Dabaotai Western Han Tombs

　　Attraction Introduction

       Dabaotai Han Tomb: The tomb of Liu Jian, the King of Guangyang during the Western Han Dynasty. The Beijing Dabaotai Han Tomb is located in Guogongzhuang, Huangtugang, Fengtai District, Beijing. The tomb’s occupant was Liu Jian, the King of Guangyang during the Western Han Dynasty.

　　The Beijing Dabaotai Western Han Tombs Museum is a uniquely distinctive imperial tomb site museum, constructed on the original site of the underground palace of Liu Jian, the King of Guangyang (73 BC – 45 BC) from over 2,000 years ago. The museum is adjacent to Beijing World Park and covers an area of 18,000 square meters. Its main displays include the original underground palace site and unearthed relics, an exhibition on imperial tombs of successive Chinese dynasties, as well as unique participatory activities such as simulated archaeology and Han cultural entertainment events. The underground palace is grand in scale and unique in structure, using the “Son of Heaven” burial system of the Han Dynasty — the highest level of imperial funerary artifacts — historically referred to as “Zi Gong (Wooden Coffin), Bian Fang (Side Chamber), and Huang Chang Ti Chou (Coffin surrounded by vertical wooden slabs).” The entire underground palace was constructed using hundreds of cubic meters of precious woods such as cypress and nanmu, measuring 23.2 meters in length from north to south, 18 meters in width from east to west, and situated 4.7 meters below the ground surface. Within the tomb passage were three real horse-drawn carriages with 11 horses, which historical records indicate were the “Red-Wheeled, Blue-Canopied Carriages” exclusively used by crown princes and feudal princes. Over a thousand cultural relics have been unearthed, including bronze ware, ironware, jade artifacts, lacquerware, agate items, gold objects, pottery, and silk fabrics. The underground palace ruins and the horse-drawn carriage remains are currently the only well-preserved large-scale Han tomb site on its original location in China, serving as valuable physical materials for the study of Han culture and the history of Beijing.

Admission: Free

Museum Opening Hours: 09:00 - 16:00

Museum Enquiries: 010-83612852

Museum Address: Southeast of Beijing World Park, Guogongzhuang, Fengtai District, Beijing

How to get to the museum:

Take bus routes 特7, 744, 905, 937 (West Line), 967, or 905 to the World Park stop, then walk south for 10 minutes and you will see the signs.

The Dabaotai Western Han Tombs in Fengtai District, Beijing, is an AAA-rated attraction.