Hubei Provincial Museum opening hours: 8:30-12:00 (last admission at 11:30), 13:30-17:00 (last admission at 16:30), the chime time is 11 : 00, 16:00

Introduction to Hubei Provincial Museum Attractions:

The Hubei Provincial Museum is located on the shores of the beautiful Wuchang East Lake. Established in 1953 and given its current name in March 1963, it is the main collection, publicity and research institution for cultural relics and specimens in Hubei Province. The museum covers an area of ??6.4 hectares, with an existing building area of ??9,600 square meters and an exhibition area of ??2,400 square meters. The new chime bell exhibition hall was opened to the public in February 1999. The Hubei Provincial Museum is the largest, most comprehensive, and most functional ancient musical instrument exhibition hall in my country.

The Hubei Provincial Museum is the only provincial comprehensive museum in Hubei Province and the most important cultural relic collection, research and exhibition institution in the province. The museum is located on the shore of the scenic East Lake in Wuchang, covering an area of ??6.5 hectares. The land is 6.5 hectares.

The collection contains more than 200,000 cultural relics, including 812 first-class cultural relics (sets) and 16 national treasure-level cultural relics (sets). Among them, the main types of cultural relics are unearthed, including pottery, porcelain, bronze, lacquered wood, bamboo slips, weapons, ancient musical instruments, gold and jade, ancient calligraphy and painting, ancient coins, etc.

Among the nearly 200,000 items in the collection, many are world-renowned rare treasures and important scientific materials. For example, the eggshell painted pottery spinning wheel from the Jingshan Juijialing Culture in the Neolithic Age; the jade figures and jade eagles from the Shijiahe Culture in Tianmen; the large jade Ge, bronze tripod and bronze ax unearthed from the Shang Dynasty sites and tombs in Panlongcheng; the Warring States Period in Suixian County The bronze chimes unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, the jade pendant with 16 openwork dragons and phoenixes, and the suitcase with 28 astronomical images; the bamboo slips of Qin Dynasty legal documents unearthed from Yunmengsuihudi, etc., are all of extremely high and important historical, scientific and artistic importance. value.

The Hubei Provincial Museum currently has four main displays:

One is the "Exhibition of Cultural Relics Unearthed from the Tomb of Zeng Hou Yi". On display are the essential cultural relics unearthed from the tomb of King Yi of Zeng State in the early Warring States Period, which was excavated in Suixian County, Hubei Province (now Suizhou City) in 1978. This tomb is more than 2,400 years old and more than 10,000 cultural relics of various types have been unearthed. Their large quantity, variety, high value, and good preservation have caused a sensation at home and abroad. The display is divided into eight parts: sacrificial hall, bronze wares, weapons, chariot and horse wares, bamboo slips, lacquered wood wares, gold and jade wares and musical instruments. A total of 360 representative cultural relics are on display. Among them, there are the bronze deer-antler standing crane, the double-breasted large pot, the honor plate, and the fou-jian with wonderful shapes, exquisite craftsmanship, and gorgeous patterns; the Doge halberd and the triangular sword-shaped pottery are still very sharp; there are many written materials, and they are related my country's earliest bamboo slips; an extra-large gold cup weighing 2,156 grams; lacquered wood and bamboo wares whose production methods and styles are very different from those of Chu and Qin, etc., are all rare treasures in archaeology. In particular, a set of bronze chimes among the musical instrument exhibits is priceless. It has a wide range of sounds and beautiful timbre, and can play a variety of Chinese and foreign music. It is known as a miracle in the history of world music.

The second is "Hubei Ancient Musical Cultural Relics Exhibition". In addition to the musical instruments from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, there are also more than 40 ancient musical relics of different eras and types that have been excavated and collected throughout the province over the years. Among the exhibits, there are primitive neolithic percussion instruments such as yellow and black pottery xiangs that date back more than 10,000 years, as well as unique Chu State painted stone pans, tiger-seat bird drums, rhythm pipes, and Tang Dynasty opera instruments. Music groups, etc., embody the splendid musical cultural achievements of ancient China.

The third is "Qing Palace Crafts Exhibition". On display are more than 80 rare crafts transferred from the Palace Museum in Beijing to the Hubei Provincial Museum in the 1950s and originally stored in the Baoyunhuan and other halls of the Palace Museum. It represents the first-class level of my country's traditional handicrafts porcelain, jade, lacquer wood and carving skills.

The fourth is the special display of "A Hundred Years of Storms in Chutian". With more than 200 typical cultural relics, historical materials, and pictures, through the side of Hubei, the hinterland of the motherland, it shows the arduous struggle of many people with lofty ideals in China from the Opium War to the founding of New China for more than a hundred years. The museum now collects more than 90,000 cultural relics and specimens of various types. Most of these collections come from archaeological excavations and collections from various places, and have a strong and distinctive local color.

In the museum, the bronze sword of King Goujian of Yue, the bronze spear of King Fucha of Wu, and the painted wood carvings of birds and animals unearthed from the Chu tomb in Jiangling, as well as the lacquer painting of "Brodding Gifts and Welcomes" unearthed from the big tomb in Baoshan, Jingmen, are related to Chu The bamboo slips of national judicial documents, the Qin Dynasty legal document bamboo slips unearthed from Yunmengsuihudi, and the Southern Dynasties celadon lotus-covered statue unearthed from Tutitang, Wuchang, all have extremely high historical, scientific, and artistic value; another example is the Daye of the Sui Dynasty. In the fourth year of Dunhuang writing (608), the Ming and Qing calligraphy and painting masters Wu Wei of the Jiangxia School, the "Four Wu Schools" Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming, and Qiu Ying, the Songjiang School Dong Qichang and Chen Jiru, the "Badashanren" Zhu Da, and the "Yangzhou School" The ink writings of the "Eight Monsters" Jin Nong, Zheng Xie, Huang Shen, Chang Yuzhao, Yang Shoujing and others are all rare treasures. For example, the eighteen-star military flag of the First Uprising in Wuchang during the Revolution of 1911, and the relics and memorials of famous revolutionary martyrs and revolutionary leaders such as Yun Daiying, Chen Tanqiu, Shi Yang, Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Dong Biwu, etc. are all extremely rare

In the Hubei Provincial Museum, there are more than 400 first-class cultural relics, mainly including:

The Gou Sword of the Yue King during the Warring States Period was unearthed in Tomb No. 1 of Wangshan, Jiangling in 1965. It is known as the first bronze sword of the Yue King.

The chime bells of Marquis Zeng Yi from the Warring States Period were unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Zeng Yi in Suixian County in 1978. There are 65 chime bells with a total weight of more than 2,500 kilograms.

The chimes made by Marquis Zeng Yi during the Warring States Period were unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Zeng Yi in Suixian County in 1978. There were 32 pieces of them, with musical texts engraved on them.

The bronze zun plate from the Warring States Period was unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Zeng Yi in Suixian County in 1978. The wine vessel and the hollow ornaments on the edge of the plate were made by investment casting technology.

The deer-antlered crane is a bronze artifact from the Warring States Period. It was unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Zeng Yi in Suizhou in 1978. It is an imaginary mascot.

Daye Ge, a jade ceremonial instrument from the early Shang Dynasty, was unearthed from Tomb No. 3 of Lijiazui in Panlongcheng, Huangpi in 1974.

Bronze drum, a percussion instrument of the Shang Dynasty, was unearthed in Baini, Chongyang in 1977. It is the earliest skin-drum-shaped bronze drum discovered in my country.

The first-class cultural relics collected in the museum include: pottery chickens and large round tripods from the Shang Dynasty, tiger-seat bird drums, sixteen-section dragon and phoenix pendants, and gold cups from the Warring States Period, and celadon lotus statues from the Southern and Northern Dynasties. , the musical figurines of the Tang Dynasty, the golden phoenix crowns of the Ming Dynasty, etc.

The collection contains nearly 200,000 cultural relics and specimens reflecting the province’s social system, social production and social life in various historical periods since the primitive times. Among the nearly 200,000 items in the collection, many are world-renowned rare treasures and important scientific materials. For example, the eggshell painted pottery spinning wheel from the Jingshan Juijialing Culture in the Neolithic Age; the jade figures and jade eagles from the Shijiahe Culture in Tianmen; the large jade Ge, bronze tripod and bronze ax unearthed from the Shang Dynasty sites and tombs in Panlongcheng; the Warring States Period in Suixian County The bronze chimes unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, the jade pendant with 16 openwork dragons and phoenixes, and the suitcase with 28 astronomical images; the bamboo slips of Qin Dynasty legal documents unearthed from Yunmengsuihudi, etc., are all of extremely high and important historical, scientific and artistic importance. value.