Western Han Nanyue King's Tomb Museum 西汉南越王博物馆

Recommender:David Linder | 2010-02-25 12:21:00 |
The Western Han Dynasty Nanyue King Mausoleum Museum is the oldest and largest Han tomb with the most funerary objects in Lingnan (South of the Nanling Mountain) Area. As one of the 80 famous museums in the world, the museum covers 14,000 square meters (150, 699.6 square feet) with 10 exhibition halls. The owner of the tomb is the second king, Zhao Mei of Nanyue State of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-24 A.D.). Hidden 20 meters (65.6 feet) underground, the tomb is made up of 750 huge stones with colorful murals. The over 1,000 pieces of cultural relics, bronze ware and terra cotta ware in particular, feature the Yue Culture of south China(Nanyue Culture). Represented also are traces of central Chinese culture, the Chu culture of south China, the Bashu culture of southwest China, the Hun culture from the northern grassland, and even foreign cultures.
Travel infomation here is also available on Yoyoor China travel phone
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Address: No. 867, North Jiefang Road 解放北路867号
Admission: ¥12
Location: Yuexiu
Opening Hours: 9:00am-5:30pm
Phone no.: (020) 86664920

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