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Shaanxi History Museum, which located in the
northwest of the Dayan Pagoda of ancient city Xi'an, is the first huge state museum
with modern facilities in China, and given the reputation of "bright pearl of
ancient city, treasure house of China."
Conformed to last wish of
former Primer Minister Zhou Enlai, Shaanxi History Museum was built from 1983,
and was finished on June 20th, 1991 and open to the public.  The
museum has an area of 65,000 square meters, building place 55,600 square meters,
cultural relics storerooms of 8,000 square meters, exhibition halls of 11,000
square meters with a collection of 370000 pieces of relics. The museum is an architecture
of Tang style, "Hall in center, storied buildings in corners", elegant and dignified,
magnificent scale, combination of traditional architecture and modern science,
which completely embodied folk tradition, local feature, and epoch spirit.
Shaanxi is the imperial capital since ancient times, and more than 13
feudal dynasties built their capitals there in history including Zhou, Qin, Han,
Tang. The province is rich in cultural relics. With the completion of Shaanxi
History Museum, it collected over 370,000 precious relics which were unearthed
in Shaanxi Province, large quantities, full categories, high grade. The bronze
wares, pottery figures, and mural paintings in Tang tombs and so on, are all wonderful
artistic treasures.
Since the open of the museum, it held on the
rules of combination of collecting, conservation, propagandizing, education, and
scientific research, exerted the advantage of many historical relics, and conducted
relics displays of various styles. Those all posted the rich meaning of relics
from different degrees, and displayed the rich cultural achievements of China.
Simultaneously, the relics were exhibited over-seas in the cities of Japan, France,
United States, United Kingdom, Germany and other countries and regions.
With best display, excellent order, high quality service, elegant surrounding,
and special charm, the museum attracted tourists home and abroad. After the opening,
the museum accepted thousands of tourists and became the important window to propagandize
Chinese excellent culture, carry out patriotism instruction, and international
exchange.
Along with the marching step of times, Shaanxi History Museum
met the 21st century, with newer visage, vitality and energy, make greater achievements
for constructions of socialist material and spiritual civilization.
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