Shaanxi History Museum-Shaanxi Provincial Museum

Shaanxi History Museum-Shaanxi Provincial Museum is located to the northwest of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xian, is one of the first huge state museums with modern facilities in China.

Shaanxi History Museum-Shaanxi Provincial Museum houses over 300,000 items including murals, paintings, pottery, coins, as well as bronze, gold, and silver objects. The modern museum was built between 1983 and 2001 and its appearance recalls the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty.

What's hot at Shaanxi History Museum-Shaanxi Provincial Museum:
Fossils of the Lantian Man (preceded Peking Man),
The Deer Pattern Eaves Tile from the Qin Dynasty,
The Kneeling Archer, a 120 cm tall figure unearthed in 1977 from Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb
The Four Footed Li, a Shang Dynasty bronze cooking utensil,
Playing Polo, a Tang Dynasty mural of people playing polo in China,
The Empress's Seal, a jade seal from the Western Han Dynasty, excavated near the tomb of Emperor Gao Zu, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty — one of the most important imperial seals ever found in China.

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