Gansu Provincial Museum

Gansu Provincial Museum is located in Qilihe District, Lanzhou City. It was built in 1956, with a construction area of more than 21,000 square meters and an exhibition area of more than 13,000 square meters. The museum houses various Neolithic painted pottery and cave art treasures, showing the development system of Gansu's painted pottery that lasted for more than 7,000 to 3,000 years. Precious silk and linen fabrics, scriptures and documents, wood, lacquer, and bronze wares, a large number of Han bamboo slips and Great Wall cultural relics, as well as bronze chariots and horses including the world-famous bronze galloping horses and wooden chariots and horses, gold and silver relic coffins, Xixia texts and cultural relics, Tianti Mountain Grotto statues and murals, etc. The museum also preserves a replica of the complete fossil of the Yellow River ancient elephant, which is 8 meters long and 4 meters high.

Gansu is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The earliest cultural site, the Dadiwan site in Qin'an County, is 8,000 years old and belongs to the early period of Yangshao culture (represented by Banpo in Xi'an, 6,000-7,000 years ago). In the Majiayao culture period 5,000 years ago and the Banshan period more than 4,000 years ago, the development of painted pottery almost reached its peak. Not only are the shapes perfect and diverse, but the exquisite patterns are simply dazzling.

The painted pottery exhibits in the Gansu Museum are very rich, and the extent is amazing. Facing those perfect painted pottery, I couldn't believe they were all real, and thought they were replicas... Don't ignore them because they are really mud. In fact, the mud has been injected with soul, which makes you look left and right, up and down, and you can't see enough.

4,000 years ago, bronze ware appeared, and Gansu's painted pottery gradually declined with the development of bronze ware. The pace of history has never stopped. The history of Gansu's painted pottery has continued for more than 5,000 years. It is not only the history of human survival and development, but also the history of human culture and aesthetics. With the emergence of bronze ware, Gansu, as an important stop on the Silk Road, has also become a node for the integration of Chinese and Western cultures.

Located at No. 3, Xijin West Road, Qilihe District, Lanzhou City, it was built in 1956, with a construction area of 21,000 square meters and an exhibition area of 13,000 square meters. The museum has a collection of more than 350,000 items, including 16 national treasures, 721 first-class national cultural relics, 2,637 second-class cultural relics, and 48,241 third-class cultural relics. The Neolithic Gansu painted pottery, Han Dynasty bamboo slips, Han and Tang Silk Road treasures, Buddhist art treasures, and paleontological fossils are particularly unique.

I recommend Gansu Provincial Museum to everyone because it is free! Actually, it is not, because the museum is really good. I strongly recommend the Silk Road Exhibition Hall, which displays a series of exhibits from the Western Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period, Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, to Yuan Dynasty, including bronze, silk, bronze galloping horses (the treasure of the town hall), Buddha statues, scriptures and other ancient cultural relics. The theme is based on the origin, development and prosperity of the Silk Road. Another very interesting exhibition hall is about ceramics, and it displays pots and jars from more than 7,000 years ago to more than 4,000 years ago. You can see that the clay pots that were not decorated at the beginning were later painted and colored. It shows the improvement of people's aesthetic taste. And let me know that more than 4,000 years ago, people buried people by digging a pit, putting people in it, and then putting some pots, bowls and other things in it. If you read it patiently, you will learn a lot of historical things, which is quite interesting.

I have always been looking forward to seeing the real Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow. It is amazing that there was such a high level of artistic attainment in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Gansu Museum also has a famous collection - Postman Picture. China Post chose the Postman Picture with profound cultural heritage as its image ambassador, which is a great choice. Another treasure of the museum - the human head-shaped painted pottery bottle cleverly combines the human head with the gourd bottle, which is interesting and vivid.

The most recommended place to visit is Gansu Provincial Museum. Many people go there for the treasure of the museum, "Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow", but it also perfectly reflects the Yellow River civilization and Silk Road culture. There is a QR code on the glass cabinet outside each exhibit, which can be scanned with a mobile phone to view the background information of the collection, which is quite user-friendly.

Gansu Provincial Museum has three floors in total, and the first floor is the lobby.

On the second floor there is the Silk Road Civilization Exhibition (five-star recommendation), Red Gansu, and Paleontological Fossil Exhibition.

The third floor has the Yellow River Ancient Elephant Hall, the Dinosaur Exhibition Hall, the Gansu Painted Pottery Exhibition and the Gansu Buddhist Art Exhibition (five-star recommendation).

If you want to fully visit all the exhibition halls, it is best to leave more than 3 hours.

Tickets: Free tickets available with ID card (limited to 2,000 tickets per day).

Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00 (last admission at 16:00); closed on Mondays (except national holidays).

Transportation: Gansu Provincial Museum is located in the city. You can take the bus to Qilihe Bridge Station and get off there. Taxi is not expensive.

Wandering among the hundreds of thousands of cultural relics in the Gansu Provincial Museum and immersing yourself in the Yellow River civilization, you will gradually understand the true meaning of "Three thousand miles of ancient Silk Road, eight thousand years of Yellow River civilization."

Looking closely, its expression is a bit contrasting. It's not like it's stepping on a flying swallow at all. It's clearly an expression of oh my god, I stepped on it.

I strolled around slowly until closing time, and it felt like time had passed in a flash. If possible, I would spend a little more time next time. Many things are suitable for slow viewing, and the heavy sense of history is overwhelming.

Gansu Provincial Museum is located at No. 3 Xijin West Road, Qilihe District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. It is a large comprehensive museum in Gansu Province. It was built in 1956 with a construction area of more than 21,000 square meters and an exhibition area of more than 13,000 square meters.

Gansu Provincial Museum has a collection of more than 350,000 historical relics, modern and contemporary relics, ethnic relics, and paleontological fossils and specimens.

I wanted to rent a tour guide, but he wouldn't come out. He just told me to scan the QR code on my phone and listen. I fiddled with it for a long time but couldn't understand what he said, and he didn't explain it completely. Finally, I met a large group with a tour guide, so I listened to some of it from the back.

I am not good at history, so I can only see the ugly and the beautiful. Let me edify my eyes. It is so interesting to be an archaeologist.

The Provincial Museum is quite good. It is divided into three floors, and each floor is divided into several themes. It is very orderly, and the cultural relics are also very rich and beautiful.

The museum is divided into several parts, including Red Gansu, Silk Road Civilization Exhibition, Paleontology Fossil Exhibition, Yellow River Ancient Elephant Hall, Dinosaur Exhibition Hall, Gansu Painted Pottery Exhibition, Gansu Buddhist Art Exhibition, etc. In addition, there is a mobile exhibition hall on the first floor, which was the exhibition of stationery from the Yantian Wenguang Tianjin Museum. The interior decoration is rich, and although it is over the Golden Week, there is still a lot of traffic.

Recommended places to see: Bronze Galloping Horse (Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow), Painted Pottery Bottle with Niu Fish Pattern, Painted Pottery Bottle with Human Head Mouth, Tang Sancai Phoenix Head Pot (not on display when I went there), Dayun Temple Five-Layered Relic Treasure Box (on display when I went there), Yuan Dynasty Glass Lotus Saucer. When we went there, a 1:1 "Murals of Wei and Jin Tombs in Jiayuguan" was being built on the 3rd floor.

The bronze galloping horse is so small. I watched a movie about it when I was a child and always thought it was a large artifact. But when I saw the real thing, I realized it was a small artifact.

The relic is on display outside, so you can't see the real thing, so you can only look at the digital version for now. The box outside the relic bottle is layered.

A painted pottery vase with a human head-shaped mouth. Unfortunately, it is a damaged piece. Otherwise, it would be a national treasure. One ear is missing and it is broken in two parts.

The main exhibition hall in Gansu Provincial Museum is the Silk Road Civilization Exhibition on the second floor, which displays the development of the Silk Road civilization in the Hexi Corridor for thousands of years through large corridors and cultural relics. Although the museum is old, it still uses a lot of touch screen technology to give the audience an interactive sense of history and culture, which can be said to be more conscientious among the old museums in China.

Gansu Museum has been selected for the second season of "National Treasure", so come here to check in in advance. The highlight of the museum is the Silk Road exhibition area, where all the treasures of the town are gathered. Listen to the wonderful explanations of the reliable guides along the way, and guess which three treasures will become "hot items" in the end.

The bronze galloping horse is of course the first thing that comes to mind. At first, I just thought that its shape was full of strength and beauty. After the explanation, I found that from the perspective of mechanics, it is also a rare treasure.

Then there is the logo of the Postal Savings Bank: a brick painting of a postman. The simple lines not only make the brick painting vivid, but also reflect the vastness of the Han Dynasty’s territory and the perfection of the national postal system from another perspective, which must be a witness of the times.

I am still a bit entangled. I love beauty, so I bet on the glass lotus saucer from the Yuan Dynasty. The pure blue color and elegant shape make me think that it is just an everyday utensil for the ancients. I suddenly feel that we live too rough today. . .

The cultural and creative products of Gansu Museum are also very famous, but the overall price is not cheap. I took a look and got two rolls of tape and returned satisfied. Gansu Museum has a Taobao store and can order online.

When I came, I happened to catch the "Butterfly Dance and Migration·Butterfly Culture Exhibition". There were many specimens from all over the world in the exhibition hall. After coming out of the butterfly exhibition hall, there was a "leaf ammonite" in the paleontology exhibition hall that was presented by the Prime Minister of Madagascar to the Chinese medical aid team in Africa. It looked like jade. After coming out of the paleontology exhibition hall, I went to the Silk Road exhibition hall. My three favorite collections were all in this exhibition hall. The first one was the "pig face pattern thin neck painted pottery pot" of the Yangshao culture. In addition to the cute pattern, it should also show that humans at that time had the ability to raise pigs. The second one was the "bronze galloping horse" from the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is the legendary national treasure "Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow". As a symbol of the country's excellent tourist city, every excellent tourist city will have a sculpture with this pattern. Today I finally saw the original. The third one is a glass lotus tray from the Yuan Dynasty. The Chinese had the technology to make glass very early, but because of their love for ceramics, the Chinese ignored the manufacture of glass. This color of ancient Chinese glassware is currently the only one in the country. The color is particularly beautiful. Unfortunately, the effect of my mobile phone photo is not very good, and it is not as beautiful as what I saw in the museum.

The museum is located in Lanzhou City, only about 2 kilometers away from Lanzhou West Railway Station, with convenient transportation. No need to buy tickets, free tickets with ID card.

The most worth seeing in the museum is the Silk Road Exhibition Hall, where several treasures of the town are exhibited: bronze galloping horse (also known as horse stepping on flying swallow), hanging spring with wooden slips, brick postman's service picture of Wei and Jin Dynasty murals (replica), Tang Sancai Hu people figurines, "one Buddha and two Bodhisattvas" statues, etc. The bronze galloping horse is the symbol of Chinese tourism, the postman's service picture is the image of Chinese post, and the others are either in history books or in historical documentaries. Don't you think they are amazing! They are definitely worth seeing.

The other exhibition halls include those on painted pottery culture, Buddhist culture, prehistoric relics, etc. Some of the cultural relics are also quite exquisite and interesting. You can take your time to look at them if you have time.

There is a question that runs through the entire trip. Whether before departure or after returning, many relatives and colleagues have been asking, what is fun in Lanzhou? Even the taxi driver who just left the train station said, "Gansu is a major tourist province, but there is nothing fun in Lanzhou." This is in line with the old saying, isn't tourism all about going to places that others are already bored with? Chinese tourist cities all have a "Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow" logo, but few people know that the real body of this common logo is in the Gansu Provincial Museum in Lanzhou.



Unlike the self-service black and white machine-printed tickets of the Inner Mongolia Museum, the tickets of the Gansu Provincial Museum are worth collecting. However, as a foreign tourist, I was surprised that there was a "Genius Rhapsody" in the temporary exhibition area, which exhibited the works of Picasso and Dali. These works, which are like bird calls, are incomprehensible, but give people a unique artistic experience. It is amazing that they can meet the author in Gansu. It seems that the Gansu Provincial Museum pays attention to exchanges with other museums. There is also an exhibition of stationery "Wenguang Yantian" collected by the Tianjin Museum, which is also eye-opening.



In addition to temporary exhibitions, Gansu Provincial Museum also has its own dry goods. For example, the paleontology exhibition displays fossils of dinosaurs, Tertiary mammals, and Quaternary paleontology. Of course, there is also the unique "Gansu Silk Road Civilization", where the original "Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow" is displayed. The bronze galloping horse was originally "same hand and same foot" and was also called "Yishunbian". When I arrived at the Gansu Provincial Museum, I learned that the name of Gansu originated from Ganzhou and Suzhou. This is a place where horseback culture and Buddhist beliefs are intertwined, so the "solemn and wonderful" Gansu Buddhist Art Exhibition is naturally indispensable.

The museum has many famous collections, such as the Horse Stepping on a Flying Swallow, the Glass Cup, the Bottle with a Salamander Pattern, and the Bottle with a Human Head. What I want to complain about is that the route to the paleontology exhibition hall is a bit confusing; after visiting, I took out my bag and the instructions on the audio guide were unclear. I went out directly after visiting the surrounding shops and had to queue up again to enter the main gate...

There are too many people in the summer vacation, which leads to a decline in the experience, but it is still a treasure museum. If time is tight, the Silk Road Exhibition Hall is highly recommended.

The exhibits inside are good and can be visited in about 2 hours. Pay attention to the commemorative coin purchase machine. You must exit to the home page interface and click to purchase again. I just saw the QR code and scanned it directly, but I spent 20 yuan but didn't get the item.

I went there just for the Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow. The museum is very large and worth a slow tour.

When we went there, it was raining heavily and we couldn't play outside, so it was a good time to wander around the museum.

We wandered around here for so long that we called China Auto Rental and were told we had to pick up the car later.



What interests me most in the Gansu Provincial Museum is the Dunhuang section. I think I will go there one day.



I didn't take any photos during the whole process. I was completely immersed in the ocean of knowledge. It felt great.

But I still have to take a picture of the legendary Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow, hahahahahahaha

It looks super classic from the side, but why is it so silly from the front?

It can be regarded as the most valuable tourist destination in Lanzhou. The Silk Road exhibition hall is good, but the order of other exhibition halls is a bit confusing. There are many cultural relics, but the exhibition method is not very good. I don't know where the explanation of the rented interpreter ends. It is recommended to add a serial number to the explanation points to facilitate tourists to visit in order. There are also important parts of Gansu, such as Xixia and Liang, which seem to be not introduced much. It is recommended to introduce them in timeline, and some of them can be introduced in detail.

I went to the museum mainly for the "Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow" (bronze galloping horse) from the Han Dynasty, which was also smaller and taller than I had imagined (34.5 cm high, 45 cm long, 13 cm wide), but exquisite and unique, and looked very lively.

It is definitely worth a visit. I think there are several features here. One is that the pottery exhibition is very rich, and the other is that there are many kinds of paleontological fossils. It is a pity that the original bronze galloping horse is not on display.

Gansu Provincial Museum, which houses national treasures such as the "Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow", is a place you cannot miss when you come to Lanzhou. You can take Metro Line 1 to Qilihe Station and then walk a short distance to reach the destination.

Gansu Provincial Museum



【Location】No. 3 Xijin West Road, Qilihe District

【Time】9:00-17:00 (last admission at 16:00) Closed on Mondays

[Tickets] Free but not free, you can get your ticket with your ID card on your left hand



I went straight to the "Gansu Silk Road Civilization" exhibition hall as soon as I entered the door. I couldn't find the time information for the volunteers on the Internet, but when I went there at around 2:30 in the afternoon, I happened to catch the tour not long after it started. I was so happy! If you go early, you can first inquire about the tour time of each museum. If you can't catch it, you can also rent a voice guide for 20 yuan.



The explanation of the young lady is still very professional, and the setting of the exhibition hall is basically based on the timeline. You can look back at the prosperity of the Hexi Corridor, the throat of the ancient Silk Road, with the help of cultural relics.

I saw three treasures of the museum that participated in the "National Treasure" program: the bronze galloping horse, also known as the "Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow", which is really funny when viewed from the front; the brick with the picture of the postman, which is the earliest ancient post image discovered in my country, and the tomb bricks unearthed from the same tomb group vividly recorded the thriving life scene in the Hexi Corridor far away from the war at that time; the human head-shaped painted pottery bottle, Dadiwan red pottery, very cute

There are also amazing silk handicrafts, Han Dynasty bamboo slips with clearly visible handwriting, Buddhist scriptures, protectively relocated Buddha statues, Dadiwan culture, Yangshao culture, Majiayao culture and various wonderful painted pottery from the Bronze Age, etc., for you to enjoy a cultural feast.

The museum is well-arranged and divided into three floors. I focused on the "Ancient Silk Road" and "Red" sections. The text introduction is detailed and the guide service is good. The museum also holds some art exhibitions from time to time.

The basic exhibitions of the museum are free but tickets are not free. Personally, if time is limited, I suggest focusing on the Silk Road Civilization Exhibition, followed by the Buddhist Art Exhibition, Gansu Painted Pottery Exhibition, the Paleontological Fossil Exhibition and Red Gansu. You can visit them according to your interests.

Gansu is an important stop on the Silk Road. It has witnessed the prosperity of the ancient Silk Road and has a large number of historical relics.



The Gansu Provincial Museum contains almost half of the best exhibits in Gansu Province. It is definitely a good place to experience Han culture and Silk Road culture.

 



📌Recommended exhibition hall——Silk Road Civilization Exhibition



It displays the development process of the Silk Road civilization in the Hexi Corridor over thousands of years through large corridors and cultural relics.



In addition to the Flying Swallow, there are also famous exhibits such as the bronze gilt tiger devouring a sheep-shaped base and the bronze chariot guard of honor. I can’t share them one by one. I hope everyone has the opportunity to experience them in person😝



🔖Tips:



1. Opening hours: 9:00-17:00, Tuesday to Sunday



2. Free of charge, register and receive your ticket with your valid ID card



3. It is recommended to spend three hours on the tour and rent an interpreter for a better experience



4. Remember to turn off the flash of your camera, as it can damage many historical relics.

The last stop of this trip was returning to Lanzhou from Qinghai. There was still half a day before the plane took off, so we arrived at the Gansu Provincial Museum. The Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow is the treasure of the museum.

After a nap that didn't quite let me sleep, I was urged by my classmate Maruko to go to Gansu Provincial Museum, a place that is known as one of the eight major museums in China. To see its treasure, Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow. This bronze galloping horse unearthed from the Han Tomb of Leitai in Wuwei later became a famous symbol of Chinese tourism. It is really amazing that the bronze forging technology at that time had reached such a perfect level, but a piece of bronze can maintain such a lifelike posture and amazing balance. It is really amazing to see it up close.

Gansu Provincial Museum is a must-visit place when you come to Lanzhou. As a major province along the Silk Road, Gansu Province is really rich in the culture of the Silk Road. The treasure of the museum is the well-known bronze galloping horse. In addition, there are important cultural relics such as the bricks with pictures of postmen unearthed from the murals of the Wei and Jin tombs. In addition, the Buddhist art exhibition hall is also very rich in content. You can spend an afternoon to visit the museum.

The person next to me said, how can such a horse become a treasure of mankind [Erha] However, all the great items in the Provincial Museum were taken to the National Museum for a big exhibition, and there was no notice of the exhibition time. People came all the way here just to see a picture? The National Palace Museum in Taipei did a good job in this regard. In my opinion, the original items should be exhibited where they were unearthed, and the higher-level museums should only display replicas.

Thanks to Gansu's dry climate and its distance from the political center, Gansu has preserved the Han Dynasty cultural relics relatively intact. The bamboo slips in the museum are clearly visible, and the silk patterns are magnificent, which is rarely seen in other museums.

The museum is very interactive and has a strong sense of technology. The 3D images make the entire museum more dynamic.

The Painted Pottery Museum, Paleontology Museum, and Buddhist Culture Museum also have their own merits.

It's just average, no wonder it's called a museum instead of an academy. It's far worse than Hubei Museum and Hebei Museum. The only highlight and treasure is the Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow. The postal brick portraits are all replicas. I wonder where the original ones are.

Anyway, when you get there, just go straight to the Silk Road exhibition hall on the second floor. All the important cultural relics are there. The other dinosaurs and the like are the same all over the country, so you can take a quick look. The pottery on the third floor is similar to that of an ancient pottery museum, so I didn't take a close look at it. There is also a hall exhibiting Buddhist art, but I don't think I gained much from it.

It took me an hour to finish the whole tour. After the museum closed at 5 o'clock, I looked around in the souvenir shop. The prices were very expensive, 10 yuan a postcard, so I bought a few small ones.

It is recommended to come early and reserve 1.5 hours, because no tickets will be issued and no one will be allowed to enter after 4:00 pm. At 4:30, each museum will start to urge everyone to hurry up and see the sights. It will be difficult for you to concentrate on the visit at this time, so it is better not to rush to visit when it closes.

Gansu Provincial Museum is located at No. 3, Xijin West Road, Qilihe District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. It is a large comprehensive museum in Gansu Province. The museum was built in 1956, with a construction area of more than 21,000 square meters and an exhibition area of more than 13,000 square meters. To be honest, Gansu Provincial Museum is relatively small in size among the many museums I have visited, and the types of exhibits are still a little different from other museums. To put it bluntly, most people who come to Gansu Provincial Museum come for the bronze galloping horse, because it is a symbol of Chinese tourism after all.

The place is small and crowded, there is no air conditioning, it is extremely hot, the exhibits are arranged randomly, and five of the 10 cultural relics are on display. The museum I was looking forward to was not as good as a temporary exhibition in other provincial museums.

For example, in this picture, the introduction is 06, but the cultural relics are 4 and 8

I took the bus, which cost about one yuan, from the train station, and the ticket was free. I stayed in there for most of the day, but I got hungry. After breakfast, I stayed in there for four or five hours. I finally saw the famous article in the elementary school textbook, "Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow". It was worth it just to see it. But there is an audio guide, which requires scanning the QR code, downloading the software, and paying 20 yuan to listen to it. Don't buy it. The things that are read in it are the preface at the scene. The explanatory text in the guide was read once, but there were not many good developments or explanations. I secretly regretted it and wasted 20 yuan.

The Provincial Museum is quite good. You can enter for free with your ID card before 4:30 pm. Children and students are free of charge. The whole museum is not big, but it is very suitable for parents and children. There are historical materials and unearthed cultural relics of the Silk Road, so that children can receive historical education. There are also dinosaur and paleontological fossil exhibitions, which also attract children's interest. The whole atmosphere is very suitable for parent-child travel!

The collection is rich, the famous Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow is here, and there is also a special dinosaur fossil exhibition area

It is one of the must-see attractions in Lanzhou. The exhibits are quite rich, but there are a lot of people.

A must-see for traveling with kids, especially to learn about the Silk Road

The symbol of Chinese tourism - Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow - is hidden in this museum.

The museum's treasure, "Horse Galloping over Flying Swallow", should be properly called "Eastern Han Dynasty Bronze Galloping Horse", and is now listed as a symbol of Chinese tourism.

I went there for the Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow. There are many cultural relics and not many people during the National Day.

It's worth going just for the Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow and the human-shaped painted pottery vases.

It's not as good as I thought, just average. The Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow is a replica.

The museum is free and can be visited in about 2 hours. It is an educational base. People who like history or bring children should go there to learn.

Not bad, the provincial museum has a lot of collections and many good souvenirs

The legendary Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow is here. This is why I went to Gansu Provincial Museum.

I checked in at the Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow (bronze galloping horse), checked in at the Anboer beef noodles, the lotus cup was pretty good, 65% of the dinosaur fossils were real fossils, and the most common thing I saw was "this exhibit is on display outside". On the way from the airport, I passed by Zhongshan Bridge, the Yellow River, and it is said that there are sheepskin rafts. It is still worth a visit.

Beautiful Gansu, massive collections, three national treasures, worth the trip

Few people go there. The bronze galloping horse is majestic and the painted pottery bottle with human head shape is vivid. A conscientious museum.

Maybe I always visit the National Museum, and I think that although the local museums are good, they are not as amazing as the National Museum. Overall, the local museums are great. But the explanation lady here is great~

There are many 3D dynamic displays that are very good. You can learn about the Silk Road and related cultural relics. Of course, their treasure of the town - the bronze galloping horse is indispensable.

My purpose of coming to the museum was not to "understand the local museum first to understand a place". I came here just to see the national treasure "Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow". My liking for these things is directly related to my love of history, just like I like geography and traveling.

The brick painting of the messenger in the second season of National Treasure was not on display. Only two other pieces, the bronze galloping horse and the population bottle, were on display. As a provincial museum, the Silk Road exhibition and the Buddha statue exhibition hall were very well done, but the others were inferior. It was not very thirst-quenching and it took about two hours to complete the tour.

The Gansu Provincial Museum is really worth a visit. In addition to cultural relics from the Paleolithic Age, Neolithic Age and the Silk Road, there are also many paleontological fossils and many treasures of the museum. The famous Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow is here.

Before we knew it, the museum was closing time and we were unable to complete the tour so we had to leave.

After coming out, I visited the shops surrounding the museum. Although I liked most of the things there, the quality was really average.

This is a must-visit place in Lanzhou. The ticket is free and there is a direct bus, which is very convenient. The website has detailed information on the details.

The treasures in the museum are not as numerous as those in Xi'an, but the exhibits are based on age, including dinosaur fossils from more than 100 million years ago, elephant fossils, pottery from 7,000 to 8,000 years ago, and artifacts from the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. The most famous treasure in the museum is the "Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow" unearthed from the Leitai Han Tomb.

I came here for the famous Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow, but the real one is actually very small. The interior of the museum is great, clean and tidy, and the visit is orderly. It even replicates part of the grottoes inside, and the exhibits are also rich. It is worth a visit

I always feel that the Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow must be placed in a large glass display case at a prominent position at the entrance of the museum's exhibition hall, with a tall horse placed inside, with its head held high, neighing, and flying into the air. After seeing the real thing, I felt ashamed and embarrassed.

I hired a human guide at the service desk for 100 RMB. I guess this is one of the few provincial museums in the country that offers paid guides. Of course, this cannot prevent people from listening for free, but what can we do? We can learn together.

The explanation started with the painted pottery of Dadiwan culture, then the bronze ware of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, then the gradual development of the Hexi Corridor in the Han Dynasty and the spread of Buddhism in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and finally the prosperous Silk Road in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. For such a province with a long history and profound cultural heritage, listening to the explanation once is far from enough. You must review the article about Gansu published by a certain research institute.

I went to Gansu Provincial Museum for two consecutive days because I didn’t need a ticket.

Gansu Provincial Museum has been reopened after maintenance on October 30, but some exhibition halls are still being set up.

Go to Gansu Museum to check in, get free tickets with your ID card, and ask for a guide if you need one. Generally speaking, admission stops at 4pm and the museum closes at 5pm. We arrived at 4:10pm, and there was less than an hour before closing. Fortunately, the administrator let us in, so we quickly took a quick look. (If you forget to bring your ID card, you can also get a ticket if you have a photo of your ID card on your phone.)

The collections in Gansu Museum are inexplicably funny, really fun~

The best and fastest way to learn about the history and culture of a place is through museums. This time I came to the Gansu Museum, which was very good. I saw the legendary bronze galloping horse and the brick paintings were also very beautiful.

Gansu Provincial Museum is also free to visit

There is a lot of content inside, it is worth a visit

The famous "Horse Stepping on Flying Swallow", officially known as the "Bronze Galloping Horse", is the treasure of Gansu Provincial Museum and the symbol of Chinese tourism. It is much smaller than expected. It is worth a visit to Gansu Provincial Museum to see such a treasure. The evolution of Majiayao painted pottery patterns is also very beautiful. Children's shoes who learn painting should not miss it.

The museum is closed on Mondays and open at other times. You can enter with your ID card, no tickets are required, and you can get a preliminary understanding of the Silk Road, Buddhist caves, and other knowledge.

Although it was National Day, there were not many people in the museum, and it was quite relaxing to appreciate the exhibits. However, it was difficult to park. The parking lot could not be entered, and you had to go around to the nearby roadside to park.

The museum was closed recently, so I didn’t see the cute horse. Friends who are planning to come, please be careful.