Changsha Jiandu Museum (Bamboo Slips Museum)
China's first museum dedicated to bamboo and wooden slips; its core collection is the 100,000-plus Eastern Wu slips of the Three Kingdoms period excavated in 1996 from the Zoumalou ancient well—household registers, tax and judicial documents—hailed as 'one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century'
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 09:00-17:00 · closed Mondays
- Ticket
- Free
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
China's first museum dedicated to bamboo and wooden slips (jiandu); its core collection is the 100,000-plus dated Eastern Wu slips of the Three Kingdoms period excavated in 1996 from the Zoumalou ancient well, covering household registers, taxation and judicial documents and hailed as 'one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century'; it also holds Western Han slips and slips and related artifacts from later dynasties, systematically showing the evolution of China's 'age of bamboo slips' as an information medium. Located next to Tianxin Pavilion, the two sites can be combined in one visit—a must for history lovers.
Getting there: Next to Tianxin Pavilion
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