Jinsha Site Museum
Jinsha Site Museum
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l80_stephane
Beijing36 contributions
Sep 2024 • Business
Been there on September, 09th
The site is divided in different parts (archeological hall, exposition hall, park, ...)
I liked it because you can alternate between indoor visit and outdoor visit.
The master pieces of the exposition is the golden mask and the golden sun. Very beautiful.
The site is divided in different parts (archeological hall, exposition hall, park, ...)
I liked it because you can alternate between indoor visit and outdoor visit.
The master pieces of the exposition is the golden mask and the golden sun. Very beautiful.
Written September 9, 2024
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traveller3720
Great Linford, UK56 contributions
Oct 2013 • Couples
Take the Metro to Yipintainxia on Line 2 and leave at exit B. Walk down the side road (Tonghe Lu) where you exit the Metro. Keep walking straight ahead over some roads (about 10-15 min walk).
There are plenty of places to eat along this road if you are hungry, there is a restaurant on the site, but we did not see or use it. The grounds are lovely and there are plenty of benches if you want to take food in with you. Free drinking water is plentiful from bottled water dispensers in the Exhibition hall.
You can't miss the Museum on your RHS.
This takes you in through the East Entrance (you need to buy your tickets from the ticket office just past the entrance 80rmb each).
There is a map of the site on the back of the ticket, I don't know if they sell guide books, but you don't need one.
All the displays are explained in Chinese and English.
Straight ahead as you enter is the Archelogical site in the Site-Exhibit hall. Worth going here first as you can see where some of the main artifacts were found. In the Ehibition Halls near the North Entrance are various items found during the excavations.
The exhibits were interesting to view, the Gold mask has pride of place and should not be missed. There didn't seem to be any restrictions on taking photos.
Once you have done the halls there are then some lovely grounds to walk round and in which to sit.
You can happily spend a couple of hours exploring.
There are plenty of places to eat along this road if you are hungry, there is a restaurant on the site, but we did not see or use it. The grounds are lovely and there are plenty of benches if you want to take food in with you. Free drinking water is plentiful from bottled water dispensers in the Exhibition hall.
You can't miss the Museum on your RHS.
This takes you in through the East Entrance (you need to buy your tickets from the ticket office just past the entrance 80rmb each).
There is a map of the site on the back of the ticket, I don't know if they sell guide books, but you don't need one.
All the displays are explained in Chinese and English.
Straight ahead as you enter is the Archelogical site in the Site-Exhibit hall. Worth going here first as you can see where some of the main artifacts were found. In the Ehibition Halls near the North Entrance are various items found during the excavations.
The exhibits were interesting to view, the Gold mask has pride of place and should not be missed. There didn't seem to be any restrictions on taking photos.
Once you have done the halls there are then some lovely grounds to walk round and in which to sit.
You can happily spend a couple of hours exploring.
Written October 8, 2013
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meandros
St. Pete Beach, FL686 contributions
Dec 2017 • Couples
First an update: there is a new stop on the 7 line of the Chengdu Metro called Jinsha Site Museum it is not even on all the maps not put out by the subway. The stop itself is a sight to behold as it is themed like the museum. Anyway it is very easy to get here on your own just take the metro, then cross the street. It is not far from central.
I went on a Monday and found it closed. There was nothing in English saying why. The hours in English on the ticket window and signs did not indicate they close on Mondays. The Chinese people who also turned up and were able to read/ask told me that they learned it is closed every Monday. There were dozens of Chinese visitors there at the time we arrived, everyone surprised. Their website says nothing about being closed on Monday, Trip advisor showed them open on Mondays, there was even a review titled something like good thing to do on Mondays when other museums are closed. However, they were definitely closed Monday December 11 2017.
I came back the next day. For some reason the admission is discounted to 40RMB this winter I do not know why, all the major exhibits were there and open. They are working on a water scape landscape feature but that was the only closure.
The museum is stunning, interesting and large buildings, nice landscape, the found relics are unique and well displayed. We were approached by a young woman wearing a volunteer guide vest. She asked if we wanted to be shown around for free. Wow this was the right choice. She really helped us understand the site and the artifacts from 3000 years ago! It was an exceptional tour. You get to see the dig area where they found ritual artifacts and the museum shows the artifacts. They found thousands despite only being 10% excavated. Lots of elephant tusks too. They had a stone garden and ebony forrest to enjoy as well. There is a cafe and gift shops too. Clean restrooms with handicap facilities (non squat toilets can be found in the handicapped restrooms).
I really enjoyed this museum and would highly recommend it. Signs are in English if you don’t luck upon a guide and it is unique and a pleasant way to learn about Chinese history.
I went on a Monday and found it closed. There was nothing in English saying why. The hours in English on the ticket window and signs did not indicate they close on Mondays. The Chinese people who also turned up and were able to read/ask told me that they learned it is closed every Monday. There were dozens of Chinese visitors there at the time we arrived, everyone surprised. Their website says nothing about being closed on Monday, Trip advisor showed them open on Mondays, there was even a review titled something like good thing to do on Mondays when other museums are closed. However, they were definitely closed Monday December 11 2017.
I came back the next day. For some reason the admission is discounted to 40RMB this winter I do not know why, all the major exhibits were there and open. They are working on a water scape landscape feature but that was the only closure.
The museum is stunning, interesting and large buildings, nice landscape, the found relics are unique and well displayed. We were approached by a young woman wearing a volunteer guide vest. She asked if we wanted to be shown around for free. Wow this was the right choice. She really helped us understand the site and the artifacts from 3000 years ago! It was an exceptional tour. You get to see the dig area where they found ritual artifacts and the museum shows the artifacts. They found thousands despite only being 10% excavated. Lots of elephant tusks too. They had a stone garden and ebony forrest to enjoy as well. There is a cafe and gift shops too. Clean restrooms with handicap facilities (non squat toilets can be found in the handicapped restrooms).
I really enjoyed this museum and would highly recommend it. Signs are in English if you don’t luck upon a guide and it is unique and a pleasant way to learn about Chinese history.
Written December 12, 2017
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Alex W
Singapore, Singapore1,426 contributions
Nov 2017 • Solo
My overall score is three stars: fairly interesting, you won't regret spending some time here.
One of the major trends in recent Chinese archaeological research through the last half century is the discovery of a variety of different peoples with unique cultural characteristics who once inhabited different places in the vast land we now call China. The old idea that there was a single civilisation developing linearly from the Han culture of the Yellow River basin to today's "Chinese", is falling apart. Instead, there is a growing recognition that different ethnic groups, with surprisingly different cultural roots, once lived on the same land. Whether over the centuries, they were overpowered and supplanted by the Han culture, or whether these early cultures blended with and contributed to today's Chinese culture remains an open question.
The Jinsha archaeological dig was one such eye-opening discovery. Very interesting finds from a kingdom that existed from 1200BCE to 650BCE were found just outside Chengdu. The artistic styles are remarkably different from the Han culture developing in parallel further north. The Jinsha appears to be a late form of an even longer-lasting culture (the Sanxingdui culture) which was also centred on the Chengdu plain (see my review of Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum).
This museum thus provides an interesting close look at a bronze age kingdom that was roughly contemporaneous with the later period of Ancient Egypt, certainly well before the more famous Ancient Greeks. While the Jinsha workmanship was very good, artistically, it was not as advanced as the Egyptians or Greeks.
I spent about 90 minutes here.
There are two buildings at this museum, officially called Jinsha Site Museum. The one nearest the entrance is a huge shed covering an archaeological dig. They have left some elephant tusks and deer antlers in place inside the pits to give you an idea of how the pits looked before the artefacts were removed.
The second building is a short distance away via footpaths through a quiet and lovely park. It has a diorama, and displays of the bronze, jade, bones of sacrificial animals, etc found at the dig. Some gold items. About five graves – I don’t know if the bones in them are real or fake..
The Jinsha museum is a little way out of downtown Chengdu. A well-known guidebook speaks about a tourist bus #901 going there, but doesn’t say where one can catch 901 from downtown -- so it was pretty useless as advice.
Instead, I caught the local bus #82, which is a useful route since it passes four major attractions: Wuhouci, Sichuan Museum, Dufu Thatched Cottage, and furthest out, the Jinsha Site Museum.
I caught the #82 bus from outside a middle school on Binjiang Lu (BInjiang Road) which is a short walk southeast from Jinjiang Hotel metro station. To go to any of the four attractions, take the #82 bus heading in the west direction. Fare: 2 yuan.
If you're catching the #82 bus from outside Wuhouci, take the bus on the same side of the street as Wuhouci's main gate, with the bus going in the west-southwest direction.
There is an announcement in the bus of each stop coming up, together with a text display of the stop’s name – both in Chinese. It makes a huge difference if you understand enough Chinese to catch/read the announcements. Don’t expect the driver or fellow passengers to know any English.
The bus goes past the Wuhou Temple (stop’s name: Wuhouci); then 10 - 15 minutes later, the Sichuan Museum (stop: Songxianqiao); then the Dufu Thatched Cottage Park (stop: Dufu Caotang); then runs through a residential district called Funan Xinqu (2 or 3 stops). The first stop after the Funan Xinqu district, or six stops after Dufu, is Jinsha Museum. It’s just after the bus makes a right turn into a very broad road.
Bus #82 seems to be rather frequent (every 5 – 10 minutes), so I managed to do 3 sites (Jinsha site museum, Dufu and Sichuan Museum) in one day, by getting on and off the bus.
One of the major trends in recent Chinese archaeological research through the last half century is the discovery of a variety of different peoples with unique cultural characteristics who once inhabited different places in the vast land we now call China. The old idea that there was a single civilisation developing linearly from the Han culture of the Yellow River basin to today's "Chinese", is falling apart. Instead, there is a growing recognition that different ethnic groups, with surprisingly different cultural roots, once lived on the same land. Whether over the centuries, they were overpowered and supplanted by the Han culture, or whether these early cultures blended with and contributed to today's Chinese culture remains an open question.
The Jinsha archaeological dig was one such eye-opening discovery. Very interesting finds from a kingdom that existed from 1200BCE to 650BCE were found just outside Chengdu. The artistic styles are remarkably different from the Han culture developing in parallel further north. The Jinsha appears to be a late form of an even longer-lasting culture (the Sanxingdui culture) which was also centred on the Chengdu plain (see my review of Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum).
This museum thus provides an interesting close look at a bronze age kingdom that was roughly contemporaneous with the later period of Ancient Egypt, certainly well before the more famous Ancient Greeks. While the Jinsha workmanship was very good, artistically, it was not as advanced as the Egyptians or Greeks.
I spent about 90 minutes here.
There are two buildings at this museum, officially called Jinsha Site Museum. The one nearest the entrance is a huge shed covering an archaeological dig. They have left some elephant tusks and deer antlers in place inside the pits to give you an idea of how the pits looked before the artefacts were removed.
The second building is a short distance away via footpaths through a quiet and lovely park. It has a diorama, and displays of the bronze, jade, bones of sacrificial animals, etc found at the dig. Some gold items. About five graves – I don’t know if the bones in them are real or fake..
The Jinsha museum is a little way out of downtown Chengdu. A well-known guidebook speaks about a tourist bus #901 going there, but doesn’t say where one can catch 901 from downtown -- so it was pretty useless as advice.
Instead, I caught the local bus #82, which is a useful route since it passes four major attractions: Wuhouci, Sichuan Museum, Dufu Thatched Cottage, and furthest out, the Jinsha Site Museum.
I caught the #82 bus from outside a middle school on Binjiang Lu (BInjiang Road) which is a short walk southeast from Jinjiang Hotel metro station. To go to any of the four attractions, take the #82 bus heading in the west direction. Fare: 2 yuan.
If you're catching the #82 bus from outside Wuhouci, take the bus on the same side of the street as Wuhouci's main gate, with the bus going in the west-southwest direction.
There is an announcement in the bus of each stop coming up, together with a text display of the stop’s name – both in Chinese. It makes a huge difference if you understand enough Chinese to catch/read the announcements. Don’t expect the driver or fellow passengers to know any English.
The bus goes past the Wuhou Temple (stop’s name: Wuhouci); then 10 - 15 minutes later, the Sichuan Museum (stop: Songxianqiao); then the Dufu Thatched Cottage Park (stop: Dufu Caotang); then runs through a residential district called Funan Xinqu (2 or 3 stops). The first stop after the Funan Xinqu district, or six stops after Dufu, is Jinsha Museum. It’s just after the bus makes a right turn into a very broad road.
Bus #82 seems to be rather frequent (every 5 – 10 minutes), so I managed to do 3 sites (Jinsha site museum, Dufu and Sichuan Museum) in one day, by getting on and off the bus.
Written December 16, 2017
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chatthefoodie
Bangkok, Thailand600 contributions
Sep 2013 • Business
It is a shame that so many visitors to Chengdu do not come to Jinsha Site Museum but instead stand in line to watch pandas and hit the shopping streets. I think to understand Chengdu of today, you must come here to appreciate the prehistoric history of the area. It is a remarkable place of learning and discovery.
Part of the reason I think Jinsha Site is a must visit for everyone to Chengdu is the magnificent grounds that the museum is on. There is a lovely bridge going across a river to the main building, lined with shady trees. That alone made me fell in love with the place. In fact, the museum seemed to be situated in a kind of park. I saw some locals just strolling around enjoying the day. Wonderful.
The first building was the original dig site. I was fascinated by the amount of artifacts unearthed there. Not much to see as most items had been moved to displays in other halls, but still very educational nonetheless.
Further buildings revealed more exhibits. I took a good two hours just walking around reading the descriptions and admiring the beauty and history of some of the items. The gold mask was the highlight, but there were other equally beautiful pieces.
I loved the tranquility of the whole museum. It was a welcome break from the throngs of people in the more touristy areas of the city. You don't have to be an archaeological buff to enjoy Jinsha Site Museum, just someone interested learning a little more about how ancient China once was.
Part of the reason I think Jinsha Site is a must visit for everyone to Chengdu is the magnificent grounds that the museum is on. There is a lovely bridge going across a river to the main building, lined with shady trees. That alone made me fell in love with the place. In fact, the museum seemed to be situated in a kind of park. I saw some locals just strolling around enjoying the day. Wonderful.
The first building was the original dig site. I was fascinated by the amount of artifacts unearthed there. Not much to see as most items had been moved to displays in other halls, but still very educational nonetheless.
Further buildings revealed more exhibits. I took a good two hours just walking around reading the descriptions and admiring the beauty and history of some of the items. The gold mask was the highlight, but there were other equally beautiful pieces.
I loved the tranquility of the whole museum. It was a welcome break from the throngs of people in the more touristy areas of the city. You don't have to be an archaeological buff to enjoy Jinsha Site Museum, just someone interested learning a little more about how ancient China once was.
Written November 23, 2013
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Ivy G
Singapore, Singapore81 contributions
Sep 2013 • Solo
I was impressed by the interesting collections & the park being a really nice place to go for a quiet walk.
As the relic hall & archeological site are of a different location, it depends on which gate you enter with, you might find yourself closer to whichever, but I would recommend the archeological site first, then view the artifacts display.
Do not miss the Ebony Forest too!
As the relic hall & archeological site are of a different location, it depends on which gate you enter with, you might find yourself closer to whichever, but I would recommend the archeological site first, then view the artifacts display.
Do not miss the Ebony Forest too!
Written September 21, 2013
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RMA
25 contributions
Dec 2019
Awful. Unless you love fakes, awful food and hordes of tourists
Food was generally awful, uninteresting and I would not bet on its cleanliness.
Food was generally awful, uninteresting and I would not bet on its cleanliness.
Written December 25, 2019
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szresident
Shenzhen, China14 contributions
Oct 2016 • Friends
Extremely expensive with no value. Results of local, unimportant excavations. A big hall build over a discontinued dig site where one can see dust gray rectangular holes in dust gray surroundings. Then a museum where there are some teeth, bones and cracked pottery. Ask what is vaguely interesting is models that represent common knowledge, nothing location specific. The biggest attraction is a "4D" film, that turns out to require the purchase of an extra ticket on top of the exorbitant entrance fee to the museum. Giant rip-off, and just boring. The park around the museum is nice and well kept, but that is all.
Written November 8, 2016
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Ashley K
Guangzhou47 contributions
Oct 2014 • Family
Jinsha ruins is a proof of the existence of the ancient Shu Kingdom. The gold mask and the tree of coins look mysterious. They are very similar to those found from the San Xing Dui ruins of Guanghan. There must have been certain connections between the two cultures. Some say that Jinsha culture was the successor of the San Xing Dui culture (or vice versa, I do not have a clear memory). In other words, the culture was carried on with the move of the tribe.
Another popular comment is that they were the same culture. Jinsha should have been the capital area of the culture although it need to be supported by further archeology findings, and San Xing Dui was the last place where the defeated tribe stayed to bury their heavy appliances before they fled in all directions.
Another popular comment is that they were the same culture. Jinsha should have been the capital area of the culture although it need to be supported by further archeology findings, and San Xing Dui was the last place where the defeated tribe stayed to bury their heavy appliances before they fled in all directions.
Written June 4, 2015
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David H
292 contributions
Mar 2015 • Friends
This is a really top museum/dig. The dig area was great with lots of the stuff uncovered being left in place (simply I guess because there is so much of it). The museum parts, all 5 of them, were all great. The amount of gold, jade etc was amazing considering this is a civilisation predating the Chinese and the mystery of where they came from and where they went. I also didn't realise that this part of Asia had elephants, rhino etc as little at 3000 years ago. The last surprise were all the great outdoor gardens, picnic areas, walks etc. They were packing up some floats from Chinese New Year so still had lots of things lying around that added to the overall flavour.
Written March 18, 2015
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Hi I would like to know if I need to hire an interpret or are the museums English speaking-friendly ?
Written November 29, 2016
We managed to get an English speaking guide (she was excellent - a teacher doing this purely out of interest in her spare time). But it was sheer luck and timing. She happened to be there.best to book in advance. There is no charge and she refused to accept a tip.
Written February 25, 2017
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