Travel Diary: Hebei → Handan [Handan Museum]

A Super Comprehensive Guide to Handan Museum: No More Getting Lost! If you come to Handan, you must visit the Handan Museum. This national first-class museum will allow you to deeply understand the history and culture of Handan. Below is a super detailed travel guide for everyone. 📍Address: 399 East Section of Renmin Road, Congtai District, Handan City 🕙Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00 - 17:00 (last admission at 16:00). Closed on Mondays (except for public holidays). Closing time is extended to 21:00 on weekends. 🎫Tickets: Free. Visits require real-name online booking. You can make a reservation in advance through the Handan Museum WeChat official account. Note that only individual bookings are accepted. You can choose to enter the museum during the time slots of 9:00 - 13:00 and 13:00 - 16:00. Book at least half an hour in advance on the day of your visit. A maximum of three people can be booked per visit. 🚗Transportation: - Bus: Take bus routes 18, 19, 20, 36, 40, 62, 65, etc. to "City Museum · East Gate of Longhu Park Station", and walk about 200 meters to reach the destination. - Self-driving: You can park your car at the Handan Museum parking lot or the "Handan Grand Theatre Underground parking lot". 🏛️Venue Layout: - Basement Level: Academic Lecture Hall. - First Floor: There is a youth activity center training center, tea and dining space, and luggage storage lockers at the entrance. Large luggage can be stored at the first-floor counter. - Second Floor: C1 - C3 are temporary exhibition halls. There is an idiom exhibition here. Cultural and creative products and stamping are also available here. There are also machines where you can print your favorite patterns on coins (CNY 10). - Third Floor: D1 - D4 exhibition halls are the "Gandan" Style—Basic Exhibition of Handan History and Culture, which showcases the development history of Handan from ancient times to the present. - Fourth Floor: E1 Cizhou Kiln Porcelain Exhibition, E2 Handan Ancient Stone Carving Art Exhibition, E3 Square World—Chinese Ancient Coin Exhibition, Cultural and Creative Exhibition and Sales Center. 📣Guided Tours: The museum offers free guided tours every day at 09:30 and 14:30. If you want to learn more about the stories behind the exhibits, don't miss them. 🌟Must-See Exhibitions and Exhibits: - "Gandan" Style Handan History and Culture Exhibition: Through rich cultural relics and historical materials, it showcases the features of Handan in various historical periods, the historical changes during the Three Duan Gaohuang period, the Cishan culture of the Neolithic Age, and the spectacular scene of King Zhao's cavalry reform. - Cizhou Kiln Porcelain Exhibition: You can see various porcelain pillows and vases with different shapes and understand the development history of Cizhou Kiln from its initial creation in the late Northern Dynasty to the Republic of China. - Handan Ancient Stone Carving Art Exhibition: A grand exhibition of Buddhist art from the Northern Wei to the Song and Jin dynasties, and a replica of the Xiangtangshan Grottoes. A must-see exhibit is the "Handan Smile" smiling Arhat head. - Chinese Ancient Coin Exhibition: It displays various cultural relics from the natural shell coins of the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the currencies of various countries during the Warring States period, the Ban Liang coins of the Qin and Han dynasties, and the square-hole round coins of various dynasties. - Bronze Horse of the Warring States Period: A treasure of the museum, it is the earliest realistic bronze horse discovered in China, 400 years earlier than the Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow. - Dajue Wine Zun: A masterpiece of beauty, its exquisite degree is comparable to the treasures of the Palace Museum. - Bronze Gilt Jade Inlaid Three-Dragon Ornament: It is composed of three parts: a bronze dragon, a jade dragon, and a bronze tiger, with exquisite craftsmanship. 📝Visit Tips: - The recommended tour order is 4th floor - 3rd floor - 2nd floor - 1st floor. First, see the porcelain, Buddhist statues, and coin exhibitions on the fourth floor, then go to the third floor to learn about the history and culture of Handan, then visit the idiom exhibition and check out the cultural and creative products on the second floor. The first floor is mainly a service area. - No reservation is required on non-holidays. You can enter directly by scanning your ID card; it is best to make a reservation in advance on Alipay "Handan Museum" or the WeChat official account during holidays. - Friends who like stamping should not miss the sales area on the second floor, where you can stamp for free. - Do not make loud noises in the museum, and take care of cultural relics and exhibition facilities. After visiting the Handan Museum, I believe you will have a deeper understanding and understanding of Handan, a famous historical and cultural city.