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Located
in Huabei Plain, Hebei Province has long history and splendid
culture. There are numerous historical relics have unearthed in
Hebei, and most of them are collected in Hebei Provincial Museum.
Hebei Provincial Museum was founded in
Baoding City in 1953 and removed to Shijiazhuang----the capital
city of Hebei Province in 1982. Amalgamated with former provincial
exhibition in 1986. In the past several decades, the museum has
made remarkable achievements in cultural relics collection, preservation,
exhibition, education, and research etc.
Now Hebei Provincial Museum is located
in the center of Shijiazhuang city, with 11,216m2 of exhibition
hall floor space. Its building is simple, elegant and magnificent.
There are 150,000 collections in the Museum, among them 322 of
national first class (including 6 national treasure degree).
The most important cultural relics are
those unearthed in the tombs of the couples of Liusheng, King
Jing of Zhongshan State in Western Han Dynasty. Two sets of Jade
Shrouds Sewn with Gold Thread, Changxin Palace Lamp in Figure
Shape and gold-inlaid bronze Boshan incense burner are well known
in the world.
A large number of porcelain wares are
collected in the museum, including the works of Xing Kiln of Tang
Dynasty, and the works of Ding Kiln and of Cizhou Kiln of Song
dynasty. The most remarkable one is Blue-and-white glazed Jar
with floral design of Yuan Dynasty.
The best one among the jade articles is
jade bi unearthed in tombs of Liusheng couples and a set of burial
jade shroud unearthed in tomb of Liuyan--King of Zhongshan State
in Eastern Han Dynasty.
There rather number bronze wares and stone
Buddhist statues are collected in the museum.The white marble
Buddhist statues excavated in the site of Xiude Temple of Quyang
County are well known.
Among the collection of paintings and
calligraphy works, there are many masterpieces of distinguished
painters and calligraphers, including the works of Wenzhengming,
Zhuda, Zhengbanqiao, Xugu,Wuchangshuo and Xubeihong.
There are five regular exhibitions in the museum----The Ancient
History of Hebei, The Modern History of Hebei, Hebei Today, The
Mysterious State----Zhongshan State in the Warring States Period,
The Hometown of Jade Shroud Sewn with Gold Thread----Mancheng
Tombs of Han Dynasty. And the latter two were awarded the Top
Ten Exhibitions of China in 1997 and 1999 separately.
Several new temporary exhibitions are
held each year.
The project of a new modern museum has been constructed from 2006.
Hebei Provincial Museum welcome you! |
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