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Hemudu Site and Museum 河姆渡遗址Hémǔdù Yízhǐ
National heritage site · Ningbo, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ningbo
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Hemudu Site and Museum
The type site of the Hemudu culture, a Neolithic rice-growing culture of about 5000–3000 BC, found in 1973 on the north bank of the Yao River; its waterlogged layers preserved timber pile-houses joined with mortise and tenon, cultivated rice, black pottery and carved ivory. The site museum, raised on stilts like the excavated houses, shows the finds, and an outdoor area reconstructs the village. In February 2026 a larger archaeological site park with wetlands and hands-on displays of early farming and building opened for trial operation beside it.
How to get to Hemudu Site and Museum
In Hemudu town on the Yao River, about 20 km east of Yuyao and 25 km north-west of central Ningbo, roughly 40 minutes by road from Ningbo.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Tianxia Yuyuan Jade Park, Yuyao 天下玉苑 (under 10 km), Tianluoshan Site 田螺山遗址 (under 10 km), Lvye Villa, Cicheng 绿野山居 (under 10 km), Cicheng Ancient Town 慈城古县城 (10 km), Liangzhu Culture Park 梁祝文化公园 (10 km), Baoguo Temple 保国寺 (20 km).
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