Gransu Provincial Museum

If you have an interest in local history，Gansu Provincial Museum opens a marvelous world for you.Colored pottery depicting flowers，powerful and simple wood carvings from the Han Dynasty，exquisite Buddhist sculptures，relics left by the Great Wall and the Silk Road，all of which have vivid ethnic features，are displayed.Particularly，the colorful pottery is worth seeing as Gansu is the hometown of colorful pottery，where the oldest colored pottery in China was found.

In Jan.2006，the redecoration of the museum was ultimately finished.The new exhibition hall is about 10000 square kilometers（about 3861 square miles）larger than the old one.It is predicted that the new hall will open in mid-2006.With modern protective facilities，the museum provides an electronic guide.When visitors start up the machine，it presents detailed explanations of the cultural relics.

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