Tianjin Museum – Tianjin in the Past Hundred Years 中华百年看天津
This exhibition covers the history of Tianjin in modern history. The exhibition covers the period from the First Opium WarContinue Reading
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National Museum of China 中国国家博物馆
If you only have time for one museum in Beijing, make it the National Museum of China. Located right on the east side of Tiananmen Square, it’s one of the largest and most comprehensive museums in the world. Walking through its halls feels like traversing 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.
National Treasure – Seal of Dian King (Western Han)
It was the fashion to bury the seal with the dead, and due to this custom that since the Han dynasty thousands of Han seals have been unearthed.
Tianjin Museum – Selected Rare Relics 耀世奇珍
If you have only one hour to spare, do not miss this permanent exhibition in the Tianjin Museum. The itemsContinue Reading
Tianjin Museum – Capital of Porcelain 瓷都芬华
The Tianjin Museum’s collection of porcelain is particularly renowned for its Ming and Qing Dynasty Jingdezhen kiln pieces, boasting aContinue Reading
Taiyuan Museum 太原博物馆
Sharing the same premises as Shanxi Bronze Museum, Taiyuan Museum is the city museum of the capital city of Shanxi.
Shanxi Bronze Museum 山西青铜博物馆
Shanxi has uncovered so many bronze wares that the original Shanxi Museum cannot hold everything. So an annex museum isContinue Reading
Shanxi Museum 山西博物院
The land of Shanxi ignited the flame of civilisation as early as the Stone Age. Emperor Yao established his capitalContinue Reading
Nanjing Presidential Palace 南京总统府
The Presidential Palace in Nanjing housed the Office of the President of the Republic of China from 1927 until theContinue Reading
National Treasure – Ivory Cup inlaid with Turquoise (Shang Dynasty)
She was Wu Ding’s lover, confidante and comrade-in-arms. When she died at just 33 years of age, he was devastated. He had her laid to rest close to his palace.