Changsha Bamboo Slips Museum
The Changsha Bamboo Slips Museum is a history museum located at No. 92 of Baisha Road in Tianxin District, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is adjacent to Baisha Well in the south and Tianxin Pavilion in the west. Changsha Jiandu Museum is currently a large-scale modern themed museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, arrangement, study and exhibition of bamboo script. It is also an important spot of cultural and scenic interest and a window to showcase Changsha to the world. It covers an area of.History
The Changsha Bamboo Slips Museum was founded on 16 November 2002. Construction started in 2000 and completed in late 2003. November 8, 2007, it was officially opened to the public. In May 2009, it was authorized as a "Second Grade National Museum" by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. In January 2017, it was designated as a "First Grade National Museum" by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.Collection
The collection of the museum includes bamboo scripts and historical artifacts from the Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms periods: the Kingdom of Wu Annals unearthed in Changsha's Zoumalou in 1996, the bamboo scripts of Western Han unearthed from J8 Well in Zoumalou in 2003, the bamboo scripts and cultural relics unearthed from the Yuyang Tomb for one of the queens of Changsha Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty in 1993, and a small number of exquisite cultural relics of later periods excavated from Changsha in the 21st century.Access
The museum does not charge an admission fee. It is closed on Tuesdays, and is open from 9:00 am to 17:00 pm daily.Transportation
- Take bus No., 122, 202, 314, 406 or 803 to Chengnan Intersection Bus Stop
- Take bus No. 124 or 901 to the West Door of Tianxin Pavilion Bus Stop
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