Xi'an Museum () is a museum on Youyi West Road,
Beilin District,
Xi'an
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Shaanxi Province
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China
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. Xi'an Museum had its official opening on 18 May 2007, "National Museum Day", with a total investment of 220 million
RMB and a total area of 160,000 square meters.
The complex includes three parts: the museum proper, the Tang-era
Small Wild Goose Pagoda and
Jianfu Temple historic area, and the museum gardens.
In 2012, Xi'an Museum was appraised by the
National Cultural Heritage Administration and included in batch two of the
national first-grade museums of China
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Exhibits
The exhibition section has an area of over 16,000 square meters, and the exhibits occupy more than 5,000 square meters. The design of the exhibition section was directed by
Zhang Jinqiu, an
academician
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. The museum's collection includes 130,000 artifacts, including more than 14,400 that are considered to be national third-tier precious artifacts and above.
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Jianfu Temple
Jianfu Temple is a famous Tang dynasty
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imperial temple which was largely destroyed in the chaos of the late Tang dynasty, leaving only the Small Wild Goose Pagoda.[ The Small Wild Goose Pagoda, originally named Jianfu Temple Pagoda, is 43.4 meters tall and 11.38 meters long at its base. It preserves the style and features of the early Tang dynasty. In 1961 it was declared a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level by the State Council.][ The Tang dynasty astronomer ]Yi Xing
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practiced Buddhism at the temple with Śubhakarasiṃha
Śubhakarasiṃha (637–735 CE) () was an eminent Indian Buddhist monk and translator of Esoteric Buddhist texts.
He originally studied in Nalanda monastery and later arrived in the Chinese capital Chang'an (now Xi'an) in 716 CE and trans ...
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See also
* Shaanxi History Museum
Shaanxi History Museum, which is located to the northwest of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in the ancient city Xi'an, in the Shaanxi province of China, is one of the first huge state museums with modern facilities in China and list of largest art ...
References
National first-grade museums of China
Museums in Xi'an
Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shaanxi
History museums in China
Beilin District, Xi'an