[2024 Mianyang Attraction] Travel Guide for Mianyang Museum (Updated Dec)
Museums
Address:
East Section of First Ring Road
Opening times:
Opens at 10:00-18:00(Tickets available until 17:00; admission ends at 17:00)Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
2-3 hours
Phone:
0816-2288938,0816-2288398
The Great Use of the Nation - Mianyang Han Horse Exhibition.
With "Mianyang Han Horse" as the theme, the exhibition highlights the "Han Horse" series of cultural relics in the Mianyang Museum collection. The exhibition is divided into three sections: "Majestic Horses and Chariots," "Fine Horses of Shu," and "Heavenly Horses Galloping Across the Battlefield." The Western Han lacquered wooden horses were unearthed in 1995 from Tomb No. 2 at Shuangbaoshan, Yongxing Town, Mianyang High-tech Zone, and underwent dehydration and reinforcement treatment in 2007. Dozens of lacquered wooden horses are arranged in a row, with their heads held high, large eyes, neat manes, erect ears, open mouths showing teeth, and shiny black manes. Their four hooves are powerful and majestic. The "Han Dynasty Pottery Horse Array" displays pottery horses with distinct regional characteristics. Perhaps due to the hilly terrain of the area, most of the horses are plump, with short, thick limbs and strong hooves, reflecting the social, economic, and transportation conditions of Han Dynasty Mianyang. The "Eastern Han Bronze Horse Figurine" was unearthed in February 1990 from the Eastern Han cliff tomb at Hejiashan, Mianyang, and this major archaeological discovery immediately caused a sensation across the country. As one of the most representative Chinese cultural relics, it has traveled across the world several times. Its majestic appearance fully demonstrates the spiritual temperament and artistic accomplishments of the Han Dynasty Chinese people.
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Fu Le Dream - Mianyang Money Tree Exhibition.
Mianyang is one of the regions where the most money trees have been unearthed, mostly from the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Shu Han Dynasty. The "Mianyang Money Tree Exhibition" is located on the second floor of the Mianyang Museum, highlighting the largest money tree in Mianyang and the collection of artifacts related to the money tree. The exhibition is divided into four units: the first unit, "The Magical Tree-shaped Secret Treasure," introduces the origin and flow of the money tree, the unearthed money trees in Mianyang, and the unearthed money trees in various places; the second unit, "The Secular Life Reflected by the Money Tree," introduces the characters, animals, plants, secular wealth, and the universe and sky on the money tree; the third unit, "The Immortal World Depicted by the Money Tree," introduces the Queen Mother of the West, immortals, Buddha statues, and phoenix birds on the money tree; the fourth unit, "The Money Tree and Folk Culture," introduces the money trees from the Song Dynasty to modern times and the "money patterns" in folklore. Speaking of the money tree in Mianyang, the most remarkable one is the money tree unearthed in 1990 from Tomb No. 2 at Hejiashan in the suburbs of Mianyang. The tree is composed of 29 parts, including the base, trunk, branches, and leaves, with a height of 2 meters. It is tall, elegant, and exquisitely beautiful, and is considered a classic masterpiece of the money tree.
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Reflecting the Past and Present: Special Exhibition of Bronze Mirrors from Tianshui
The Mianyang Museum and Tianshui Museum jointly present the "Reflecting the Past and Present: Special Exhibition of Bronze Mirrors from Tianshui." This exhibition features over 100 exquisite bronze mirrors from the Tianshui region, selected from the collections of the Tianshui Museum, Qin'an Museum, and others. The timeline spans from the Warring States period to the Qing dynasty, essentially tracing the development of ancient Chinese bronze mirrors. It showcases the profound and extensive culture of Chinese bronze mirrors, while also reflecting the unique aesthetic consciousness of the Chinese nation and the Chinese people's age-old yearning and pursuit of a better life.
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Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall displays various traditional skills, opera culture, medicine and other intangible cultural heritage in Mianyang. What impressed me the most was the Xintian Grain Art, an art form that originated from agricultural civilization. It uses grains as the main artistic material, which are treated to prevent insects and decay. Then, using the natural colors and shapes of these grains, through clever composition, color matching, and fine modeling, etc., the grains are hand-pasted and inlaid to form a picture, expressing people's prayers for peace and a good harvest. Here is the Grain Art "Farming Picture", which cleverly uses the natural colors and shapes of various crop seeds, as well as color matching, pasting and inlaying and other traditional skills to create a picture. It shows the natural farming scenes of spring sowing, summer farming, autumn harvesting, and winter storage, which are repeated year after year. It is a perfect combination of agricultural culture, products and folklore.
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Mianyang Museum Money Tree Special Exhibition.
The images of coins and jade bi are the most common secular themes of money trees. It is said that money trees can reproduce endlessly, attracting people to shake money and make money, and they are inexhaustible. In fact, it is just a virtual dream, but it is indeed a true manifestation of human nature, as well as a yearning for wealth and social status, that is, a yearning for a better life.
But in fact, there are many other things on the money tree. The core of the money tree is a fairy world. The mountain-shaped tree seat symbolizes the earth, and the tree pole above represents the sky. Between heaven and earth, the sun and the moon rotate, the stars change, and many secular creatures and gods and beasts enjoy nature. All of this is a response to the observation of nature and the experience of life by ancient people.
There is a combination relationship between the money pattern and the nebula on the money tree, especially the light radiated by the money pattern proves that it is a symbol of the sun. Having money means having light, which seems to be another hidden meaning of the money tree.
On the money tree, there are also various legendary images of gods, such as the Queen Mother of the West, feather people, rabbit people, sun and moon gods, Suzaku, dragon, evil spirits, Xuanwu, nine-tailed fox, three-legged crow, Buddha, etc., all of which are on stage. At the same time, there are also some real-life tigers, lions, monkeys, horses, sheep, etc., some of which have wings and soar into the sky, becoming alien beasts in the sky.
The Queen Mother of the West often occupies some core positions of the money tree, such as the top of the tree body, the center of the leaves, and the tree seat. It is said that Kunlun Mountain is full of Ganoderma lucidum and fairy grass, and there are immortals and spirit beasts everywhere. Youth stays forever and shares happiness. The person who controls the overall situation of Kunlun is the Queen Mother of the West who has supreme power. Therefore, people worship her, hoping to guide the deceased to ascend to immortality and bless the living to be prosperous.
Here, I understand why the mountain next to Mianyang Museum is called Fule Mountain. It turns out that Fule Mountain is the area where the most money trees are unearthed. Its implication is actually the dream of wealth and happiness expressed by the money tree.
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📍Attraction Address: 50 meters from the intersection of Furong Road and North Furong Road, Youxian District, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province
🚗Transportation: Take a stroll if you live nearby
👍️Must-visit Attraction: Mianyang Museum is located at the western foot of Fule Mountain in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. It is a comprehensive museum that integrates functions such as cultural relic collection, display, research, acquisition, and reasonable utilization of cultural relics.
The new museum was officially opened to the public on August 10, 2016, covering an area of 43,527.94 square meters, with a building area of 29,960 square meters. It is a national second-class museum.
Mianyang Museum not only showcases the history and culture of Mianyang but also covers various aspects such as natural ecology and intangible cultural heritage. Through rich exhibits and exhibitions, it presents the cultural and natural heritage of Mianyang from ancient times to the present to the public.
The museum has a total collection of over 30,000 items, including bronze ware from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, ceramics from various dynasties, jade, handicrafts, folk cultural relics, and modern and contemporary cultural relics. Notably, it includes lacquered woodware from the Western Han Dynasty, pottery from the Eastern Han Dynasty, celadon from the Six Dynasties, tri-colored glazed pottery from the Song Dynasty, blue and white porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, and folk cultural relics of the Tibetan and Qiang ethnic groups.
🎟️Ticket Information: No reservation required, no ticket needed
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Address: Youxian District, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province
The new building of Mianyang Museum officially opened to the public on August 10, 2016. Covering an area of 43,527.94 square meters, it is a modern comprehensive museum that integrates cultural relics display, historical display, natural display, intangible cultural heritage display, and includes a music hall, foreign exchange exhibition, and a management service center for rural libraries. It is one of the museums with the largest collection of Han Dynasty horses in China.
On December 22, 2020, Mianyang Museum was rated as a national second-level museum by the Chinese Museums Association in the fourth batch.
There are some interesting emoji-like pottery figures here, come and take a look when you have time