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Gansu is a province of cultural relics and archeology. There are many cultural relics unearthed along the Hexi Corridor and the ancient Silk Road. Although most of the heavyweight cultural relics are in the Gansu Provincial Museum, the overall facilities of the Gansu Provincial Museum are relatively old and the exhibition halls are not large, so Many artifacts are not on display. At the same time, due to the large number of visitors to the Gansu Provincial Museum in recent years, it is difficult to make an appointment. In fact, there are many prefecture-level and municipal museums in Gansu Province that are also worth visiting. The Wuwei Municipal Museum is an excellent cultural and museum venue. [Reason for recommendation] 1. Wuwei Municipal Museum is a national first-class museum and one of the most important cultural and museum venues after the Gansu Provincial Museum. It has a huge collection of cultural relics, including many precious cultural relics and national treasure-level cultural relics, which are of great tourist value. 2. Wuwei is the place where the Bronze Galloping Horse (horse stepping on flying swallows) was unearthed. Wuwei has a long history and a rich number of cultural relics. A large number of cultural relics are collected in the Wuwei Municipal Museum, so in Wuwei you can intuitively feel the history and culture of the ancient Silk Road. 3. Wuwei Municipal Museum has now built a new exhibition hall. The exhibition hall is spacious, the facilities are advanced, the layout is scientific and reasonable, and the visiting and tourism experience is very good. 🏛️ 【Museum Introduction】 Wuwei Municipal Museum has a collection of 46,111 cultural relics of various types, including 1,036 precious cultural relics, including 2 national treasure-level cultural relics, 170 first-class cultural relics, 274 second-class cultural relics, and 592 third-class cultural relics. The cultural relics of the Silk Road of the Han and Tang dynasties, the Xixia cultural relics, the Buddhist cultural relics of past dynasties and the cultural relics of ethnic minorities are particularly eye-catching. The total collection is second only to the Gansu Provincial Museum and the Gansu Slips Museum. 【Exhibition content】 1. Basic display of "Hexi Metropolis Tianma's Hometown - Wuwei Historical Relics Exhibition". Located in the exhibition hall on the second floor, with the five thousand years of Liangzhou history as the main line and the theme of "Hexi Metropolis Tianma's Hometown", it focuses on the Qijia culture jades unearthed in Wuwei, Han Dynasty wood carvings, Sui and Tang epitaphs, and Xixia clay movable type Buddhist scriptures. , Yuan blue and white porcelain and other cultural relics of various periods. These include Majiayao painted pottery culture, Han Dynasty horse culture, Wuliang culture, Silk Road culture, Xixia culture, minority culture, etc. 2. Thematic exhibition "The Charm of Tianti and the Light of Buddha in Liangzhou - Thematic Exhibition of Tianti Mountain Grottoes". Located in the west exhibition hall on the third floor, it displays the cultural relics that were cleaned, relocated and restored at the Tiantishan Grottoes. A number of precious cultural relics are on display for the first time, including the Beiliang Stone Pagoda, murals from past dynasties, and colored sculptures. [Fine cultural relics] 1. Ten pieces of royal staff. In 1959, 10 wooden slips were unearthed from the Mozuizi Han Tomb in Wuwei. The slips record the incident of the young uncle receiving the king's stick in the 15th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty. They also record the imperial edicts in the second year of Benshi and the second year of Jianshi of the Western Han Dynasty. 2. Painted lacquered wood dove. Han Dynasty lacquered woodware. The whole body is painted in ink: fish scale-like feathers are painted from the neck to the belly, and fishbone-like feathers are painted on the wings and the upper part of the tail. The dove stick was held by elderly people over seventy years old in the Han Dynasty. It is a physical material for studying the system of respecting the elderly and providing for the elderly in the Han Dynasty. It is a national first-class cultural relic and very precious. 3. Bronze. Unearthed in Zhangyizhen, Wuwei, it looks like an enlarged goblet, with three tiger ears on its circle foot, curved belly and shoulders. Experts infer that the bronze coin was used by the Hun princes and nobles who nomadically lived in the Wuwei area from the end of the Warring States Period to the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty. This bronze is the largest early bronze found in Gansu and reflects the Xiongnu's superb bronze casting technology. It is a national first-class cultural relic. 4. Tang Dynasty wood-carved male figurine with painted sleeves. Unearthed at Lama Bay, Qingzui, Xinhua Town, Wuwei, this figure is clasped in front of its chest with both hands. The face is full, the eyes are deep, the lips are thick, the nose is big, the ears are carved according to the wooden texture, close to the head, a single bun hangs forward, a soft bun, and a long robe with narrow sleeves and waist. The head is left with white color marks and the body is decorated with blue color, which is the image of a eunuch in the Tang Dynasty. The whole body is covered with decay and cracks, and the painted parts have fallen off. It is a national first-class cultural relic. 5. Epitaph of Princess Honghua of Tang Dynasty. A national first-class cultural relic, it provides valuable information for studying the history of Tuyuhun and updating historical records. 【Place】 No. 25, Guzang Road, Xuanwu Street, Liangzhou District, Wuwei City. Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:30-16:30 (no admission at 16:00), closed every Monday (except national statutory holidays).