Yunnan Provincial Museum is located in the east section of Guangfu Road in Guandu District. As a comprehensive museum, it has rich collections of more than 200,000 pieces. For tourists, the museum can help them to know Yunnan's history and the rich ethnic culture; for history lovers, its rich collections give them the opportunity to better understand Yunnan and the ancient Dian Kingdom's (278 - 115BC) historical features as well as bronze culture. The relics in Yunnan Provincial Museum mainly include bronze vessels, Buddhism relics, cultural relics of local ethnic minorities, art works, calligraphies and paintings, and porcelains, etc. Among them, the gilding Knight-shaped shell-containers unearthed in Jinning Shizhai Mountain, Tiger and Ox shaped bronze case unearthed in Lijia Mountain, the Golden Kwanyin Statue from Dali Kingdom, golden tuinga with jewels of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644AD), and the ‘Travel in Xishan Mountain’ painted by Guoxi in the Earlier Song Dynasty (960 - 1127AD) as well as some others are regarded as national treasures.
Activities near Yunnan Provincial Museum
The village in Dianchi Lake Scenic Area acts as a good shortcut to understand the social customs of the ethnic
Grand View Park (Daguan) is vibrant with rock gardens, pavilions, bridges and murmuring water. It is famous for the longest
Green Lake Park, aka Cuihu Park, situated almost in the city center and facing Yunnan University, is one of the
In the western suburbs of Kunming lies Western Hills. They are also called 'Sleeping Buddha Hills'. For looked at from
Golden Temple, also known as Tongwa Temple, is the largest copper temple in China. As part of Taosit Taihe Palace
The Dianchi Lake Scenic Area is located in the southwest part of Kunming City. Dianchi Lake is, beyond question, the
Qiongzhu Temple, or Bamboo Temple, is a Buddhist temple situated on Yu'an Mountain to the northwest of Kunming, Yunnan, China
At the foot of Longquan Hill, about 17 kilometers (10 miles) north of the center of Kunming, there is a