Beijing
Dabaotai Xi Han Dynasty Tomb Museum is a very unique emperor
site museum. It was built up more than two thousand years
ago in the site of the underground palace of Liu Jian
(73 B.C. to 45 B.C.), who is the Guanyanqing Feudal Prince
in the Western Han Dynasty.
The
museum is located at Fengtai District near Beijing World
Park. It covers an area of 18,000 square meters. Its main
exhibition contents include the underground originally
site, unearthed culture relics and Exhibition of China
Mausoleums for the Emperors in different Dynasties. Moreover,
it further includes the participating projects in unique
style, such as archaeological study simulation, amusement
activities relate to Han Dynasty Culture and etc.
The underground palace is very large in scale, and its
construction is special. It adapts "System of the
Sons of the Heaven", namely, the highest level funeral
specific system used by the emperors of the Western Han
Dynasty. It is called as "Xin Palace, Bian House
and Huangchangticou". The whole palace is built by
the several hundreds cubic meters cypresses and chinaberries.
The length from its south to north is 23.2 meters, while
the width from east to west is 18 meters. It is 4.7 meters
under the earth surface.
Three
carriages and eleven horses are buries together in the
tomb channel. They are both real carriages and horse in
practical use. According to the history records, they
are "the carriages with red spots wheel and green
cover" which is designated for the prince and dukes.
There are more than one thousand unearthed cultural relics,
includes cooper ware, iron ware, jade ware, agate utensils,
golden leaf, pottery and textile products. The palace
site and the carriage and horse relics is the precious
material objects to study Chinese Han Culture and the
history of Beijing, and is the sole large scale Han Tomb
site in complete condition preserved in the original cite
in China.
Address:
Near Beijing World Party at Fengtai District in Beijing.
Opening
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 16:00 p.m.
Ticket:
10 yuan (US$1.2)
Bus
Routes: Bus 340, 352, 937 or tour bus to World Park.
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