¡¡¡¡"The Museum of the Tang mural paintings", which is prepared to be constructed by Shaanxi History Museum, is a big project that Shaanxi History Museum and Italian government will cooperate with each other. The project is under design now.

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¡¡ The Shaanxi History Museum collects the mural paintings from about 20 Tang tombs. The area is about 1,000 square meters, which is the NO.1 in China. The way of conservation of mural paintings in different areas is adopted ,that is to take off mural paintings about 0.5-1 cm in thickness from the tombs, and to protect them.

¡¡¡¡For well protection of these mural paintings , the government built a modern mural paintings storeroom while building the Shaanxi History Museum. The mural paintings were all kept in the cabinets controlled by electron. In the storeroom, non-ultraviolet radiation light was adopted, and the humidity was controlled by central air-conditioner. In the whole year, temperature of the storeroom is about 18 to 20 centigrade, the humidity was 55% to 60%. These are all advantages to keep and protect the mural paintings. Simultaneously, it is convenient for research and opening to the public. Recently, to meet the need of tourists, under the premise of safety, after consultation of many aspects, the museum was opened to the public in afternoons on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Tourist groups and individual tourist must makes reservation with Ticket Section before visit. The ticket price is RMB 150.00. The amount of visitors once should be not over 20. Visiting time is 40 minutes. No photos, no touch. When visiting, the tourists must keep a distance off 1 meter from the mural paintings. You can visit national treasures, 10 first-level mural paintings, which includes Polo Game, Hunting and Outing and Guest Envoy unearthed from the tomb of Prince Zhanghuai , Palaces , Ceremonial Scene and Maids of Honor unearthed from the tomb of prince Yide .
¡¡¡¡Since its part-time opening, the storeroom has accepted many leaders and foreign presidents and governors, experts, scholars, people of same occupation and oversea tourists. The amount of visitors in every year is more than 4,000. After his visit, Clinton, former president of USA, said: "mural paintings in the Tang tombs are in the same value with the Qin Pottery Warriors and Horses." Are you interested the real mural paintings in the Tang tombs 1,300 years before? Welcome you!


 

  Playing Polo
  £¨Tang£©

  Height:199 cm Width:154 cm Unearthed i...

   
 

  Banqueting
  £¨Tang£©

  Width:235cm Height:180cm Unearthed in 1...

   
 

  Palace Maids
  £¨Tang£©

  Height:176 cm Width:196.5 cm Unearthed ...

   
 

  Watchtowers
  £¨Tang£©

  Height:280cm Width:280cm Unearthed in 1...

   
  
 
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