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China Three Gorges Museum

Three Gorges Museum

As a city of excellent history and cultural connotation and glorious revolutionary tradition, Chongqing Municipality is a famous historical and cultural city. With the construction of Three Gorges Dam Project, the Three Gorges cultural relics' protection is also widely known in the world. Thus, China Three Gorges Museum is not only the symbolic historical and cultural museum in respect of collection, scientific research, exhibition, but is also an immortal monument of Three Gorges Dam Project.

China Three Gorges Museum – Introduction

China Three Gorges Museum situated at the west part of the People's Square across from the Great Hall of the people of Chongqing Municipality. Occupying the whole area of 42,497 square meters (about 50,828 square yards), the museum was completed and opened to the public on Jun 18th, 2005 with the construction area of 42,500 square meters. It was the first large museum with the title of "China " named by the State Council Office of the People's Republic of China.

China Three Gorges Museum has another name - Chongqing Museum. It's not only a specified museum of Three Gorges but also a comprehensive museum of history and art, a collection of over 170,000 pieces of cultural relics. Entering the Museum, you could watch four basic displays: "The Splendid Three Gorges," "Far - Ancient Ba Yu," "The Urban Development of Chongqing," and "The Anti-Japanese War".

China Three Gorges Museum – History

The museum was completed in 2005. It was meant to be a place to deposit artifacts saved from important historical sites submerged by the artificial lake behind the Three Gorges Dam. Hundreds of archeological sites were submerged, and many objects were discovered and moved to the museum by various teams of scientists and archeologists.

China Three Gorges Museum – Feature

China Three Gorges Museum consists of four basic displays, six special exhibitions, a week movie with 360 angle, a display of half scene, an audience practice center and three temporary exhibitions. There are "The Splendid Three Gorges," "Far - Ancient Ba Yu," "The Urban Development of Chongqing," and "The Anti-Japanese War" in basic displays, "Coins through the Ages" "The Sculpture of Han Dynasty" "Porcelain through the Ages" "Famous Paintings through the Ages" "Custom of Nationalities in Southwest Regions" "Mr. Chuli Li Contributions" in special exhibitions.

"The Splendid Three Gorges" - reflect the history and culture of the Three Gorges.

"Far-Ancient Ba Yu"- introduce the origination and development of the Chongqing ocal history.

"The Urban Development of Chongqing" - state the transitional process of Chongqing.

"Anti-Japanese War" – record the wartime ordeals of the people in Anti - Japanese War.

China Three Gorges Museum – Nearby Attraction

Nearby in the southern part of the city is the Chongqing Zoo where you can see rare species of Asian animals like pandas and South China Tigers and common animals from other places like African giraffes. There are more than 200 species of animals there.

Chongqing People's Great Hall situated opposite to Chongqing Museum. It is 55 meters tall. In front of the building is Chongqing People's Square that is used for entertainment and official functions. The main building and the plaza are often very brightly and colorfully lit in a light show. So if you stay in the area in the evening, you might be able to enjoy the free light show. It is a real spectacle.