Nanjing's museums are much more low-key than the Palace Museum in Beijing, the National Museum of China and the Shaanxi History Museum, and have gradually become known since the debut of National Treasures. From here, it is the most appropriate choice to understand the ins and outs of Jiangsu's regional culture.

As the earliest museum established in China, Nanbo has a rich variety and a large number of collections. Nanbo now has more than 430,000 pieces of various collections, from the Paleolithic Age to modern times, including bronze, jade, ceramics, gold and silver vessels, bamboo and wood tooth horns, lacquerware, silk embroidery, calligraphy and painting, seals, inscriptions, etc., among which the arch of the glazed tower of Dabao'en Temple, the whole map of Kunyu Wanguo, and the brick painting of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest are exhibited in the "National Treasure". "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" is a cultural relic of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the earliest and first world map of the Americas in the current stage of China, which is really precious. The brick painting of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest belongs to the decorative murals of the imperial tombs of the Southern Dynasty, which is the earliest and most intact large-scale portrait brick found in China, from which you can feel the life situation of the scholars.

Nanbo has selected 18 pieces of "treasures of the town hall" in the museum, in addition to the "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" and the brick paintings of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, there are also gold beasts such as those from the Western Han Dynasty, weighing 9,100 grams and containing 99% gold; the same silver jade clothes from the Han Dynasty; Wrong silver and bronze cow lamp with strong practicality and exquisite craftsmanship; There is also a golden seal of the Guangling King Seal unearthed from the tomb of the Guangling King of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The museum is designed in the form of "one courtyard and six museums", and the cultural relics listed have their own focus in the form of exhibitions, including the history museum, the art museum, the special exhibition hall, the Republic of China museum, the digital museum and the intangible cultural heritage museum. The history museum has a permanent "Jiangsu Ancient Civilization Exhibition", which is a key visiting area, and almost all important cultural relics are included in this museum; The art museum is classified according to the texture of the artworks, with special exhibitions such as ancient paintings, ancient calligraphy, and ancient sculptures, and a celebrity art museum is set up at the same time; The special exhibition hall is mostly used to hold temporary exhibitions and special exhibitions, and visitors can choose whether to buy tickets to visit according to their personal interests; The Republic of China Pavilion has created a life scene that imitates the Republic of China, and the post office, cinema, and street lamps of that era are lifelike, and all the scenes are very suitable for taking photos of the Republic of China; The digital museum and the intangible cultural heritage museum are a little mediocre, and the facilities and interactivity in the digital museum are completely incomparable with the imperial examination museum, and the intangible cultural heritage museum is often closed.

Nanbo adopts the method of free and non-free tickets, and you need to bring a valid ID card to collect tickets on the spot to enter, and you can make an appointment in advance on the official website and official account. Nanbo is not manual interpretation service, now all use electronic equipment to explain, there is a voice version, there is also a combination of graphics and text and voice version, want to understand the origin of the cultural relics, it is recommended to rent a guide at the front desk of the museum, will make the tour more interesting.

Although they are not as delicate as the cultural and creative products of the Palace Museum, they are also a more meaningful choice as souvenirs or souvenirs, so you may wish to pay attention to them when visiting.

It should be noted that the Nanjing Museum and the Nanjing Museum are not in the same building, if you want to learn about the local cultural relics and related exhibitions of Nanjing, you can visit the Nanjing Museum.

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Opening hours: 09:00-17:00, Last admission: 16:00, Closed on Mondays (except national holidays)

Suggested tours: It is advisable to rent an audio guide during the tour to better understand the artifacts on display.