Huangyan Museum

Huangyan Museum

The Huangyan City Museum was officially established in April 1984. Previously, cultural relic work in Huangyan County was managed by the county cultural center. During the Cultural Revolution, a large number of artifacts from the "Four Olds"—including pottery, calligraphy and paintings, ancient clothing, and more—were rescued and collected. The collection suddenly increased to over 5,000 items. In 1972, exhibitions of ancient stone tools, coins, calligraphy, and paintings were held. In 1986, a comprehensive survey of cultural relics began. By the end of 1983, the museum had collected over 6,000 various cultural relics. In April 1984, the Huangyan County People's Government decided to establish the Huangyan County Museum, which was under the jurisdiction of the Huangyan County Culture Bureau. In October 1989, when Huangyan County was abolished and the city of Huangyan was established, the museum was renamed the Huangyan City Museum.

In November 1990, the museum held its first exhibition since its establishment, titled "Excavated Cultural Relics of Huangyan," in a temporary exhibition hall within the relics storage area. Over 200 cultural relics were displayed for one month. Subsequently, the museum organized a series of exhibitions including "Reproductions of the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang," "Yesterday’s Humiliation," "Photographic Exhibition on the History of the Communist Party of China in Huangyan," and "Exhibition of Paintings and Calligraphy by Ke Huang."

The museum's research work primarily involved participating in the major renovation project of the Lingshi Temple Pagoda in 1988, during which relics within the pagoda were excavated and cleaned. The findings were documented in the "Report on the Excavation and Cleaning of Relics from the Lingshi Temple Pagoda," published in the fifth issue of Southeast Culture in 1991. Additionally, in May 1990, the museum collaborated with the Provincial Archaeological Research Institute to complete the excavation of the Western Zhou Dynasty site at Xiaorenjian in Luqiao. In 1992, it oversaw the major renovation project of the Rui Long Induction Pagoda, a municipal-level cultural heritage site.

The museum's collection consists of 8,240 cultural relics. Among them, there are 17 national first-grade relics, while second and third-grade relics have yet to be officially appraised. Notable items in the collection include bronze ware from the late Tang and Five Dynasties periods unearthed at the Shabu Celadon Kiln Site, Western Zhou Dynasty late-period bronze ware, primitive celadon ware, and jade artifacts from Xiaorenjian in Luqiao, as well as Northern Song Dynasty Buddhist relics from the Lingshi Temple Pagoda. Among these, painted thousand-Buddha bricks, painted clay and pottery Buddha statues, painted clay Buddha statues, Buddhist scripture scrolls, and brick carvings are particularly distinctive. In 1989 and 1991, the museum's Eastern Han Dynasty celadon five-compartment jar and Northern Song Dynasty celadon incense burner were respectively sent to Beijing to participate in the Chinese Cultural Relics Essence Exhibition.

Open from Tuesday to Sunday, 8:00–11:30 AM and 1:30–4:30 PM daily. (Closed on Mondays)

Further Reading:

· National Second-Class Museum of China