Jinsha Site Museum - No .1 Greatest Archaeological Discovery of 21st Century

From the East Entrance of Jinsha Site Museum, you can see the Relics Hall shaped in semicircle. Stepping in, you will be amazed by the so large scale hall that is the original excavation place of those unearthed relics. Walking on the roads paved with wood to see the historical sites within 1 meter, you will feel the antique atmosphere of the sacrificial places where tens of thousands of cultural relics were found, the biggest palace of pre-Qin dynasty in southwest China, tomb places of multiple types, over 70 house foundations, etc.

Exhibition Hall

Five halls are reasonably arranged within this tall building, so you can visit along a logical route starting from the Exhibition Hall No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 to the Exhibition Hall No. 4 and No. 5.

1. Exhibition Hall No. 1 - Private Homeland

Enter the second main spot in Jinsha Site Museum and go up to the second floor to the Exhibition Hall No.1 where you can enjoy the lifelike scene of ancient daily life in Shu Kingdom with birds chirping, dogs barking, vigorous animals growing in the forest, two brothers taking the game back home to share with their family, etc. Appreciating such scene, you will feel life of ancient people is really idyllic and harmonious. Apart from that, a rich number of unearthed relics of physical components of animals are displayed.

2. Exhibition Hall No. 2 - King Palace at a Glance

Exiting from the Exhibition Hall No. 1, you can get to the Exhibition No. 2 directly. Various aspects of ancestors about 3000 years ago are showing here in Jinsha Site Museum, such as, residences, tools, potteries, making of jade wares, tombs, all proving the high talent of people in remote time.

3. Exhibition Hall No. 3 - Immortal Heaven and Earth

Go down to the east of the first floor to the Exhibition Hall No. 3. A series of elephant tusks that are the important relics in Jinsha Site Museum are on display here. Besides, quantities of historical relics are exhibiting here according to materials, like jade, bronze, gold, stone, Bu Jia (oracle tortoise sell), etc. You will be attracted by the solemn and mysterious atmosphere here with the dark light and bead curtains dividing the room.

In the west of the first floor is the Exhibition Hall No. 4. In the center, you can appreciate the essence of Jinsha Site Museum, the “Sun and Immortal Bird” gold ornament, which is 0.02 cm thin, 12.5 cm in outer diameter and 5.29 cm in inner diameter. With a sun with 12 dentate rays in the middle and 4 immortal birds flying around the sun, this ornament expresses people’s respect to sun as well as bird and their pursuit to harmonious life and bright future.

Moreover, you can admire more than 30 exquisite unearthed objects, like the bronze human shaped ware, gold mask, ten sectioned jade Cong, stone tiger, etc.

5. Exhibition Hall No. 5 - Seeking Answers to the Mysteries of Jinsha

Walking to the basement first floor, you can see this hall in the west where you can enjoy from Sanxingdui culture, Jinsha-12 bridge culture, to the culture of ancient Shu Kingdom, and have a better knowledge of the historical background of Shu Kingdom.

6. 4D Cinema

At the basement first floor. The specially made movie “Dreaming Back to Jinsha” with 4-dimension skill takes you back to 3000 years ago to experience the abundance and beauty of Jinsha in ancient Shu Kingdom. (RMB 20/person)

The sculpture that is both the logo of Chengdu city and the Symbol of Chinese Cultural Heritage is one of the “must see” spots. It is located on the pass from the Exhibition Hall to the South Entrance of Jinsha Museum.

Ebony Forest

Ebonies are the valuable old trees that were buried under the ancient riverbed and later carbonized after thousands of years. Here in the southeast of Jinsha Site Museum, you can appreciate more than 60 precious ebonies.

Jade Road

Near the South Entrance of Jinsha Site Museum lies the Jade Road that is paved with the unearthed jade and small pebbles. Walking on the road, you can feel the hard process of ancient Shu people carving jade wars.

Apart from the spots above, some other places in Jinsha Site Museum are also worth seeing, like the beautiful natural sightseeing in Waterscape Plaza, high-quality movies in Jinsha Theater, etc.

Jinsha Site Museum is located about 7.5 km (20 minutes by car) northwest of Tianfu Square. You can take a taxi, city bus or Chengdu Metro Line 7 (get off at Jinsha Site Museum Station and walk about 2 minutes) to get to the museum from downtown area. There are no tourists attractions close to Jinsha Site Museum, but you could visit Renmin Park (People's Park), Kuanzhai Alley and Chengdu Culture Park if depart from city center.

If you want to get rid of hustle of public transportation and troublesome navigation, you can book a private tour package which covers sightseeing, dining and transfer from us. Our local tour guide and driver will escort you to Jinsha Site Museum with speed and convenience, and take care of all the details. You just need to focus on sightseeing.

Jinsha Site Museum is one of cultural highlights in a Chengdu trip. You can either go there in the morning or in the afternoon and enrich you trip by seeing some exquisite Buddhist architecture in Wenshu Monastery, having a cup of tea in Renmin Park, and sampling local snacks in Jinli Ancient Street. If you have one more day, you can meet the cute pandas in Chengdu Panda Base or head to Guanghan to find another great archaeological discovery in Sanxingdui Museum.

If you plan to spend more days travelling, there are other attractions such as Kuaizhan Alley, Dufu Thatched Cottage, Wuhou Memorial Temple in Chengdu City, and wonderful UNESCO World Herigates like Jiuzhaigou, Leshan, Emeishan in Sichuan Province, or you can expand your trip to Beijing - capital of China, Shanghai - modern metropolis, and Xian - time-honored ancient capital to have a deeper understanding of China.

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√ 7 Days Sichuan Discovery Tour (Chengdu / Leshan / Emei / Chengdu / Jiuzhaigou)

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