Yangzhou Museum is located in Tianning Temple in Yangzhou, which was once the palace of Qianlong. Han and Tang Dynasties are the most valuable cultural relics in the collection. Among them, ten thousand years ago, antlers fossils, exquisite lacquerware in Han Dynasty, ships in Tang Dynasty, pipa with curved neck in Five Dynasties, and paintings and calligraphy of "Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics" in Qing Dynasty are all world-renowned cultural treasures.
Yangzhou, one of the ancient Kyushu in China, once included the southeast coastal area south of Huaihe River and was one of the birthplaces of ancient civilization in China. The traditional culture of the Central Plains and the local culture of southeast China meet and blend in Jianghuai area, and shine brilliantly. Yangzhou was built in the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2480 years ago. Because of its superior geographical environment and developed traffic conditions, it has been the economic and cultural center of southeast China from Han Dynasty to the middle of Qing Dynasty. With a continuous history of 2,000 years and its special position and influence in China's politics, economy and culture, it has become one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities in China.
1928 In May, the local government established the Yangzhou Cultural Relics Protection Institute in Zunjingge, the predecessor of Yangzhou Museum. 195 1 year, the Subei Administrative Office built cultural relics museums in Shi Kefa Zuwu, Xu Yuan, Guanyinshan and Pingshantang respectively. 1952 was merged into Shi Kefa Zuwu to establish the Subei Museum. At that time, it was the provincial geography museum. The last few changed their names, and were once revoked because of the merger of southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu to establish a province. 1958, Yangzhou Museum was rebuilt and changed into a municipal geography museum. The site is located in the "Shi Kefa Ancestral House" under Meihualing.
1987, he moved into Tianning Temple, a newly renovated Yangzhou ancient temple. The original Wenhui Pavilion in the temple, together with Jingwenyuan Pavilion, Hangwenlan Pavilion and Zhenjiang Wenzong Pavilion, is one of the seven ancient book collections in China. Tianning Temple currently covers an area of nearly 12000 square meters, with an exhibition area of 1500 square meters. The exhibition area has a beautiful environment, a magnificent hall and a dazzling array of cultural relics.
Yangzhou Museum is the largest museum in northern Jiangsu, with a collection of more than 30,000 pieces, especially the distinctive historical relics of the Han and Tang Dynasties and the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" calligraphy and painting in the Qing Dynasty, which enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. In recent years, Yangzhou Museum has also held cultural relics exhibitions in Yangzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in China, and painting and calligraphy exhibitions in Yangzhou in Qing Dynasty in Liaoning Museum and Palace Museum, which were warmly welcomed by Chinese and foreign audiences.