Yuanmou People's Exhibition Hall

This museum is very good, showing the development of Yuanmou people and the origin of human development around the world. Human origin, development, migration, human gradual understanding of nature, the use of tools of labor, very detailed, some models are also done particularly well, vivid and interesting.

Visit the Yuanmou Man Exhibition Hall. There are many cultural relics in the two exhibition halls. The exhibition hall introduces the fossils of Yuanmou Man's teeth, exposes a brief history of human origin and development, and systematically displays the evolutionary links of primitive humans. Yuanmou people have been at least 1.7 million years ago, is the earliest human found in China and Asia so far, due to the discovery of Yuanmou and Yuan Feng ancient ape, Chuxiongzhou is known as the "human cradle of Asia". You can take the shuttle bus from Kunming Xiyuan Bus Station to Yuanmou, the ticket is 25 yuan, the journey is 7 hours; you can also take the shuttle bus from Chuxiong Bus Station, the fare is 15 yuan, about 140 kilometers, and the journey is 4 hours. After arriving at Yuanmou County, walk.

The Yuanmou People Exhibition Hall is located in Longchuan Street, Yuanmou County, 7 kilometers away from Yuanmou County. It covers an area of 4,000 square meters and was built in 1985 and completed in 1987. The Yuanmou people have a history of 1.7 million years, and are known as the Homo erectus Yuanmou people new subspecies, which were discovered by the New Structural Research Group in the southwest region of the Chinese Academy of Geology in May 1965.

The Yuanmouren Museum, opposite the Phoenix Lake Park in the northwest of Yuanmou Town, is divided into six exhibition halls on the upper and lower floors, open for free, showing the origin of mankind, ancient humans and paleontological fossils, etc., and displaying the recovered avatar of Yuanmou people and two replica "Yuanmou people" teeth fossils. As well as the fossils of ancient apes and rhinos found in Yuanmou, they fully show the history of the evolution of ancient humans and paleontology in various periods. On 18/5/1986, Li Zixiu, a young Yi girl, discovered the first fossilized tooth of ancient ape in Baozidong Liangzi in Zhupeng Village, Wumao Township, and began to explore and study Yuanmou ancient apes. Humans originated 7 million years ago, evolution is divided into five stages, today the land of humans are from Africa, Yuanmou people are 1.7 million years ago Africa moved to Asia, belong to the third stage, has been able to make and use tools. The discovery of the Yuanmou people pushed China's human history forward 1 million years, and is the earliest ancient ape found in China.

The Yuanmouren Museum was formerly the Yuanmouren Museum and was established in January 1985. The new Yuanmouren Museum opened to the public on January 15, 2010. The Yuanmouren Museum has 6 fixed exhibition halls and is rated as a national third-level museum.

The collection of the Yuanmou Man Exhibition Hall is relatively rich, with all kinds of erect human skulls, teeth and bones in all eras. In addition to these, the tools used in human production and life in all eras are also displayed in the museum.

May 1st took the children to Kunming to play for a few days by car, saw the route in advance, decided to live in Yuanmou for one day, the next morning after seeing the Yuanmou Museum, went to continue to set off in Kunming. The location of the museum is good. In the central city of Yuanmou County, parking is convenient. People rarely open at 9 am. The museum is not big. There are only six exhibition halls. After visiting for about an hour, it is basically clear about the origin and evolution of human beings. As a science and education museum, it is still very interesting. of. The most important thing is that it is surprising not to receive tickets.