Luoyang is really a city worth visiting for museums! The name of the ancient capital of the 13th dynasty is not covered, there are 102 museums, and the excitement is not inferior to the provincial capital!
The comprehensive "Luoyang Museum" has the history of Luoyang for more than 1,500 years, the history of the city for more than 4,000 years, and the history of civilization for more than 5,000 years
The "Luoyang Tomb Museum", which makes people can't resist their curiosity when they hear the name, is the world's first ancient tomb museum, and 25 tombs have been relocated and restored from the original site, which is really a "tomb adventure".
The "Erlitou Summer Capital Museum", which caused a sensation in the archaeological community, proved the existence of the "Xia Dynasty" and established the origin of Chinese civilization
There are also the Six Museums of the Son of Heaven and the Grand Canal Cultural Museum of the Sui and Tang Dynasties...... Each one is heavy. So today, let's talk about the museums in Luoyang, and it is recommended to eat them together with the Luoyang strategy and the Luoyang food strategy!
Part1: Luoyang must go to the museum
Luoyang Museum and Ancient Tomb Museum are two museums that I think Luoyang must visit, and they are equivalent to the catalog and summary of Luoyang's book.
1. [Luoyang Museum]
⏰ : Regular 9:00-17:00 (last admission at 16:30), closed on Mondays. Extended until 21:00 until May 6 (Last admission at 20:30, closed on Mondays)
Luoyang Museum and Henan Museum in Zhengzhou are the first batch of national first-class museums, and this gold content can be imagined!
Luoyang Museum is located on the south bank of the Luohe River, with convenient transportation, with the National Garden of China and the Sui and Tang Dynasty Ruins Botanical Garden, which is not a problem to play in this area for a day.
The tower in front of the museum is modeled after Wu Zetian's "Great Zhou Dynasty Wanguo Song De Tianshu".
The main building of Lobo has two floors, and the first floor mainly has the Heluo Civilization Exhibition and the Ancient Stone Carving Exhibition; The second floor is mainly the Treasure Exhibition, the Palace Cultural Relics Exhibition and the Tang Sancai Exhibition.
In the order of viewing the exhibition, it is recommended to visit the Heluo Civilization Exhibition on the first floor, there are a total of 3 exhibition halls, divided into prehistory, Xia, Shang and Zhou, Han and Wei, Sui and Tang dynasties and the five dynasties of the Northern Song Dynasty, to establish an overall impression of Luoyang. Then slowly visit the special exhibitions such as stone carvings, treasures, and Tang Sancai
The most representative of the prehistoric period is a complete elephant bone fossil, Henan's prehistoric climate is very different from now, a very large number of elephants lived, Henan's abbreviation "Henan" has the meaning of elephants
The focus of the Xia, Shang and Zhou was on bronzes, the style of Xia was imitation pottery, the Shang had a large number of wine vessels, and the Zhou bronzes had a hierarchical etiquette system
Luoyang City of the Han and Wei dynasties, influenced by the Silk Road and Emperor Xiaowen's policy of sinicization, was the largest international metropolis in the world at that time.
Eastern Han Dynasty painted pottery lantern
If you want to talk about museum conspicuous bags, this period is also the most. The animal looks like this:
The terracotta figurines look like this:
The tomb beast with "Zun Du Fake Du" written on his face, who can he scare?
北魏版的Girls help girls～
The Sui and Tang dynasties were the peak of Luoyang City, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dug the Grand Canal, and Wu Zetian built grottoes in the palace and opened to the outside world. Tang Sancai is a landmark product of this period
If you're short on time and want to quickly check in the highlights of the museum, you can go straight to the Treasures Exhibition on the second floor.
Cao Wei white jade cup, Tang Sancai black glazed horse, Northern Wei clay Buddha face, Tang gold and silver flat flower and bird bronze mirror, Eastern Han Dynasty gilt copper feather people several cultural relics out of the circle are in this museum.
The Treasures Exhibition is different, the quality of the lighting and glass is obviously much better than other exhibition halls, and it is not very reflective.
They all have corresponding products in Lobo's cultural and creative stores. Tang Jinyin's makeup mirror with flower and bird patterns is super popular.
The exhibition of palace relics on the second floor is also very good. The cultural relics inside originally belonged to the Great Buddha Hall of Cining Palace in the Forbidden City, which is the treasure of the Qing Palace Buddha, and the materials and craftsmanship are very exquisite. In 1973, it was transferred to the Luoyang Museum by the approval of Premier Zhou.
The Qing Dynasty Golden Silk Nanmu Pagoda in this is one of the treasures of Lobo.
It is about 6 meters high, weighs nearly 4 tons, has three heavy eaves on eight sides, is fixed with mortise and tenon structure, and there are 304 Buddha shrines around the body, and each niche enshrines a bronze gilt Buddha of Amitayus. There is only a half-person-high glass enclosure, which can be seen more clearly, and the real thing is so shocking!
The stone carving exhibition on the first floor also has a treasure of the town hall: the Eastern Han Dynasty stone to ward off evil spirits.
It is carved with a whole piece of bluestone, 1.9 meters high, 2.97 meters long, 0.9 meters wide, weighs more than 8 tons, is the largest and heaviest existing Eastern Han stone in the mainland to ward off evil spirits. The body proportions, demeanor, and muscle lines are also well depicted
Probably inspired by the wonderful tour of the Henan Satellite TV Museum, now the costume shooting will also be filmed in Lobo. It's a new way to open a museum, but it's better to give up on weekends and holidays, there are too many people, and waiting for a seat is a test of patience.
Lobo's cultural creativity is also the most varied among all the museums in Luoyang, and it is the best to buy! Just buy souvenirs and rush here
2. [Luoyang Ancient Tomb Museum]
⏰ : 9:00-17:00 in summer, 9:00-16:30 in winter (last admission at 16:00), closed on Mondays. Extended until 20:00 until May 6 (Last admission at 19:00, closed on Mondays)
Luoyang Museum and Ancient Tomb Museum, both must be visited together. The ancients paid attention to "death is like life", and the wealth, status and living habits before life will be reflected in the tomb. Therefore, the background of the exhibits of the former and the tomb culture of the latter are complementary to each other
For example, the eight-year tomb of Cao Wei Zhengshi, which unearthed the treasure of the Lobo Town Museum, the "Cao Wei White Jade Cup", was relocated and restored to the Ancient Tomb Museum 1:1.
The tomb of An Bo and his wife, another treasure of Lobo's town hall, "Tang Sancai black glazed horse", was unearthed, and the original tomb was also restored to the ancient tomb museum.
Luoyang built the world's first ancient tomb museum, which is inseparable from natural advantages.
There is a folk saying that "born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, buried in the north". According to the estimation of archaeologists, there are more than 100,000 ancient tombs in Pishan, and Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Tuoba Hong, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, are buried here
The tomb museum will feel a bit desolate if you don't listen to the explanation. During the Peony Festival (4.1-5.5), there are two public welfare lectures at 10:00 and 14:00 every day, which are about 80 minutes. If you don't squat to the public welfare explanation, you can order a paid manual explanation. The price of this paid explanation is very fair, and there is a single option on DP, which only costs a few dozen dollars
The amount of information in the ancient tomb museum is too large, and the ability of the docent to summarize and touch the class is even higher. After listening to the explanation for more than 2 hours, the history of Luoyang and the differences between several famous museums suddenly became clear in my mind. So I also recommend this museum to be the first stop on my trip to the Luoyang Museum
Order of tour of the Tomb Museum:
Let's take a look at the ancient tomb culture exhibition first, which is mainly based on pictures and texts, and systematically sorts out the forms of tombs in various eras. Then look at the typical tomb display, this exhibition area has relocated and restored a total of 25 typical tombs from the Western Han Dynasty to the Song and Jin dynasties, and truly experience the "lower tomb". The murals and brick carvings in the tomb are of great artistic appreciation value, and two separate pavilions are set up. Finally, go to the Jingling Tomb of Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty to take a look, this is the original tomb of the original site
The Tomb Museum also has a costume script killing experience, and I really know how to play!
Let's share a few impressive points
There will be a lot of hidden history in the tombs, such as the tomb of the Western Jin Dynasty, which was buried by three generations of four people at the same time. This means that they died unnatural deaths, presumably in the Rebellion of the Eight Kings.
Yuanwei of the Northern Wei Dynasty was the grandson of Emperor Xiaowen, but his tomb was very simple, so it is speculated that he died in the Heyin Revolution and was buried in a hurry.
The Northern Wei Dynasty was a Xianbei regime, and a series of sinicization policies implemented by Emperor Xiaowen included: all Xianbei officials who moved to Luoyang were buried in Luoyang after their deaths, and they were not allowed to return to the north.
Jingling very vividly shows us the fusion of Han and Xianbei in the tombs of the Northern Wei Dynasty
A large number of tombs on the mountain have been "patronized" by tomb robbers, and the murals are rare cultural relics, reflecting the different styles of each era.
The theme of the wall of the Han Dynasty is dominated by mythological stories, and the people of the Han Dynasty really worship the Queen Mother of the West!
The Tang tomb focuses on patios and niches, showing the prosperity and splendor of the era.
Like the mural of the Tang Hu people leading the camel, the scale is close to the real thing, depicting the prosperous style of the Tang Dynasty.
The "tomb of Tang Anbo and his wife", which has never been stolen for thousands of years, is simply too rare.
A large number of exquisite Tang Sancai have been unearthed here, including the treasure of the Lobo Town Pavilion, the Tang Sancai black glazed horse. In the Tang Dynasty, the black glaze could not be fired directly, and the glaze could only be deepened layer by layer. Among all the Tang Sancai unearthed in China, there are only two pieces of black glaze (the other is in the National Museum).
An Eastern Roman gold coin was also unearthed in this tomb, which was the first foreign gold coin unearthed in Luoyang, and is now displayed in the Grand Canal Cultural Museum of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
In the Song Dynasty, the culture was unprecedentedly prosperous, and the Song people paid attention to the self-satisfaction of all things, and were good at getting pleasure from the small things in life.
The murals and brick carvings in the tomb depict various scenes of life, such as drinking and eating tea, brewing rice wine, and the host announcing the curtain
A brick carving that records the presenter's announcement
This famous Song Dynasty tomb mural, "Picture of a Woman Opening the Door", depicts a woman carefully looking out through a half-open door, which has two meanings: implying that the family behind the door is great or leading the deceased to the fairy world
The Song tomb is a brick chamber tomb with an imitation wood structure, and the brick carving is very detailed, and there is a specific display in the brick carving exhibition hall
Part2: Selectively go to museums according to your interests
The Erlitou Summer Capital Museum, the Tianzi Jialiu Museum, the Sui-Tang Grand Canal Cultural Museum, the Luoyang Folk Museum, and the Tea Ceremony Museum introduced in this part are similar to the specific chapters of a book. You can look at which part of history you are interested in and make a choice.
3. [Erlitou Summer Capital Museum]
⏰ : Regular 9:00-16:00, closed on Mondays. Until May 6, it will be extended to 17:30 on weekdays and 18:30 on weekends (closed on Mondays)
Erlitou Summer Capital Museum is more than 20 kilometers away from the city, about 40 minutes by taxi. Luoyang Station, Yangwan Metro Entrance, and Longmen High-speed Railway Station can be reached by tourist special buses. The advantage of far away is that there are few people, and it is very comfortable to stroll
"The earliest China" and "the origin of China look at Erlitou" are the labels it is known for.
I visited this museum with a pious heart, and from time to time the phrase "I have no regrets in this life to enter China" pops up in my mind
Because the existence of the Xia Dynasty has always been controversial in academic circles, except for the mention of later documents, there is no physical confirmation.
Until the archaeological discovery of Erlitou, the earliest urban trunk road network, the palace city, the symmetry of the central axis, the relics of high-level sacrifices, the government-run handicraft workshop area, the copper casting workshop, the turquoise tool processing workshop, and the weapon group were discovered...... The existence of China's first dynasty, the Xia Dynasty, is attested.
The entire museum has 2 floors, and there are 5 main exhibition halls. The first, second, and third exhibition halls are on the first floor, and the fourth and fifth exhibition halls are on the second floor.
The first two exhibition halls are very informative and are also equipped with public welfare explanations. When I went, the first exhibition hall was guided at 10:00 and 14:30, and the second exhibition hall was explained every half hour. However, the public welfare explanation is not fixed, and the information at the service desk of the day shall prevail
The first exhibition hall selects a number of sites closely related to the Xia Dynasty and combines them with historical documents to systematically tell the development of the Xia Dynasty.
The second exhibition hall is the most exciting part, and the treasures of the town hall are concentrated here. Here we mainly talk about sacrifice and war, and bronze, jade, turquoise and other utensils are displayed
The bronze jue with milk nail pattern is the earliest bronze jue found in the mainland. Its shape is slender and slender, like a light woman, the wall thickness is only 0.1 cm, known as "the first lord of China", and the logo of the Erlitou Museum is its shape.
The turquoise dragon shape, a dragon shape composed of more than 2,000 pieces of turquoise, proves that the dragon was worshipped as a totem as early as the Xia Dynasty. Its craftsmanship value and historical significance are very significant, and it is known as "the first dragon in China".
Seven-hole jade knife, the largest jade unearthed in Erlitou. Its use has not yet been determined, and the more mainstream speculation is that the seven holes on the back of the knife are used to thread and fix the knife and wooden staff, which is used to symbolize authority and status.
The display of the third exhibition hall is dominated by flora and fauna, urban and handicraft remains, and reproduces the image of the summer capital city in many aspects
The fourth exhibition hall displays a large number of bone horns, tooth mussels, and pottery, showing the life style of each settlement
The fifth exhibition hall tells the development process and achievements of the two major academic projects of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties and the exploration of the origin of Chinese civilization
The style of the Erlitou Summer Capital Museum is more about exploring the source of "the earliest China", and the historical significance is greater than the aesthetic significance, so it is more important to listen to the explanation.
4. [Sui and Tang Dynasty Grand Canal Cultural Museum]
⏰ : 9:00-17:00 (Last admission at 16:30, closed on Mondays) Monday to Thursday until 19:00 before May 6, Friday to Sunday until 20:30 (closed on Mondays)
The Sui-Tang Grand Canal Cultural Museum, which is a newly opened museum in 2022, is new and beautiful, the architectural design, exhibition content, and interactivity are all good, and the place is convenient to reach in the urban area, which is very recommended!
When I visited this museum, I also squatted for a public welfare lecture. I really admire the museum volunteers in Luoyang, they are too affectionate and too level! I was supposed to finish the lecture on the first floor for an hour and a half, but everyone wanted the volunteer to take a look at the second floor, and she gave another half an hour on the second floor (thanksgiving).
This museum has a lot of easter eggs: the site is located at the confluence of two rivers, corresponding to the theme of the Grand Canal. The surface of the building is made of three-color porcelain, which symbolizes the three-color culture of Luoyang Tang Dynasty.
The three-color mural in the atrium has more than 4,000 groups of three-color arc-shaped components, representing the history of Luoyang for more than 4,000 years.
In order to consolidate his power, Emperor Yang of Sui ordered the excavation of Tongji Canal, Yongji Canal and Jiangnan River in Luoyang, thus forming the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal with Luoyang as the center and connecting five major water systems (Haihe River, Yellow River, Huai River, Yangtze River, Qiantang River) with a total length of more than 2,700 kilometers.
This is the world's earliest, longest mileage, the largest ancient canal, in 2014 successfully inscribed on the World Heritage List
The museum has three floors and a total of 9 exhibition halls.
The first floor is the focus of the exhibition, which sorts out the excavation and operation of the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After reading it, I realized that it is not easy for a Grand Canal to be established and landed! Canal excavation, embankment flood control, water transportation management, storage facilities, shipbuilding technology...... These are complex problems that need to be solved urgently.
Hanjiacang is known as "the world's first warehouse", and when it was discovered, half of the organic matter was stored in it, which shows how good the storage technology was at that time. The museum has a display of the original warehouse including Jiacang
The Tang Dynasty used the technique of nailing and tenoning, which improved the strength of the hull
Because of this wisdom, all kinds of commodities come and go from south to north, Luoyang has food reserves to ensure the national economy and people's livelihood, and silk fabrics from the south of the Yangtze River and ceramics from Jingdezhen can be used in Luoyang......
The second floor uses multimedia animation and scene restoration to show the prosperity along the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, as well as the process of the Grand Canal's application for World Heritage Status.
Don't miss these two: a 30-meter-long, 10-meter-high façade showcasing the Bianhe River strata from the Sui and Tang dynasties to modern times, next to the Luoyang Canal No. 2 ancient shipwreck (No. 1 shipwreck on display on the first floor).
The third floor is dominated by the Grand Canal Digital Interactive Experience
In the temporary exhibition hall on the second floor, I saw the exhibition of Qing Dynasty Chinese export heraldic porcelain from the Guangzhou Museum (3.26-6.22), which showed the prosperity of the overseas trade of Qing Dynasty ceramics from the coat of arms on export porcelain. The exhibits are really beautiful, and people want to have ......
If you listen carefully to the explanation, you can't get out of this museum for 3 hours.
5. [Zhou Tianzi Tianzi Driving Six Museum]
Tickets: Adult tickets are 30 yuan, and tickets can be purchased on-site
⏰ : Regular 8:30-18:00 (Last admission at 16:30, closed on Mondays) Extended to 20:00 on weekends until May 6 (Closed on Mondays)
In 2002, when the Zhou Wangcheng Square was built, the underground ruins of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty Tomb were accidentally discovered. This place is a downtown area, if it is all dug out, the follow-up protection, relocation, and municipal planning are all big problems, so the treatment method of in-situ backfilling was chosen, leaving only the largest one of the original sites of the six-car pit of the Son of Heaven to display.
Although we can only see one carriage and horse pit now, there are 397 tombs and another 17 carriage and horse pits in the vicinity. It's a museum that requires imagination.
The discovery of the six-chariot pit driven by the Son of Heaven was very sensational at the time.
First, there is a definite answer to the long-standing debate about "the Son of Heaven driving six horses" or "the Son of Heaven driving four horses". Second, after 3,000 years of carriage and horse pits, the body structure and the skeleton of the horse are also clearly visible. You can even see the details of the puppy who was buried together and was knocked unconscious by the stone because he tried to escape.
In the soil of Luoyang, I don't know how much history has been buried. This museum also has to listen to the explanation, and it takes less than 20 minutes to complete the tour without listening to the explanation.
There is no glass on the surface of the carriage pit, and for the purpose of limiting the flow and protection, this museum requires an entrance fee.
To say that the cost performance is definitely not high, after all, these wonderful museums introduced earlier are free. But in a historical sense, it is irreplaceable.
If you didn't make an appointment with the Luoyang Museum, you can come here first. With the ticket to this museum, you can go to the Luoyang Museum on the same day.
Part3: Luoyang Niche Museum
The last 2 recommended museums are more suitable for N brush Luoyang or friends with plenty of time, focusing on a person less leisurely. It was very comfortable to bask in the sun and walk slowly.
6. [Luoyang Folk Museum]
⏰ : Weekdays 9:00-17:00, weekends 9:00-18:00 (Last admission half an hour before closing, except Mondays and holidays)
Next to the Luoyang Folk Museum, there is also a plaque museum and a contract document museum
What impressed me the most was the Museum of Deeds and Documents, which was very interesting to look at.
Contract documents are a special kind of documentary material, which is highly credible, comes from first-hand, and records a vivid history.
The museum has selected thousands of contract documents, the content from the early Ming Dynasty to the early liberation period, such as the ancient Jinlan spectrum, divorce certificate, deed of sale, and the entrainment of the imperial examination...... You can see it all here
It is very touching to see the "human deed", and the transaction objects are wives and concubines, children, and prostitutes. Under the patriarchal system of the old society, women were bought and sold as property at will, and they could not control their own destiny at all.
During the Republic of China, "Song Chengyao recruited documents for his daughter-in-law", which made me feel the human touch. The document roughly says that Mr. Song Chengyao's son sacrificed his life for the country in the war, and he and his wife are also old, considering that the daughter-in-law has no support in the future, so the next document is to recruit for the daughter-in-law, and then the children born to the two belong to the Song family, both male and female, and inherit the Song family's property
Behind the contract documents, there are ordinary people who have been submerged in the torrent of the times. History is a macro narrative composed of tiny individuals.
The plaque museum exhibits more than 300 fine plaques, the time period is also from the Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China, the content is mainly about family style and family training, shop signs, and imperial examinations.
Luoyang Folk Museum is the original Luze Hall, built by Jin merchants during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and is the largest ancient building group in Luoyang City.
The biggest attraction of this museum is the ancient building, the exhibition content is more down-to-earth, from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, there are embroidery, living utensils, agricultural tools, wedding customs, beds and other exhibition halls
7. [Luoyang Wanli Tea Ceremony Museum]
⏰ :9:00-17:00 (Last admission at 16:30, closed on Mondays and holidays)
The "Wanli Tea Road" stretches for more than 14,000 kilometers, starting from Wuyi Mountain in Fujian Province in the south, extending north through Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Shanxi, Hebei and Inner Mongolia, passing through Mongolia and arriving in Russia
The Tea Ceremony Museum is the original Shanxi Guild Hall (Navigation Search Shanxi Guild Hall), an ancient Qing Dynasty building with a very good taste. The exhibition inside is not as attractive as the carved railings and painted columns, and it is more important to see the architecture + drink tea here.
There is a tea room in the museum that is very recommended, 38 yuan you can drink the tea made by the national tea master himself, there are many options, green tea, black tea, oolong tea, white tea, yellow tea, and black tea
The point is that there are few people here, and drinking tea in the spacious courtyard is a rare museum experience.
In fact, the first and second floors of Yingtianmen are also museums, with the display of the ruins of the original city tower and the graphic exhibition of other city towers in the mainland.
I was in a hurry to go to the "Tang Palace Night Banquet", so I didn't visit the museum in detail, and my experience was relatively limited, so I didn't introduce it much. When you go to Yingtianmen to shoot the night scene, you can set aside an extra hour for the museum
The Luoyang Sancai Art Museum on the other side of Lijingmen, the exhibits are mainly imitations and modern creative works, which give me the feeling that it is more like a Sancai Art Museum, which is a pure visual enjoyment.
Summary of conventions:
/ Luoyang must go to the museum /
Luoyang Museum
Luoyang Ancient Tomb Museum
/ Museums, choose by interest /
Erlitou Summer Capital Museum
Sui and Tang Grand Canal Cultural Museum
Zhou Wangcheng Heavenly Son Driving Six Museum
/ Luoyang Niche Museum /
Luoyang Folk Museum
Luoyang Wanli Tea Ceremony Museum
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