China National MuseumⅢ

Two Basic Displays: Ancient China: Distributed throughout ten major exhibition halls, the Display of Ancient China shows the long historical process from the Prehistoric Times to the late Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911) chronologically. With a large number of precious cultural relics, this display fully shows the continuous development of China's civilization, the process of building a multi-ethnic country, Chinese nation's brilliant achievements in politics, economy and culture, as well as the Chinese people's great contribution to human civilization. A total of 2,520 exhibits divided into 8 sections are displayed, including Prehistoric Times (1.7 million years ago - 21st Century BC), Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasties (21st Century - 771 BC), Spring and Autumn Period & Warring States Period (770 - 221 BC), Qin and Han dynasties (221 BC - 220 AD), Three Kingdoms, Jin, and Southern and Northern dynasties (220 - 589), Sui, Tang, and Five dynasties (581 - 960), Liao, Song, Western Xia, Jin, and Yuan dynasties (916 - 1368), Ming and Qing dynasties (1368 - 1911). The Road of Rejuvenation: The exhibitions in this section illustrates the glorious but long and winding course of achieving a dependant and prosperous country and national happiness over the past 175 years since the First Opium War in 1840.