Changsha Jiandu Museum

Changsha Jiandu Museum
长沙简牍博物馆

Changsha Bamboo Slips Museum
Location within Hunan
Established 16 November 2002 (2002-11-16)
Location Tianxin District, Changsha, Hunan, China
Coordinates 28°11′25″N 112°59′21″E / 28.190291°N 112.989131°E / 28.190291; 112.989131Coordinates: 28°11′25″N 112°59′21″E / 28.190291°N 112.989131°E / 28.190291; 112.989131
Collections Kingdom of Wu Annals, Bamboo scripts of Western Han, Bamboo scripts and cultural relics of Yuyang Tomb,
Founder Changsha government
President Li Equan (李鄂权)[1]
Website www.chinajiandu.cn

The Changsha Jiandu Museum (simplified Chinese: 长沙简牍博物馆; traditional Chinese: 長沙簡牘博物館; pinyin: Chángshā Jiǎndú Bówùguǎn) is a history museum located at No. 92 of Baisha Road in Tianxin District, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is adjacent to Baisha Well in the south and Tianxin Pavilion in the west. Changsha Jiandu Museum is currently a large-scale modern themed museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, arrangement, study and exhibition of bamboo script (Jiandu). It is also an important spot of cultural and scenic interest and a window to showcase Changsha to the world. It covers an area of 14,100-square-metre (152,000 sq ft).

History

Changsha Jiandu Museum was founded on 16 November 2002. Construction started in 2000 and completed in late 2003. November 8, 2007, it was officially opened to the public. In May 2009, it was authorized as a "Second Grade National Museum" (国家二级博物馆) by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.[2] In January 2017, it was designated as a "First Grade National Museum" (国家一级博物馆) by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.[3]

Collection

The collection of Changsha Jiandu Museum includes bamboo scripts and historical artifacts from the Han Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD) and Three Kingdoms (220-280) periods: the Kingdom of Wu Annals (220–280) unearthed in Changsha's Zoumalou in 1996, the bamboo scripts of Western Han (206 BC-25 AD) unearthed from J8 Well in Zoumalou in 2003, the bamboo scripts and cultural relics unearthed from the Yuyang Tomb for one of the queens of Changsha Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty in 1993, and a small number of exquisite cultural relics of later periods excavated from Changsha in the 21st century.

Access

Changsha Jiandu Museum open to visitors for free.

Changsha Jiandu Museum is closed on Tuesdays, and is open from 9:00 am to 17:00 pm daily.[4]

Transportation

Octagon-headed wooden tablet (replica).
Curve-headed tablets (replica).
Bamboo slips of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Celadon Jars unearthed from Zoumalou in 1996.
Coins unearthed from Zoumalou in 1996.
Steans unearthed from Changsha in 2003.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hu Fang; Yang Yang; Zhao Yimin (2016-08-27). 长沙简牍博物馆馆长李鄂权：吴简图书计划3年内全部出版. rednet (in Chinese).
  2. ↑ 关于公布国家二、三级博物馆名单的决定. sach.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2009-07-03.
  3. ↑ 长沙简牍博物馆晋升“国家一级” 湖南省增至4家. 163.com (in Chinese). 2017-01-14.
  4. ↑ 长沙文化地理之：长沙简牍博物馆. sina (in Chinese). 2015-06-01.
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