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Banpo Museum 半坡博物馆Bànpō Bówùguǎn
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Xi'an, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xi'an
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Banpo Museum
The excavated site of a Neolithic village of the Yangshao culture, lived in roughly 6,800 to 5,300 years ago, on the east bank of the Chan River in eastern Xi'an. Discovered in 1953 and excavated in five seasons from 1954 to 1957, it is covered by China's first museum built on a Neolithic site, opened in 1958, where a large hall shelters the foundations of round and square houses, storage pits, kilns and the village's defensive ditch, and galleries show painted pottery and stone tools.
How to get to Banpo Museum
In Baqiao District about 10 km east of the Bell Tower, a few minutes' walk from Banpo station on Metro Line 1.
Nearby
- Daming Palace National Heritage Park 大明宫国家遗址公园 under 10 km
Earthen terraces and a rebuilt gatehouse marking out the lost palace of the Tang emperors - Forest of Stone Steles Museum 西安碑林博物馆 under 10 km
Inscribed stone tablets of classics, calligraphy and Silk Road history by the south wall - Xi'an City Wall 西安城墙 under 10 km
Cycle all 14 km of a Ming city wall, high above Xi'an's rooftops - Bell Tower and Drum Tower 钟楼·鼓楼 under 10 km
Two Ming towers at the heart of the walled city, where bell and drum once marked the day - Muslim Quarter 回民街 10 km
Halal street food and a temple-style mosque in the lanes north of the Drum Tower
Also within 20 km: Xi'an Expo Park 西安世博园 (under 10 km), Qinglong Temple 青龙寺 (under 10 km), Xi'an Incident Memorial Hall 西安事变纪念馆 (under 10 km), Bailucang 白鹿仓 (under 10 km), Revolution Park 革命公园 (under 10 km), Eighth Route Army Xi'an Office Memorial Hall 八路军西安办事处纪念馆 (under 10 km).
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