Huaibei Museum

Huaibei Museum

Huaibei Museum serves as a patriotic education base.

Huaibei Museum was established in 1976, with its original nameplate inscribed by the renowned archaeologist, writer, and poet Guo Moruo. The new museum building opened to the public in September 2004. Located in the heart of the scenic new urban district, it covers an area of over 40 acres with a construction area of more than 10,000 square meters. The museum boasts strong regional characteristics and a distinctive architectural design.

Originally a comprehensive local museum, it houses over 100,000 cultural relics and features an exhibition area of more than 5,000 square meters. As early as 6,000 years ago during the Neolithic Age, ancestors thrived on this land, creating the early civilization of the Huaibei region. The capitals of the Spring and Autumn Song State, the Qin Sishui Commandery, the Western Han Pei Commandery, and the Eastern Han Pei Kingdom were all located in Xiangcheng. The museum’s collection includes unearthed relics from the Spring and Autumn, Warring States, Qin, and Han periods, showcasing the splendor of Xiangcheng as a regional political, economic, and cultural hub through various perspectives. Themed exhibitions include: "Ceramics of the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties," "Ceramics of the Song, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties," "Legacies of the Grand Canal," "Teaware Appreciation," "Photography Exhibition of Canal Cities," "Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition of Canal Cities," "Treasures of Ancient Xiang," "Han Dynasty Stone Reliefs of Huaibei," and "Historical Figures of Huaibei," making up nine major exhibition areas. In 1999, the expansion of a highway in Liuzhi Town, Huaibei, led to the discovery of the Sui and Tang Grand Canal ruins. The site yielded a group of Tang Dynasty shipwrecks, a Song Dynasty stone structure, and a large number of ceramics from over 20 kilns across the country dating back to the Tang and Song periods. There were over a thousand intact or restorable pieces and hundreds of thousands of ceramic shards. The Liuzhi Canal Wharf Ruins were approved and announced by the State Council as a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit and were also rated among the Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries of 1999 by the National Cultural Heritage Administration. The archaeological excavation of the Sui and Tang Grand Canal ruins in Liuzhi, Huaibei, has added numerous precious relics to the museum, making relics unearthed from the ancient canal account for over 70% of the total collection. On November 4, 2009, Huaibei Museum officially unveiled its new name and is now also known as the “Sui and Tang Grand Canal Museum.”

Address: No. 1 Museum Road, Huaibei City, Anhui Province

Further Reading:

· National First-Class Museum of China