Hepu County Museum

Hepu County Museum

The Hepu County Museum was established on September 20, 1978. The museum complex covers an area of 2,344 square meters, with the comprehensive building spanning 1,800 square meters in floor space. It houses a collection of over 5,000 unearthed and handed-down cultural relics, among which five items — including a bronze phoenix lamp, bronze granary, bronze square plaque, and a three-legged plate — were displayed in countries such as Japan and Canada as part of the “National Exhibition of Unearthed Cultural Relics.”

The museum’s collection includes 3,150 cultural relics, primarily consisting of artifacts unearthed from Han Dynasty tombs, as well as paintings and fan paintings from the Qing Dynasty. Among these, intact glass cups, glass plates, bronze houses, bronze wells, bronze stoves, gold belt hooks, jade bi discs from Han tombs, as well as handed-down items like iron dous and bronze bells, are particularly precious.

The museum has published works such as Introduction to Hepu Cultural Relics, Historical Sites of Hepu, and Commentary on Cultural Relics Unearthed from Han Tombs in Hepu.

The exhibitions at the Hepu County Museum mainly feature the Exhibition of Cultural Relics Unearthed from Han Dynasty Tombs in Hepu. The display hall is divided into four exhibition rooms by wooden panels, covering an exhibition area of 238 square meters with 250 exhibits. The displays mainly include bronze ware, pottery, as well as items made of glass, amber, agate, crystal, gold, silver, jade, and other materials. Among them, the bronze phoenix lamp, bronze house, bronze handled pot, three-legged bronze plate, and bronze kettle exemplify the exquisite and delicate craftsmanship characteristic of southern bronze ware. Pottery buildings featuring stilt-style structures reflect the local climate and daily living conditions. One notable exhibit is an early Eastern Han Dynasty bronze handled pot that still contains preserved liquid inside.

Visiting Information

Open from Tuesday to Sunday.

Opening hours: 8:00–11:00 AM and 2:30–5:00 PM daily (from June to September, the afternoon hours are 3:00–5:30 PM).

Further Reading:

· National Third-Class Museum of China