【Anyang Yinxu Museum Full Guide】

【Cost】Ticket: 80/person, available for booking anytime. Guided tour: 200/session (paused from 11:30 to 12:30) 【Route】After arriving at the parking lot, turn left to the square, pass through the pool and security check to enter the venue. The venue is divided into three floors, three exhibition halls, four special exhibitions, and one digital exhibition. 【First Floor】The first floor features the Carriage and Horse Relics Exhibition, displaying the carriage and horse pits and equipment from the Shang Dynasty. There are also on-site archaeologists in the pits. Additionally, there are two special exhibitions: Exploring Shang Civilization and The Royal Capital and the Four Directions, mainly text-based, introducing the social structure and operation of the Shang Dynasty, with some bone and stone artifacts on display. There are no major artifacts, so it can be skipped. The cultural and creative shop is also on the first floor. 【Second Floor】The second floor houses the Great Shang Civilization Exhibition Hall, which spans the entire floor. It showcases the rise of the Shang tribe, the overthrow of the Xia by Cheng Tang, the peak period during Wu Ding's reign, and the eventual fall of the Shang to the Western Zhou. The hall displays a large number of gold, jade, and bronze artifacts, with the bronze items being particularly exquisite and highly valuable for viewing. The museum's treasures, such as the Simu Wu Ding (replica, one of a pair, the other housed in the Henan Museum and the National Museum), Simu Xin Ding (one of a pair, the other housed in the Henan Museum), and the Fu Hao Owl Zun (replica, one of a pair, the other housed in the Henan Museum and the National Museum), are all in this hall. 【Third Floor】The third floor has two special exhibitions: Who is Zi and Where Did Chang Come From, and the World of Shang Civilization Exhibition Hall. The Who is Zi exhibition displays various oracle bones, including the museum's treasures such as the 'Zi Wang Yi Shang' oracle bone and the 'Zi Gao Qi Xing' oracle bone. The Where Did Chang Come From exhibition showcases ancient Shang tombs and burial jade artifacts, including various jade tablets, jade dragons, and jade animals, which are quite exquisite. Representative bronze artifacts unearthed from Yinxu, mostly decorated with taotie patterns, are also in this hall. The bronze artifacts in this hall are of the highest quality, with treasures such as the Ya Chang Niu Zun, bronze hand-shaped artifacts, bronze axes, Ya Chang bronze square zun, and Ya Chang bronze gong. The World of Shang Civilization exhibition displays replicas of Shang Dynasty bronze artifacts collected by museums worldwide. After exiting, there is a digital cinema, with a half-hour show that tells stories created based on Yinxu artifacts, recreating the social scenes and activities of the Shang Dynasty, as well as the historical uses of the artifacts displayed in the museum, which is quite meaningful. The total tour time is about 3.5-4 hours. ps. Automatic audio guide: 25/unit, but not recommended due to extremely poor explanation quality, some even incomprehensible, not worth the cost.