Hunan Provincial Museum

Hunan Provincial Museum has rich collections, among which Mawangdui Han Tomb, Bronze ware crafts of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the cultural relics of Wu Kingdom are the most special.

The display of Mawangdui Han Tomb is the basic display of the museum. In the exhibition hall, there are coat as thin as cicada, well-kept floral print gown, all sorts of delicate needlework, bright lacquer work with colored drawing, silk painting with colored drawing, silk book with rich content, all sorts of wooden tomb figures, musical instruments and weapons.

The most surprising one is the well-preserved female corpse from Western Han Dynasty which has been buried under earth for more than 2100 years. Although the beautiful feature of the corpse cannot been seen anymore, there are lenitive skin, abundant subcutaneous fat and flexible parenchyma, which are well unusual in archaeology.

It also proves the highly developed technology of ancient China.

There are also celadon porcelains of Xiangyin Xiangyin Kiln and Yuezhou Kiln in Sui and Tang Dynasties, underglaze-printed porcelain of Changsha Kiln in Tang and Five Dynasties, the duplication of Wang Xizhi’s Preface to the Orchid Pavilion by people in Tang Dynasty and the script of famous ideologist in the end of Ming and the beginning of Qing Dynasties. All of these collections are highly valued.

While appreciate the precious collections of the museum, the beautiful environment of the museum can also show the history. Surrounded by trees, the museum is quite and elegant, with a mix of old exhibition building, office building and new exhibition hall, which shows the variance of the times through comparison. The new exhibition was built in the end of the twentieth century. Of primitive simplicity, it is magnificent and shows the rich content of Hunan's culture through its unique style. It has become one of the symbolic architectures of Changsha.

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