Hubei Provincial Museum
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Hubei Provincial Museum (Chinese: 湖北省博物馆) is one of the best-known museums in China, with a large amount of State-level historic and cultural relics. Established in 1953, the museum moved to its present location in 1960 and gained its present name in 1963. Since 1999 a number of new buildings have been added.
The museum is located in the Wuchang District of Wuhan
, Hubei
Province, not far from the west shore of Wuhan's East Lake
. It has a collection of over 200,000 ancient cultural relics, including the Sword of Goujian, an ancient set of bronze bells (Bianzhong
) and extensive artifacts from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng. The particular importance of several of the archaeological items in the museum's collection has been recognized by the national government by including them into the short list of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad.
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The museum is located in the Wuchang District of Wuhan
Wuhan
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the most populous city in Central China. It lies at the east of the Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers...
, Hubei
Hubei
' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
Province, not far from the west shore of Wuhan's East Lake
East Lake (Wuhan)
East Lake is a large lake within the city limits of Wuhan, China, and the largest urban lake in China. Wuhan's East Lake covers an area of 33 square kilometers. It was designated as one of the 4A tourist zones of China in 2000...
. It has a collection of over 200,000 ancient cultural relics, including the Sword of Goujian, an ancient set of bronze bells (Bianzhong
Bianzhong
Bianzhong is an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of a set of bronze bells, played melodically. These sets of chime bells were used as polyphonic musical instruments and some of these bells have been dated at between 2,000 to 3,600 years old. They were hung in a wooden frame and...
) and extensive artifacts from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng. The particular importance of several of the archaeological items in the museum's collection has been recognized by the national government by including them into the short list of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad.
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File:Chu State Lacquer Coffin2.JPG
File:TaiYiShengShui1.jpg
File:Wuhanbells.jpg
File:Goujian sword and inscript detail.svg