Kazuo Ethnic Folk Museum

Kazuo Ethnic Folk Museum

Established in 1984, the Kazuo Ethnic Folk Museum was designated as a patriotic education base in March 2013, exhibiting nearly 3,000 items in its collection. The museum originated from the Kazuo Mongolian Autonomous County Ethnic Museum, which was founded in June 1979. The exhibitions focus mainly on the folk customs of the Kazuo Mongolians, while also incorporating local history and thematic displays, with an emphasis on ethnic characteristics. The exhibition space consists of seven galleries divided into three major series. The museum houses over 2,000 cultural relics (sets), all unearthed or collected locally. These are mainly categorized into pottery, bronze ware, porcelain, ironware, stoneware, fossils, and more, including over ten subcategories. Representative unearthed artifacts include: 100,000-year-old ancient human and animal fossils from the Shuiquan Pigeon Cave; a pottery figurine of a goddess from the Hongshan Culture site at Dongshanzui; a round bronze ding with side handles from the Shang Dynasty unearthed at Xiaobotaigou in Kundeyingzi; and a white-glazed chicken-head pot with green stripes from a Liao Dynasty tomb in Nangongyingzi.

Currently, several galleries are open to the public free of charge, including the Ethnic Folk Exhibition, Historical Comprehensive Exhibition, Folk Fine Arts Exhibition, Buddhist Exhibition, Shang and Zhou Bronze Exhibition, Purple Clay Exhibition, and Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition.

Location: Cultural Building, Kazuo County

Contact number: 0421-4872345