[2025 Gu'an ] Travel Guide for Gu'an Museum (Updated Jul)

The "Artistic Collection" is displayed in the Intangible Cultural Heritage Hall of the Gu'an County Museum in Langfang City, Hebei Province. The people of Gu'an are not only good at singing and dancing, but also have many handicraft skills that have been passed down to this day. They have a wide range of food and handicrafts, fully demonstrating the ingenuity of the people of Gu'an. The Jinzi Inner Painting Snuff Bottle, named after the inheritor Jinzi, is known as a "miraculous work". Jingfaying Handmade Wooden Comb was once very popular and was rated as a municipal intangible cultural heritage project in 2014. The Gao Pai Clay Sculpture is vivid and lifelike, making people exclaim. Yaojia Embroidery has a dignified and elegant design and exquisite workmanship, and is a fine work of Beijing embroidery. Wang Xiu Pottery combines painting, carving, calligraphy, and pottery to achieve development and innovation. Gu'an Xiangzi, also known as Xing's Paper-cut, is known for its "unique fetus grabbing" and was included in the fourth batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage list in Hebei Province in 2012. These are all concrete manifestations of the wisdom of the people of Gu'an. Ticket Information: Free Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00 (closed on Monday) Transportation: In Gu'an County, you can take buses No. 2, 6, 10, 206, 210, and 940 to get there.

The Gu'an Intangible Cultural Heritage exhibition is located on the second floor of the Gu'an County Museum in Langfang City, Hebei Province. Gu'an is located in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, with a long history, splendid culture, and profound folk culture. The Yongding River flows from west to east, and the Nine Provinces Imperial Road runs from north to south. The long history, splendid culture, and unique location have given birth to a rich and diverse intangible cultural heritage, reflecting the profound cultural heritage, exquisite skills, and life wisdom of the people of Gu'an. At present, there are a total of 110 intangible cultural heritage protection projects in the county, including 4 national intangible cultural heritage projects, 11 provincial intangible cultural heritage projects, 44 municipal intangible cultural heritage projects, and 51 county-level intangible cultural heritage projects. Ticket Information: Free Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00 (closed on Monday) Transportation: In Gu'an County, you can take bus No. 2, 6, 10, 206, 210, or 940 to get there.

The Gu'an Liao Tomb Special Exhibition is located in the Liao Tomb Special Exhibition Hall on the west side of the first floor of the Gu'an County Museum in Hebei Province. The exhibition hall was officially opened to the public in 2023, displaying more than 40 pieces (sets) of cultural relics unearthed from 4 ancient tombs in Gu'an during the late Liao Dynasty, including white glazed bowls and plates, celadon glazed cup holders, and gray pottery pots. These 4 ancient tombs were excavated in 2021. After 4 months of work, a total of 367 pieces (sets) of various cultural relics from the Liao, Song, and Jin periods were unearthed, including pottery, porcelain, wood, jade, bronze, and stone sutra pillars. It provides rich physical materials for the study of the economy, culture, folklore, religion, etc. of the Liao Dynasty. It is another important discovery of Liao Dynasty archaeology in Hebei after the Xuanhua Liao Tomb, and has extremely high cultural relic value. Ticket information: Free Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00 (closed on Monday) Transportation information: You can take bus No. 2, 6, 10, 206, 210, 940 in Gu'an County to get there.

The exhibition "The Splendor of the Ancient City - Customs of Gu'an" is displayed at the Gu'an Museum in Langfang City, Hebei Province. China is vast in territory, with numerous ethnic groups and diverse customs. In different parts of the country, people have different customs. From birth to old age, the people of Gu'an have their own unique ways of celebrating and traditional customs passed down through generations during full moon, weddings, and birthdays. Full moon banquets, grabbing ceremonies, opera performances, and hall performances are just a few examples. From the beginning to the end of the year, there are traditional festivals almost every month for people to reflect on history or enjoy life. The common customs followed have become an invisible bond that unites the people of Gu'an. Ticket Information: Free Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00 (Closed on Mondays) Transportation Information: You can reach the museum by taking bus routes 2, 6, 10, 206, 210, or 940 from Gu'an County.

Exhibited at Gu'an Museum, Langfang City, Hebei Province. Spring planting, summer weeding, autumn harvesting, winter storing. Work at sunrise, rest at sunset. The ideal life for farmers in the old society was "thirty mu of land, one cow, a wife and children by the warm stove". The agricultural traditions of Gu'an are similar to most areas of the North China Plain. The general farming practices are: in early spring, spreading manure and planting; sowing around Grain Rain; in early summer, harvesting wheat at Grain in Ear and Summer Solstice and planting late crops, followed by weeding; in autumn, from End of Heat to Cold Dew, harvesting all crops and planting winter wheat; in winter, storing autumn harvest fruits to meet the needs of the year. Craftsmen in Gu'an, mainly masons, plumbers, blacksmiths, small furnace smiths, and barbers, usually apprentice for three years, and graduate after the three-year period. Ticket Information: Free Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00 (Closed on Mondays) Transportation Information: You can take bus routes 2, 6, 10, 206, 210, 940 to reach Gu'an County.