Chen Barga Banner Ethnic Museum

Chen Barga Banner Ethnic Museum

The Chen Barga Banner Ethnic Museum is a national AA-level tourist attraction.

The Chen Banner Ethnic Museum was established in June 2007, with a construction area of 10,000 square meters and a total investment of 41 million yuan, making it the largest ethnic museum among banners and counties in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

The museum has an exhibition area of 4,500 square meters, featuring more than 1,100 types and 2,729 items, including 56 second-grade cultural relics and 54 third-grade cultural relics. The exhibits are divided among four exhibition halls: Folklore, History, Nature, and Modern Achievements. The exhibition space spans two floors—the first floor is the Nature Hall, showcasing local wildlife, fish, insects, minerals, and other specimens. The second floor houses the History, Folklore, and Modern Achievements Halls. The History Hall is divided into several sections, including Prehistoric Civilization, Early Ethnic Groups, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Liao and Jin Periods, Mongol-Yuan Culture, the Establishment of Chen Barga Banner, the Japanese Puppet Regime Period, and the Liberation of Chen Barga Banner by the Soviet Red Army. It also displays the best-preserved Shiwu single-log coffin unearthed in the banner. The Folklore Hall presents the traditions of the indigenous Barga Mongols and the Tungusic Ewenki people. The Modern Achievements Hall showcases the development milestones of Chen Barga Banner since its establishment. Since its official opening on September 22, 2007, up to the end of 2009, the museum received 40,002 visitors, including 811 international tourists, 17,458 herder visitors, and 10,850 young visitors. Since its founding, the museum has continuously collected new exhibits to enrich its collection. In 2009, the Barga Exhibition Section was expanded into a trilateral Barga Exhibition Section representing China, Russia, and Mongolia, further enriching the cultural content of Barga nomadic heritage.

Source: Hulunbuir Tourism Bureau