China National Museum

Posted under Tiananmen Square on Tuesday, 2 February 2010 by Travel Beijing

Another important place for tourists to visit in Tiananmen is the National Museum of China on the east side of Tiananmen Square. It just was born in 2003 and is a combination of Chinese History and the Museum of Chinese Revolution. The National Museum faces the Great Hall of the People. The interior of the Museum of Chinese Revolution, most physical objects, paintings, books and models for the development of modern China so far. The History Museum of China, a large number of cultural relics illustrating the long history and glorious culture of China is 1700000 years prior to 1921, when the last emperor left the throne.

National Museum of China lies in the east of Tiananmen Square and South-East Chang’an Street, opposite the Great Hall of the People. Was made at the same time, were the National Museum of China and the Great Hall of the People, which was covered by the ten major buildings “for the 10th Anniversary of the Republic in the People’s Republic of China ended. With an area of 69,000 square meters structure is 313m long from south to north and 149m from east to west. The central core and two wings on 4 floors, while the rest has 3 floors. At the main entrance, contributions from the 24 square porch with Chinese characteristics. The decrease of the portal is decorated with the national emblem of the People’s Republic of China flags with red stone, yellow and red clusters. On the basis of the former museum of the history of China and the former Museum of Chinese Revolution, the China National Museum is a museum of ancient Chinese culture and history.

China National Museum History

China National Museum developed from National History Museum which was constructed from 1912 at the site of Beijing Guozijian originally. Later he moved to the Meridian Gate (Wumen) and the Upright Gate (Duanmen) of the Forbidden City. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese government has a new museum in the east of Tiananmen Square building in August 1958. This creates a new structure as the museum of Chinese history, was born in September of next year.

Museum of Chinese Revolution was born of the Preparatory Office of the Central Museum of the Revolution, was published in March 1950. The preparatory office was established in the circular city (Tuancheng), Beihai Park at the beginning and briefly in the Hall of Martial Valor of the Forbidden City or long term. In October 1958 a new building was built in the east of Tiananmen Square. August 1959 saw the completion of the building. August next year was the time the museum has given the Chinese revolution, and the preparatory office has been eliminated. The official opening took place the 1 July 1961.

Were in September 1969 Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of Chinese Revolution and the Revolution and the Museum of China. Later they returned to their own building in spring 1983. On 28 February 2003, officially opened the National Museum of China. It is today an integrated complex of two museums, the Museum of Chinese Revolution, Northern and Southern History Museum of China, with the central hall as a border.

The museum was built in 2003, two museums, which have already occupied the building of the Museum of Chinese Revolution, in the north wing and reorganized the National Museum of Chinese History in the South Wing. The museum opened in the Chinese revolution in 1960 and had its origin in the office of the National Museum of the Revolution, founded in 1950. The National Museum of History of China opened its doors in 1959 and established its roots in the history of the National Museum in Beijing in 1949, and the status of the proposed National Museum of History 1912th

The building was completed in 1959, after the decade of the communist regime. It complements the opponents Great Hall of the People, which was built at the same time. The structure is located at 65,000 ㎡ and has a length of 313 meters and a height of four storeys with a total facade of 40 meters and a width of 149 meters. On the front rank eleven columns in the middle.

The museum is currently closed for renovation until 2010, when, with 28 new rooms and open space than double the previous state of the art exhibition and trade fair centers and storage.

China National Museum Major Exhibitions

The National Museum of China contains more than 620,385 artifacts in the permanent collection and the museum displays many rare and valuable Chinese historical artifacts that are not in many other museums in China and around the world.

Some of the largest collections of National Museum of China are the “thing Simuwu” (a type of vessel) of the Shang Dynasty over 3,000 years and a weight of 832.84 was melted, and is the heaviest bronze pottery in the ancient world, the City of Shang Dynasty Bronze Zun (wine vessel) with four heads of sheep, several large publicly traded Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC – 771 BC), Pan bronze, gold, bronze inlaid shows how a Tiger color decoration of the Qin dynasty, was a Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD), jade burial suit with the Son of gold and an extensive collection of tri – Sancai glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty Song Dynasty.

The Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution

There are 2 museums in the China National Museum.
They are the Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution.

The museum of Chinese History

The museum of Chinese History houses a permanent exhibition in four parts, covering the entire process of Chinese history spanning from 1.7 million years ago to 1919:

1) The Primitive Society (1.7 million years ago to the 21st century BC);

2) The Slave Society (21st century BC to 476 BC.);

3) The Feudal Society (475 BC. To 1840 AD.);

4) The Semi-Colonial and Semi- feudal Society (1840 to 1919.)

The China History Museum covers Chinese history from Male Yuanmou 1.7 million years) until the end of the Qing Dynasty (the last imperial dynasty. It is divided into three periods: the primitive society divided (4000 BC), the Society of slavery (2,100-475 BC) and the feudal society divided (475 BCE-1911 CE).

History Museum of China is a facility for the accommodation of old materials and modern culture and the study of history and scientific problems. The main exhibition of the Museum’s exhibition of Chinese history in Chinese history, including more than 9,000 historical documents human Yuanmou about 1,700,000 years before the abdication of the Qing emperor in 1912. The museum has received hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world. In addition, the Museum of China, all kinds of short-term exhibitions on the history, culture and art. Japan, Italy, Greece and Egypt, showed their national treasures in this museum.

The Museum of the Chinese Revolution

The Museum of the Chinese Revolution covers the period from 1919 to 1949.

The Museum of Chinese Revolution covers the period of the history of the Republic of China, the founding of the People’s Republic of China.Museum of Chinese Revolution houses modern and contemporary revolutionary relics since the first Opium War (or the first Anglo-Chinese) in 1840, more than 100 years of development in China from 1840 to the founding of the People’s Republic of China 1949th It is the museum’s collection of today’s most powerful relics for modern and contemporary history of China. The most important exhibitions of the Museum of the Chinese revolution are modern and contemporary China. Moreover, he presents thematic exhibitions together with memorial services and the need of society.

National Museum Billboard Countdown

Since 1990, the Chinese government has a countdown display opposite the National Museum of China Town remind you of important events to be welcomed and the public opinion created. On 19 December 1994, was the tenth year after the signing of the Joint Sino-British countdown for the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in Hong Kong and the zero hour of the 1st Founded in July 1997. Later, the 5th was May 1998 was the display of the countdown for the resumption of Chinese sovereignty of Macau is set to zero and the time of the 20th was arrested in December 1999. 6 Clock 21st September 2004, Beijing Olympic Committee has begun the countdown display will be left for Beijing Olympic Games 2008 8 August 2008. The last poster is a countdown to the 2010 Expo in Shanghai.

The Reopen of China National Museum

National Museum of China is now closed for reconstruction. The reopen time is estimated in the second half of 2010, for the 60th Anniversary of the PRC, in the early morning hours of 25 September After12 Clock. Visit National Museum of China, tourists must obtain free tickets at the box office on the east side of the northern gate.In addition, the National Museum of China will hold exhibitions on the German culture from three major museums in Germany in 2010.

National Museum Admission:

Free

National Museum Open House:

Sep.25, 2009 to 29 November 2009 (as of September 28 closed until Oct.2)

National Museum opening times:

Day from 09:00 until 17:00
(Tickets issued at 16:00 Clock, Clock last admission at 16:15)
National Museum Service Call: 010-65116188
National Museum of complaints from the call: 010-65116400

By Subway:

Metro Line 1 to Tiananmen East;
Metro Line 2 to Qianmen
By Bus:

Bus line: 1, 2, 4, 10, 20, 37, 52, 120, 728, 802 Special Line 1 to Tiananmen Square;
2, 5, 7, 9, 17, 20, 22, 44, 48, 53, 54, 59, 66, 110, 120, 337 … in Qianmen