The Xianyang Museum, located on Zhongshan Street in Xianyang, is a famous local history museum in China that was originally a Confucian Temple. It was opened to the public after being renovated and expanded in 1962.
Xianyang, which lives about 28 km (17 miles) from Xi’an, was the capital of Qin dynasty (221BC – 206BC) as well as the center of the Han Dynasty (206BC-220) Mausoleums. Thus, the museum’s artifacts are focused on these two glorious dynasties. The museum consists of nine exhibition halls and corridor of steles. The nine exhibition halls are divided into four parts as follows:
Exhibition halls one, two and three floors focus on historical pieces from the Qin Dynasty. The fourth exhibition hall displays the paintings and calligraphies of contemporary famous persons.
The fifth and sixth exhibition halls are dedicated to the world famous Painted Terra – Cotta Warriors and Horses from the Western Han Dynasty. The seventh, eighth and ninth contain the biggest sitting bronze Buddha of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in China as well as other artifacts related to religion
