The ancient charm of Jinling, the city of Nanjing, beckons - the Nanjing Museum is a must-visit

I have always believed that Nanjing (formerly known as Jinling), the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, is a city with profound historical and cultural heritage. According to historical records, more than 3,000 years ago during the Shang Dynasty, fortifications began to be built in the area of Nanjing, which shows that Nanjing is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization. The Nanjing Museum has collected cultural relics and artifacts from all periods throughout the long history of Nanjing, with each category bearing witness to a piece of history. The museum is second only to the Palace Museum in terms of the number of precious cultural relics, making it one of the two most significant museums in the country. The Nanjing Museum consists of six exhibition halls. Among them, the history, special exhibition, and art halls are above ground, while the digital, Republic of China, and intangible cultural heritage halls are underground. This design is quite rare among museums. The special exhibition hall and the Republic of China hall are the two most popular halls in the Nanjing Museum, with the latter recreating the real-life scenes of the Republic of China period and being an extremely popular spot for photography. The special exhibition hall houses many national treasures, each one a national treasure in its own right. Below are a few of the incredible artifacts in the Nanjing Museum's collection that are must-sees: ✅ Western Han Dynasty gold beast, a late Warring States period artifact, is the heaviest gold object discovered in archaeology to date, weighing about nine kilograms. ✅ Gold cicada and jade leaf, with the pure gold cicada above and mutton-fat white jade below, is the only such combination of gold and jade in the country. ✅ Silver-threaded jade garments, of which there are only three in the country, each piece of jade is unique. ✅ Gold seal of the King of Guangling, the only Han Dynasty seal of the Liu family among the nobility discovered in the country. ✅ Celadon-glazed mythical beast zun, a national treasure whose lively sculpting has led to it being listed as prohibited from international exhibition. ✅ Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, the earliest known world map found in China. The above are just a small part of the national treasures at the Nanjing Museum. The museum's precious first-class cultural relics number in the thousands, ranging from the distant Stone Age to modern times, all of which are treasures of various dynasties and the museum has a complete range of categories. Due to time constraints, it was a pity that I could only have a cursory look at some of the exhibition halls. The Nanjing Museum (one of the three major museums in China) 👍 highly recommended