It is one of the earliest natural history museums in China
It has a history of more than 100 years
It is the only one of the early Chinese museums
The original site, the original building, the original collection, the original display case, the original historical documents
A museum that has been preserved intact to this day
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France
On the eve of International Museum Day
Xinhua News Agency takes you into the Northern Xinjiang Museum
Encounter the Sino-French relationship of this museum
Learn about its creators
A Frenchman who traveled thousands of miles to China
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Keep the treasure trove and add color to scientific research
More than 100 years ago
The French naturalist Sang Zhihua traveled thousands of miles to China
Embark on a 25-year "arduous and long" scientific expedition
And in Tianjin, the Northern Xinjiang Museum was established
Because of the extremely rich and unique collection and rich academic achievements
As early as the 30s of the 20th century, it was ranked as the world's "first-class museum"
Walk into the Northern Xinjiang Museum
All kinds of large-scale paleontological fossils and geological collections are neatly arranged
The taxidermy of plants and animals, which was made 100 years ago, comes to life
History is like a cloud of smoke
It's still the same
Today, it houses a variety of flora, fauna and paleontology
Specimens of ancient humans, rocks and minerals
and more than 40 thousand pieces of historical and folk cultural relics
It is an important treasure trove for the early scientific records of various branches of biology in northern China
Wading through mountains and rivers to add pages to the world's "life history book".
25 years in China
Sang Zhihua traveled about 50,000 kilometers
Footprints throughout the northern frontier of China
This is also the origin of the name "Northern Xinjiang Museum".
A remake of the portrait of Sang Zhihua, a French naturalist and founder of the Northern Xinjiang Museum. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ran
The first to organize large-scale field excavations in China
The first to discover a large-scale paleomammal fauna in the territory of China
The first paleolithic tools to be found on the territory of China
The first hominin fossil to be found in China
The first excavation was carried out in China using modern stratigraphic paleontological methods
Sang Zhihua's many achievements
He pioneered the study of mammalology and paleolithic archaeology in China
The exhibition hall displays a small stone core with traces of artificial chiseling
Discovered by Sang Zhihua in Qingyang, Gansu
This is the first time it has been found in China
Remains of Paleolithic culture with exact stratigraphic records
Its existence broke with what German archaeologists proposed
There is no assertion of the existence of the Paleolithic in China
It opened the prelude to the archaeological research of the Paleolithic in China
1938
Sang Zhihua, who had passed the age of sixties, returned to France
It was discovered in the most glorious years of scholarship
A large number of precious paleontological fossils and prehistoric cultural relics have been left in China
It provides indispensable materials for future generations of scientists to conduct in-depth research
Learn from each other and build bridges for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries
After a hundred years of ups and downs
The Northern Xinjiang Museum is accompanied by a valuable collection
It has been preserved in relative integrity
Based on a huge, complete, unique and highly valuable collection system
It is a magnet for many internationally renowned scholars
Come here to have a look and exchange and learn from each other
The French sinologist Gao Dawei once praised again and again when he visited
The Northern Xinjiang Museum is a treasure trove of great material and spiritual wealth
It shows the convergence of Eastern and Western science and culture
January 2016
The Northern Xinjiang Museum is officially open to the public
This museum was once a powerful museum in the history of modern China
A museum that has been standing for more than 100 years
Digital technologies are being used to reach more people in a more modern way
In June of this year
A group of scientific research experts from the Northern Xinjiang Museum will go to the French National Museum of Natural History
Carry forward Sang Zhihua's spirit of scientific exploration in academic exchanges
In the future, this century-old "cultural bridge" will continue to be promoted
World scientific and cultural exchanges and mutual learning
Source: Xinhua News Agency