Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King

The Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King (Research Center for the History of the Nanyue Kingdom of the Western Han) is a large-scale archaeological site museum built around the major archaeological remains of the Nanyue Kingdom. A National First-Class Museum, it comprises two exhibition areas: the King's Tomb and the King's Palace. The King's Tomb area is located on Jiefang North RoadNo. 867, formerly the Western Han Nanyue King Museum; the King's Palace area is located at No. 316 Zhongshan Fourth Road, formerly the Nanyue King Palace Museum.

The King's Tomb area centers onthe Tomb of the Nanyue King Wen, discovered in 1983 — the highest-ranking, largest-scale and best-preserved painted stone-chamber Han dynasty tomb in Lingnan, from which more than one thousand

artifacts (sets) were unearthed, includingamong them the

gold seal reading "Seal of Emperor Wen," the horn-shaped jade cup and the jade burial suit bound with silk threads, all of great historical value. The Tomb of the Nanyue King Wen is honored as

the"Gem of Lingnan Culture."

The King's Palace area centers on the site of the Nanyue Kingdom palace complex, which contains cultural layers from13 historical periods

spanning the Qin and Han dynasties to the Republic of China. Among them, the Nanyue imperial garden site — comprising the "stone-lined water pool" discovered in 1995 and the "winding stone canal" discovered in 1997 — is the earliest and among the best-preserved surviving example of a Qin-Han palace garden yet found. Both were selected among the "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries of the Year," and the site of the Nanyue Kingdom palace complex was also included in the national special plan for the protection of major archaeological sites from the 11th to the 13th Five-Year Plan periods, hailed as "the essence of Guangzhou's historical and cultural city."The Tomb of the Nanyue King Wen and the site of the Nanyue Kingdom palace complex together showcase the political, economic and cultural development of the Lingnan region during the Qin and Han dynasties. Both are Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level and were selected among the

"Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries of the Century." The "Sites of the Nanyue Kingdom" and "Maritime Silk Road" projects, which feature these two sites as key heritage locations, have been successively included on China's tentative list for World Cultural Heritage nomination.With a total floor area of

40,000 square meters, the Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King presents archaeological sites including the Tomb of the Nanyue King Wen, the Nanyue imperial garden and the Southern Han royal palace. Its permanent exhibitions include "Treasures of Nanyue," "Lingnan: The Central Heartland of Two Millennia," "The Southern Frontier under Qin and Han" and "A Special Exhibition of Rugs Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Yang Yongde," alongside a varied program of temporary special exhibitions. The museum carries more than two thousand years of Lingnan cultural heritage, bears witness to the diversity-in-unity of Chinese civilization, and serves as a cultural window for the public to understand Guangzhou and experience the Greater Bay Area's humanistic charm.Ticketing | 

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