrangle building with three entrances, one hall and two gardens, modeled after the Qing Dynasty palace. The whole building is gorgeous and elegant, simple and solemn. Now it is a cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level. Through archaeological excavation, collection and acquisition, Liaoyang Museum has continuously enriched its cultural relics. From the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period to the end of the Qing Dynasty, the local history of more than 2000 years is reflected by cultural relics, and its collection is famous at home and abroad for its unique local characteristics. It has become the city's patriotic education base and the window of spiritual civilization construction. Among the cultural relics in the collection, there are relatively complete fossils of Mei's rhinoceros skull, bronzes and pottery from the tombs of the Warring States period, pottery and murals from the tombs of the Han and Wei dynasties, inscriptions and porcelains from the Liao and Jin Dynasties, gunpowder and weapons unearthed from the commander of Liaodong capital in the Ming Dynasty, and ink and Shouping of Wang erlie, a Jinshi of Liaoyang second class A and editor of Hanlin Academy in the Qing Dynasty It shows the long history and colorful culture of Liaoyang.

Liaoyang Museum

Liaoyang museum is located in Peng mansion, No. 2, Zhongxin Road, Baita District, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province. It was built in 1921. It is the residence of Peng Xian, the general office of the official Bank of the three eastern provinces in the period of the Republic of China. In 1984, the house was designated as the site of Liaoyang Museum, which officially opened on October 1, 1985. Bo Yibo inscribed the name of the museum.

Free visit time

April 1 - October 31

9: 00-17:00 (admission stops at 16:00)

November 1 - March 31

9: 00-16:30 (admission stops at 15:30)

Closed on Monday (except legal holidays)

Development history

Liaoyang Museum, covering an area of 27000 square meters, was built in 1921. It was originally Peng Xian's other residence, Peng mansion, the general office of the official Bank of the three eastern provinces and the president of the northeast frontier bank during the reign of the Fengxi warlord. It was officially opened in 1985. With 31 houses and an area of 450 square meters, five exhibition rooms are arranged as the basic display of Liaoyang brief history. More than 300 cultural relics were selected from more than 4000 cultural relics to enrich the display contents. From the Neolithic Age to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most of the exquisite works are unearthed cultural relics, and there are also handed down cultural relics. It highlights the Pleistocene Meishi rhinoceros fossils, spring and autumn and Warring States bronzes, cultural relics unearthed from villages of the Western Han Dynasty and murals of ancient tombs. In the Qing Dynasty, Wang erlei Shouping was the treasure of the town hall.

Peng mansion, built in 1921, is an ancient courtyard complex with three entrances, one hall and two gardens. It is the largest and best preserved classical residence in Liaoning Province. Peng mansion is divided into three parts: residence, garden and orchard. In the east wall is a residential area, in the middle is a garden, and in the west is an orchard, covering an area of more than 20000 square meters and a construction area of 1500 square meters. Now it is a cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level. It is a cultural relic experience tourist area integrating historical and cultural exhibition, visiting and learning, academic exchange and other functions.

There are more than 50 houses in the residential area, with the gate facing east and the stone in front. The layout of the building is divided into the front, middle and back three courtyards, namely three entrances. The chandelier gate is on the center line and is ornate. On the south side of the front yard, there is a big screen wall with the word "Fu", on the west side, there is a screen wall with the word "Yingxiang", on the north side, there is a ritual door, which leads to the courtyard, and the left and right moon doors. The main room of the middle courtyard and the East and West Wing rooms form a circular eaves corridor with lotus columns on three sides. The back courtyard covers the front of the eaves corridor and a square platform in the middle.

The garden is located in the West courtyard of the residential area. In the garden, there is a flower hall with a rolling shed top (commonly known as Miss building), which is connected with a Baoxia building in the middle and has a seat board on three sides. It is a place for enjoying flowers and drinking tea in the garden. There are soft partition fan and Bogu frame in the flower hall. The orchard is located in the west of the garden, covering an area of nearly 10000 square meters, with rare fruit trees. This mansion, surrounded by high walls, green tile houses and enclosed courtyard, is a masterpiece of typical large quadrangle buildings in northern China in the early years of the Republic of China.

After opening, according to the local characteristics of the collection, after several years of preparation, Liaoyang stele forest and Liaoyang Han Wei mural museum were built. The head of the Cultural Relics Bureau of the Ministry of culture of the CPC Central Committee inscribed "unique" for Liaoyang Museum.

With the rapid development of socialist construction, Liaoyang museum will play its due role as a local museum of history and art and become a window for the patriotic education base and spiritual civilization construction activities in Liaoyang.

Collection

From the spring and Autumn period to the early Warring States period, there lived a hunting tribe in the Taizihe and Tanghe River basins. The curved blade bronze short sword, hand-made pottery and talcum bronze models left behind by him have the common characteristics of the minority culture in Northeast China, and also have the cultural characteristics of this period in Eastern Liaoning. It provides valuable information for studying the history of this period.

During the Warring States period, the state of Yan opened up a vast area of Liaodong, with youbeiping, Liaodong and Liaoxi counties. Liaoyang is the capital of Liaodong county. The state of Yan used the name of "Xiangping" to make currency, which is called "xiangpingbu" in the world. In xuxiangzi, Dongjing mausoleum and other places, there are tombs in the middle and late Warring States period. The unearthed pottery wares and burial styles are similar to those of Yan and Chu, which shows that Xiangping city in Liaodong county during the Warring States period was a multi-cultural city with the Central Plains culture as the main body.

During the Han and Wei dynasties, Xiangping city as the center of the political, economic and cultural prosperity. The iron farm tools unearthed from the site of sandaohao village in the Western Han Dynasty reflect the formation of self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy in this period. At that time, the central plains were in chaos for years, and Liaodong was relatively stable. From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the large-scale stone slab tombs, from color murals to funerary objects, all reflect the social life of this period.

In Liao and Jin Dynasties, Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo was set up to rule. The cultural relics on display can reflect the political, economic and cultural features of multi-ethnic coexistence in Liaoyang. The official seal of Jin Dynasty, the building parts, living utensils and currency of Liao Dynasty all have the national characteristics of Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. The porcelains, Korean celadon, Jun Ware of Yuan Dynasty and liuer pot of Jin Dynasty are all precious relics of this period.

In the early Ming Dynasty, a garrison system was set up to govern Eastern Liaoning. Liaoyang is the capital of Liaodong. It has 25 prefectures and two prefectures. Taking the military household establishment as the main body, the troops were stationed to cultivate and defend the frontier. In order to prevent the invasion of Wala and Nuzhen nomads, Liaodong great wall and Luotai were built.

The display of Ming Dynasty weapons, agricultural production tools and cultural relics in charge of nurgandus can reflect the social situation of this period.

New Pavilion appears

Expansion scale

The expanded Liaoyang museum is based on the architectural pattern of Peng mansion, covering a total area of 27000 square meters. The exterior of the new hall is decorated with large roof and double eaves. The corridor is surrounded by white grass and jade railings. The 18 steps on the front are the broad platform in front of the hall. The eight maroon pillars under the eaves are very eye-catching. The whole building is simple and dignified, integrated with the ancient buildings of Peng mansion. However, it is different from the antique style of Peng's residence. As soon as you enter the new Liaoyang Museum, you will be exposed to the atmosphere of the integration of modern and history. The simplicity and openness of the architectural design and the retro style of the detail decoration complement each other. This perfect combination of modern and history has been continuously strengthened in later visits.

Cultural relics of the new museum

There are more than 700 precious cultural relics on display in the new museum. Among the 677 cultural relics on display in the basic exhibition, more than half of them met the visitors for the first time. The exhibition of the new museum is divided into three parts: basic exhibition, special exhibition and temporary exhibition. The basic exhibition is named "the first city in Northeast China - Liaoyang ancient historical relics exhibition". A total of 85 cultural relics are exhibited in the exhibition, which is of great historical, artistic and scientific value. When the new museum opened, it also launched two temporary exhibitions: "Liaoyang folk collection fine cultural relics exhibition" and "Liaoyang modern celebrity painting and calligraphy exhibition".

According to reports, there are 5048 cultural relics in the collection of Liaoyang Museum, including 21 first-class cultural relics, 204 second-class cultural relics and 838 third-class cultural relics. When asked about the key cultural relics, Zhang Junhong, deputy curator of the museum, specially provided a piece of information and drew the key numbers in front of the characters such as the white glazed peony pattern teapot, the Koryo celadon inlaid chrysanthemum pattern pillow, the Qing Yongzheng pastel flower longevity plate and Wang erlie's 70th birthday screen.

Collection of lotus fragrance

In 2008, the new Liaoyang museum was expanded. Mr. Li zanzhou, 88, a famous flower and bird painter, donated the painting of lotus fragrance to Liaoyang Museum for free.

Li zanzhou was born in Liaoyang, Liaoning Province in 1920. He is the disciple of Wang Xuetao, a famous flower and bird painter, and the son-in-law of Yan Bolong. He graduated from the national Peiping Art College (now the Central Academy of Fine Arts). In the Academy of fine arts, he got to know many famous calligraphers and painters, especially Qi Baishi. Through the guidance of many calligraphers and painters, his art level of calligraphy and painting has greatly improved, and he has become a leader in the field of calligraphy and painting in China. In 2002, Li zanzhou, who returned to his hometown in Liaoyang, began to challenge the field of Chinese painting and calligraphy with enthusiasm and created the painting of lotus fragrance. After more than half a year's efforts, the 58 meter long and 1.75-meter-wide "lotus fragrance ten thousand li painting" finally appeared in front of people's eyes. Due to the fact that this traditional Chinese painting has participated in the National Congress for many times

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