The Museum of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

The Museum of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, located at the Chengtian Buddhist Temple in Yinchuan City, is a comprehensive historical museum of provincial level in China. The Museum was prepared in 1959 and officially completed in 1973.

The Museum has collected over 10,000 cultural relics, of which 45 are Class One collection, among which are the ink-stick unearthed from a Han tomb at Guyuan County of Ningxia, the gold-plated copper bull unearthed from a Western Xia (1038-1227) tomb, and a silk banner presented to the leader of the Hui nationality by the Red Army when passing by Guyuan County of Ningxia during the Long March. The overwhelming majority of the relics collected by the Museum were obtained from archeological survey and field excavation with the exception of small quantity of collected items and the items left over through the ages.

The exhibits in the museum are mainly divided into four districts: "Historical Relics of Ningxia", "Cultural Relics of West Xia Dynasty", "Revolutionary relics of Ningxia" and "Folk custom Relics of Hui Nationality". 

In the Historical Relics of Ningxia District, over 400 relics including paleolith, zoolith, bronze, iron ware, bamboo ware, brick sculpture and currency are exhibited. In the Cultural Relics of West Xia Dynasty District, there are over 200 relics including stone horse and gold inlaid bronze bull. In the Revolutionary relics of Ningxia District, the real objects exhibited with pictures reflect the early activities of Chinese Communist Party in Ningxia. And in the Folk custom Relics of Hui Nationality District, the relics, pictures and models which present the formation, religion, buildings, cultural life, marriage, funeral of Hui Nationality are on show.

The Museum has held temporary exhibitions such as the Exhibition of Painting and Calligraphy of Ming and Qing Dynasties Collected by the Museum, Li Xian's Tomb Unearthed from Guyuan County, the Exhibition of Ningxia Liberation, and the Currencies and Coins through the Ages. The Museum has also edited and published the Concise History of Western Xia,the Brief Introduction to Ningxia Relics,the Data Collection of Dangxiang and Western Xia,the Collection of Fragmentary Tablets Found at Mausoleum Area of Western Xia, etc. In the museum, you can feel the richness of the culture in Ningxia.

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