Tibet Museum

Brief Introduction of Tibet Museum

Tibet Museum is the first museum with modernization function of Tibet It is located at the eastern gate of Norbulingka, with the Potala Palace at the northern side. In the July of 1999, it was named on the list of the 62 projects at the 30th anniversary of the founding of Tibet  Autonomous Region. The National planning commission appropriated funds of 9, 6250,000 Yuan to build the Tibet Museum. In 1999, 10, the 50th anniversary of the found of The People's Republic of China as well as the 40th anniversary of Tibetan democratic reform, the construction of the museum was accomplished. On July, 1st of the 2009, Tibetan Museum was open to the public.

Architectural Style of Tibet Museum

The urban area of the museum is 53959 square meters, with an area of structure of 23508 square meters and an area of showroom of 10451 square meters, being majestic and spectacular. The whole museum is made up of three parts: the main museum sect, the custom home, the office and the subsidiary facilities. The whole project includes two stages of construction. The first stage is the construction of the main museum sect, relic's storehouses and the power room, starting from the Mar, 10th of 1996 to Oct, 1st of 1997. The second stage included the construction of the custom home as well as the offices and the facilities, from Apr, 20th of 1998 to May, 31st of 1999. The main architecture has two sects: the displaying area and the storehouse are. The second floor of the displaying sect is the exhibition of Tibetan history, and the third floor includes the specific and temporary exhibition of thang-ga, animal and plant life as well as jade. The first floor is the shops of souvenirs of tourism. The whole layout of the museum is rigorous. On one hand, the museum reserves the traditional Tibetan architectural features of art; on the other hand, it displays the functional features and art charms of modern architecture, thus the museum is in a unique architectural style, what perfection.

Cultural Relics of Tibet Museum

Double-bodied Pot: been unearthed at the Kano Site, with graceful and plump modeling, ingenious conception and skilful workmanship, the Double-bodied Pot represents the level of potting and the ability of designing of Kano People. It is also the representative of the pot of Tibet people in the Neolithic age, being the treasure of Tibet Museum as well.

Golden Seal of the 5th Dalai: in order to get the support of the central Qing government, the 5th Dalai went to Beijing to see the Emperor Shunzhi, and Shunzhi awarded him the golden seal. The golden seal is made from pure gold, at a weight of 8.5 kilograms. The impression of the seal is carved in 4 kinds of characters, Han, Zang, Man and Meng. From then on, the Dalai Lamas were all nominated by the central government.

Beiyejing: Beiyejing is also known as the scriptures on talipot palm, it is a kind of Sanskrit Confucian classics, made of the leaves of the corypha umbraculifera. In the ancient time, while making the Beiyejing, the Indian adopt some special methods of medication, so the Beijyejing will not be dry, curl, damaged by worms or milden and rot. So Beiyejing is rare rara avis, being the first hand material of researching the earlier Buddhism and culture.

Gu inlaid with blue-and-white Interlocking Lotus Design: it is one of the five kinds of offerings of niche for the Buddha. It is the work of 1739 to 199, under the supervision of Tang Ying. The design is tall and exquisite, the blue-and-white ornamentation is pretty and smooth, being the standard implement of the early Qianlong. It is reserved in pairs, being precious a lot.