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Guangzhou City Tour Packages
Western Han Nanyue King Tomb’s Museum |
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Located on Jiefang Bei Road,
Guangzhou, the Western Han Dynasty
Nanyue King Mausoleum Museum is the oldest and largest Han tomb with
the most funerary objects in Lingnan (South of the Nanling Mountain)
Area. As one of the 80 famous museums in the world, the museum
covers 14,000 square meters (150, 699.6 square feet) with 10
exhibition halls.
The owner of the tomb is the second king, Zhao Mei of
Nanyue State of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-24 A.D.). Hidden
20 meters (65.6 feet) underground, the tomb is made up of 750 huge
stones with colorful murals. The over 1,000 pieces of cultural
relics, bronze ware and terra cotta ware in particular, feature the
Yue Culture of south China(Nanyue Culture). Represented also are
traces of central Chinese culture, the Chu culture of south China,
the Bashu culture of southwest China, the Hun culture from the
northern grassland, and even foreign cultures.
Highlighting the mausoleum is a silk-jade garment made
up of 2,291 pieces of jade. Though jade garments with pieces
connected by gold, silver, or copper are not uncommon, this garment
with jade pieces connected by silk is the only one of its kind in
the world. Nor are historical records available to verify other jade
garments connected by silk thread. In addition, the style of buttons
down the front is unique among unearthed jade garments. This
silk-sewn-jade garment shows the early development of jade garments
as well as development of the Nanyue culture.
In addition, three sets of bronze serial bells,
thirty-six bronze vessels, thirty-six bronze mirrors, and three gold
seals give visitors a glimpse of the ancient Nanyue Culture. The
oldest and largest folding screen used in China is also here, as are
two of the world's oldest bronze patterns for textile stamping.
Foreign articles excavated in the mausoleum indicate
that Guangzhou was an ancient Marine Silk Road starting point. For
example, there are five African elephant trunks, a silver box
featuring Western Asian silver wares, and bronze incense burners and
frankincense from Southeast Asia.
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