The 'museum craze' continues to heat up, and the fact that Chinese museums are easy to visit has already spread overseas! The recently released "2023 Global Theme Parks and Museums Report: Global Major Tourist Attraction Report" shows that a total of 7 museums in China are listed in the top 20 in the world, accounting for one-third. These 7 Chinese museums are: National Museum of China, Museum of Science and Technology of China, Nanjing Museum, Suzhou Museum, Hunan Museum, Hubei Provincial Museum, and Guangdong Provincial Museum. The National Museum of China is located at 16 East Chang'an Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing, on the east side of Tiananmen Square. With a construction area of nearly 200000 square meters and 48 standard exhibition halls, it is the world's largest modern comprehensive museum with a single building area. The museum has a total collection of over 1.43 million items, covering various categories such as ancient cultural relics, modern and contemporary cultural relics, and artworks. Here, you can see the Houmu Wu Ding, known as the "treasure of the town hall" and the "best Chinese bronze ware". The "Houmuwu" bronze square cauldron, also known as the "Houmuwu" large cauldron, weighs 832.84 kilograms and was cast during the reign of King Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty. There is also a national treasure written into history textbooks - the Four Sheep Square Zun, which is the largest in size among the existing bronze square Zuns of the Shang Dynasty. It has a majestic shape, with the shoulders, abdomen, and feet cleverly designed as four curled up sheep, each occupying a corner, highlighting the dynamic and unique craftsmanship in Zhuang Jing. In addition, you can also see uniquely shaped Eastern Han Dynasty drumming and rap figurines, as well as the Red Mountain Jade Dragon known as the "number one dragon in China"... Come to Beijing and visit the National Museum without fail! The China Science and Technology Museum, also located in Beijing, is a paradise for science enthusiasts. The new building of China Science and Technology Museum is located at No. 5 Beichen East Road, Chaoyang District. The overall structure of the new building is a large single square, using several block like blocks to interlock with each other, presenting the entire building as a huge "Luban lock", also like a "Rubik's cube", containing the meaning of "unlocking" and "exploring". The new museum has five themed exhibition halls, namely "Science Park," "Light of China," "Exploration and Discovery," "Technology and Life," and "Challenge and Future," as well as short-term exhibition halls, public space display areas, and four special effects cinemas including dome screen cinema, giant screen cinema, dynamic cinema, and 4D cinema. Among them, the dome screen cinema has two functions: dome screen movie screening and celestial demonstration. In addition, the new museum also has multiple laboratories, science classrooms, science popularization lecture halls, multifunctional halls, etc. The China Science and Technology Museum is also one of the first batch of "National First Class Museums" and the first batch of "China's Top Ten Science and Technology Tourism Bases". The Nanjing Museum is located at the southern foot of Purple Mountain and north of Zhongshan Gate in Nanjing. It is the first large-scale comprehensive museum in China to be built with national investment. The Nanjing Museum currently has over 430000 pieces (sets) of various collections, ranging from the Paleolithic era to contemporary times, both national and regional in Jiangsu; There are both palace heirlooms and archaeological excavations, as well as some collected and donated from society, all of which are treasures and masterpieces from various dynasties. Among them, the Neolithic period's "jade string decoration", the Warring States period's "mixed gold and silver re branded copper pot" and "Yinggu", the Western Han Dynasty's "golden beast", the Eastern Han Dynasty's "Guangling Wang Xi", "mixed silver copper ox lamp", "gilded inlaid divine beast copper inkstone box", the Western Jin Dynasty's "celadon divine beast statue", the Southern Dynasty's "Seven Sages of Bamboo Grove and Rongqi Period" model printed brick painting, and the Ming Dynasty's "glazed red and cold three friend pattern plum vase" are national treasure level cultural relics. In addition, the calligraphy and painting collections of famous artists such as "Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics", "Wumen Painting School", "Jinling Painting School", Fu Baoshi, Chen Zhifo, etc. form a unique series. Suzhou Museum is located at 204 Northeast Street, Suzhou City. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Zhongwang Mansion is one of the first national key cultural relics protection units and the most complete set of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom historical buildings preserved to this day in China. The Suzhou Museum was designed and built by the world-renowned architect I.M. Pei, and officially opened to the public in 2006. Our museum adopts the design concept of "Chinese and New, Su and New", integrating architecture into gardens and transforming innovation into tradition. Combined with the newly renovated Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Loyalty Palace and adjacent gardens such as Humble Administrator's Garden and Lion Grove, it forms a rich and colorful cultural corridor. On September 25, 2021, the West Branch of Suzhou Museum opened for trial operation. The West Pavilion is located in Shishan Square, High tech Zone, Suzhou City, exhibiting more than 2100 pieces/sets of cultural relics, including precious cultural relics such as jade congs from the Liangzhu period, the Tang and Five Dynasties blue paper gold book "Miaofa Lianhua Jing", the Song Jun kiln drum nail three foot washing, Yuan Dynasty gray pottery loquat tribute vessels, and Shunzhi style Tiannu scattered flower bowls. The architecture of Xiguan draws inspiration from the street and neighborhood patterns of water towns in Jiangnan, while inheriting classics and showcasing distinct regional characteristics. The permanent exhibition halls include the General History Exhibition Hall, Su Zuo Craft Hall, Exploration Experience Hall, International Cooperation Hall, and Su Se Life Hall. The Hunan Museum is located at 50 Dongfeng Road, Changsha City, Hunan Province. It is one of the first national first-class museums and one of the national key museums jointly built by the central and local governments. The Hunan Museum currently has over 570000 pieces (sets) of cultural relics in its collection, with the most distinctive being the artifacts unearthed from the Mawangdui Han Tomb, Shang and Zhou bronze ware, Chu artifacts, ceramics from various dynasties, calligraphy and painting, and modern cultural relics. Among them, Lady Xin Zhui's "plain silk single garment", known as the "Sleeping Beauty of the East", is hailed as the pinnacle of textile technology in the Western Han Dynasty and is also the earliest, thinnest, and lightest clothing treasure ever seen. The mysterious plain silk garment is rumored to be as thin as cicada wings, as light as smoke, and weighing less than one or two. In fact, there are two pieces of plain silk single clothes unearthed from Mawangdui, one is a straight skirt and the other is a curved skirt. Among them, the straight train weighs 49 grams and the curved train weighs 48 grams. The plain gauze single garment is not only light but also has a high light transmittance of 75%. If the garment is stacked ten layers on a newspaper, the text and patterns on it can still be seen clearly. The Hubei Provincial Museum is located at 160 Donghu Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan City. There are currently over 460000 pieces (sets) of collections, including 1095 pieces (sets) of national first-class cultural relics, collectively known as the "Top Ten Treasures of Town Museums". These ten "treasures of the town hall" are the skull fossils of Yunxian people, the jade statue of Shijiahe people, the bronze drum of Chongyang Shang Dynasty, the sword of King Goujian of Yue, the Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng, the Zunpan of Marquis Yi of Zeng, the bird frame drum of Tiger Seat, the painted figures traveling by carriage and horse, the Qin bamboo slips of Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger Land, and the plum vase of Yuan Dynasty Blue and White Four Loves. Among them, the sword of King Goujian of Yue is known as the "number one sword in the world" due to its exquisite craftsmanship, clear patterns after more than 2500 years, and no rust. This sword was unearthed in a lacquered wooden scabbard, and when it was unsheathed, it still shone with a cold light, dazzling the eyes. Its blade was thin and sharp, and it was tested to be able to easily cut through 20 pieces of white paper at once. There are two lines of bird seal script inscriptions on the front of the sword near the blade, which read "King of Yue Jiuqian Self Acting Sword". According to expert research, Jiuqian is Goujian, and the eight character inscription indicates the identity and status of this sword. Guangdong Provincial Museum Guangdong Provincial Museum (Guangzhou Lu Xun Memorial Hall) now has the Pearl River New Town Museum Area and Wenming Road Museum Area. The collection is the culmination of Lingnan cultural relics, integrating various types of history, art, revolution, nature, and more. It is the museum with the largest number of collections, the most diverse categories, and the most distinctive features in South China. One of the "treasures of the museum" is the bronze plaque with animal face patterns from the Western Zhou Dynasty, which is 26.2 centimeters high and 14.2 centimeters in diameter. It is a representative vessel for holding wine. The body of Xu resembles a tripod, with Kui patterns on the neck and diagonal thunder patterns on the shoulders. The abdomen is bounded by the crotch, and each foot is composed of a set of gluttonous patterns made up of thunder patterns. The hand is made up of two hollowed out Kui dragons combined. Clever conception and intricate patterns, it can be regarded as a masterpiece of bronze art. Summer vacation is coming to an end, if you still don't know where to go, why not go and experience the charm of the top 20 museums in the world? (New Society)