Sanmen Gorge Guo State Museum
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Central China (华中) » Henan (河南) » Sanmenxia (三门峡) » Sanmen Gorge Guo State Museum (三门峡虢国博物馆)Sanmen Gorge Guo State Museum (三门峡虢国博物馆) | |
| Address: | Liufeng North Road, Sanmenxia City, Henan Province., Sanmenxia, Henan |
| Phone: | 0398-2955760，2955688-8008 |
| Fax: | 0398-2955760 |
| Web site: | http://www.guostate.com |
| Price Range: | ￥30/person ~ ￥30/person |
| Hours: | Spring and Autumn: 8：00-18：00 Summer: 8：00-18：30 Winter: 8：00-17：30 |
| Level: | AAAA |
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| Short Description: | The chariot pit in the exhibiting hall of “Chariots Rattling and Horses Neighing” is the earliest and largest underground chariot army array ever discovered in China and is the forerunner of burying chariot arrays with the dead. |
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Guo State Museum is a topic museum relying on the site of the graveyard of Guo State of the West Zhou Dynasty. Graveyard of Guo is the only large scale state graveyard of the West Zhou Dynasty and Spring and Autumn Period with the grand scale, complete classes, orderly arrangement and good preservation. The total area is 324,500 square meters. The basis exhibition of the museum- “the graveyard of Guo's Vassal State and unearthed relics exhibition” consists of four parts: “Treasures of the Guo Vassal State---The Display for its Unearthed Cultural Relics”, “Liangji’s Elegant charms---The Display for Unearthed Cultural Relics of the Tomb of Liangji”, “Chariots Rattling and Horses Neighing---The Site of Chariot Pits Display” and “Tracing Monarch---The Display of Tomb Site of Guoji.” Here exhibits some state treasures such as the earliest and largest chariot pits of China, the first tomb of ancient emperors, “the First Iron Sward of China”, the earliest hanging jade veil of madam Guoji with the fullest formation and 7 pieces jade pendant. Here is the cradle of the family name Guo of China and the whole world and is the spot of “Borrowing a Road of yu Vassal State to Wipe out the Guo Vassal State”.
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Drive: Enter the downtown area from Sanmenxia Entrance from Lian-Huo Express Highway, or enter the downtown area from Sanmenxia Yellow River Bridge from Da-Yun Express Highway. Go around: Take Bus No.1 from Sanmenxia Railway Station, take Bus No. 6 from Sanmenxia Entrance of the express highway, or take Bus No. 5, Shan 1 from Sanmenxia West Railway Station.
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- Complaint call of Sanmenxia: 0398-2935003
- Complaint call of Henan Province:0371-65506775
- complaint call of State Tourism Office: 010-65275315
[edit] Best Travel Time
Sanmeixia city is under semiarid continental climate of warm temperate zone. It is warm with four distinct seasons. The average temperature in January is －0.7℃ while in July it is 27℃. The best tourism seasons are Spring and Autumn.
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