Shanxi museum in Taiyuan
Shanxi Museum is situated on the west bank of the beautiful Fen River of Taiyuan City, covering an area of over 27 acres with a floor space of 51,000 square meters. As an investment of about four billion yuan to complete, Shanxi Museum is currently one of the largest modern and comprehensive museums in . It is not only one of the 95 key construction projects in , but also the largest cultural infrastructure investment in Shanxi Province since the founding of the People's Republic of . The Shanxi Museum building complex is composed of the main building and the auxiliary buildings on the four corners of the site. The main building is shaped like a Dipper and a Tripod, with its four wings symbolizing the wealth and stability of a bountiful harvest. The design reflects an historical aesthetic while utilizing the most modern construction technologies. The auxiliary buildings on the four corners consist of the administrative offices, conference center, exhibition center, and art center. The entire building complex has become an important cultural building in Taiyuan . Shanxi Education Library Museum Shanxi Museum , the institution was renamed the Shanxi Museum in 1953. The new museum project started on August 10, 2001 and was completed in 2004. As the largest collection, conservation, research and exhibition center for cultural relics in Shanxi Province, Shanxi Museum has assembled a collection of about two million items. Some of the most distinguished relics include the Taosi relics from the Neolithic Age, Fang Guo relics from the Shang Dynasty, the Jin relics from two Dynasties, artifacts from the Northern Dynasties, stone carvings, local ceramics, opera artifacts from the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and Shanxi Merchants relics from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In addition, the library covers an area of more than 1,000 square meters with complete facilities and a highly advanced management
Size: 5009px × 3354px
Location: Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
Photo credit: © Roberto Esposti / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ai-ü, china, chinese, combination, cooking, facade, modern, museum, people, republic, shan-hsi, shanxi, shaped, shānxī, taiyuan, vessels, view, walls, zhōnghuá, àiyuá, énmí, ònghéguó, 中华人民共和国, 中華人民共和國, 太原, 山西, 山西博物院, 山西省
