Xi'an Qujiang Art Museum

Xi'an Qujiang art museum is located in the southwest corner of the South Square of Dayan Pagoda in Xi'an, on the second floor of Westin Hotel in Xi'an. It was officially opened to the outside world in July 2012. There are three exhibition halls in the museum

1. The basic exhibition hall is the exhibition of the origin and development of Chinese ancient murals. It shows the history of ancient Chinese painting from the primitive society to the end of Qing Dynasty. Among them are the only set of gold armor, the earliest palace mural and the only mural unearthed from the imperial mausoleum.

2. Special exhibition hall - full of gold and jade. It shows ancient gold wares (mainly Royal gold wares in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty) and modern jadeite works.

3. Special exhibition hall - dongbozhai collection exhibition. Among them are the resplendent Ming and Qing Dynasty bronzes, the majestic palace BRICs and the cloud like Qianlong brocade. Three kinds of cultural relics display the daily necessities of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Xi'an Qujiang Art Museum

Xi'an Qujiang art museum was officially opened in July 2012. It is located in the southwest corner of the South Square of Dayan Pagoda in Xi'an and on the second floor of Westin Hotel in Xi'an. It is only one street away from Dayan Pagoda and dacien temple in Tang Dynasty. It is one of the only two outstanding private museums in Shaanxi Province.

The main purpose of the museum is to rescue, protect, collect and display the material cultural heritage centered on Chinese ancient murals and the intangible cultural heritage with Shaanxi regional characteristics, and to make contributions to the promotion of Chinese traditional culture and the prosperity of Shaanxi cultural undertakings.

Development history

Xi'an Qujiang art museum is funded by Xi'an Yungao International Hotel Co., Ltd., a Hong Kong funded enterprise. It is invested and operated in the mode of "Museum + International Hotel". The exhibition contents mainly include the origin and development of ancient Chinese murals and the private collection of Mr. Guo Yan, the legal representative of the company.

Xi'an Qujiang art museum was established in 2008, completed in October 2011, and officially opened in July 2012.

2012

The basic exhibition hall of the museum, mural exhibition, was opened; the porcelain exhibition of Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty official kilns in Nanjing Museum was held; the Grand Canal ceramics exhibition of Sui and Tang Dynasties was held;

2013

The first "Xi'an Qujiang mural forum" was held;

2014

China's one belt, one Road Pavilion, was held in March 2014 by the director of the pavilion of the week to attend the "perception China" exhibition at the UNESCO headquarters. In September 2014, he went to the UNESCO headquarters to attend the exhibition of "one belt and one road".

2015

The Museum held the exhibition of "full of gold and jade", the exhibition of "Ming Dynasty Maritime Silk Road" jointly held by Guangdong Provincial Museum and Hubei Provincial Museum, the exhibition of "painstakingly watered fragments - Picasso's silver plate", the "mural protection and restoration center" jointly established by Shaanxi Provincial Institute of archaeology, and the second "Xi'an Qujiang mural forum";

2016

The first "high end Forum on Chinese history of Qin and Han Dynasties" was held to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the founding of the society.

Exhibition

Xi'an Qujiang art museum is a mural themed Museum. Since its opening, many museums at home and abroad have held exhibitions of various contents to reveal the rich cultural connotations of history and art to the audience from various angles and sides.

Basic exhibition hall

"Color hanging, image changing" - Exhibition of the origin and development of ancient Chinese murals. With more than 80 murals, the complete reproduction of ancient Chinese painting history from 6000 years ago to the end of the Qing Dynasty. The ancient people's basic necessities of life, laws and regulations, music and dance and so on are reflected in the murals. It is like an image of the ancient social life history. Among them are the only set of gold armor, the earliest palace murals and the only murals unearthed from the mausoleum of the Tang Dynasty.

Special exhibition hall

Full of gold and jade - it shows the ancient Chinese royal gold ware and the jadeite art works created by the contemporary jadeite art master Hu Yanrong, one ancient and one modern, one gold and one jade.

Temporary exhibition hall

Dongbozhai collection exhibition. "Dongbo" originated from the name of Su Dongpo, a great writer of Song Dynasty. The exhibition is a concentrated display of the private collection of the museum's investors. The exhibits are divided into three parts: 1. More than 200 dazzling pieces of Royal gold wares from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty; 2. Cloud brocade from the Qianlong period. 3. The 28 majestic gold bricks and three kinds of cultural relics in the Palace Museum of the Ming and Qing Dynasties show the royal court life of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Collection quality

Gold armor

The state of Qin, about 2700 years ago, was unearthed in the cemetery of the state of Qin in dabaozishan, Lixian County, Gansu Province. Experts speculate that it should belong to Duke Zhong or Duke Xiang of Qin. A total of 16 pieces of lip pattern scale gold pieces, 2 pieces of cloud pattern GUI shape gold pieces. This is the only gold armor known in ancient China so far. Because gold is a very rare precious metal and is not conducive to wearing and fighting, it is speculated that this gold armor may be the dress worn by the king of Qin in ceremonial activities such as holding a sacrifice to heaven.

cloud-pattern brocade

In the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, Yunjin, known as "Cunjin Cunjin", was a royal silk product of yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was listed in the UN intangible cultural heritage list in 2009. In the Qing Dynasty, Jiangning weaving house was set up in Nanjing, with more than 30000 looms and nearly 300000 people, representing the highest achievement of Yunjin in history. Cao Yin, the grandfather of Cao Xueqin, the author of a dream of Red Mansions, was appointed director of Jiangning weaving department during the reign of Kangxi for 20 years. Cao Xueqin was born in Jiangning weaving department, and the Grand View Garden in the dream of Red Mansions was created based on this.

This brocade is made of gold weaving technology. It is embroidered with five five clawed golden dragons, surrounded by eight auspicious patterns in Tibetan Buddhism: Baosan, Baoyu, Baoping, lotus, white conch, auspicious knot, Shengli building and golden wheel. It reflects the religious belief of emperors in Qing Dynasty.

The cloud brocade is 7.75 meters long and 6.1 meters wide. It is huge and has holes on four sides, so it should be hung in the palace.

Visit information:

Location:

Southwest corner of Dayan Pagoda South Square in Xi'an city.

Opening Hours:

Peak season (may 18-october 31) 9:00-20:30;

Off season (November 1-May 17) 9:00-17:30.

Admission: full ticket (3 exhibition halls): 175 yuan, boutique Exhibition Hall (except mural exhibition hall): 50 yuan. The first Friday of every month is a free day.

Transportation: take bus no.5/19/21/27/30/34/41/400/401/408/501/601/you6/you8/610 to Dayan Pagoda South Square Station, then walk back for 1 minute to the museum.

Subway - take subway line 3 to DaYanTa station, get off from exit b, walk to DaYanTa South Square, and then walk to the southwest corner of the road.

Tips: the museum has free wireless network, free Chinese and English wechat voice explanation.

Address: southwest corner of Dayan Pagoda South Square, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province

Longitude: 108.94454956055

Latitude: 34.27083595165

Tel: 029-68938021

Official website:

Tour time:

Traffic information: take 5 / 19 / 21 / 27 / 30 / 34 / 41 / 400 / 401 / 408 / 501 / 601 / 610 and get off at the South Square of Dayan Pagoda;

Or take Xi'an Metro Line 2, get off at Xiaozhai station, exit D, and take 5 / 19 / 21 / 34 / 400 to DaYanTa South Square

Ticket information:

Opening hours: 9:00-17:00, free on the first Friday of each month.