I went to Xi'an for the Terracotta Army, but I was attracted by this niche museum that even locals don't know about.

This should be one of the few brick and tile themed museums in the country, with a large collection of brick and tile components from various dynasties, mostly from the Qin and Han dynasties. Facing a wall full of tiles or being surrounded by tile units, the impact is overwhelming, and I can't help but marvel. These architectural components were originally a combination of color painting and brick carving, but as time passed, the color painting disappeared, leaving only the gray carving. In this way, the sense of history is vivid, and the broken body makes people more and more fascinated, more and more resistant to watching, this may be the greatest charm of cultural relics and monuments. In order to reflect this charm, and the brick and tile itself has lost the color art, so I processed the photos into black and white tones, easy to reflect its artistic value. The surface of the brick and tile in the museum is mostly carved with text, animal and plant images, geometric patterns, etc. We are familiar with the blue dragon, white tiger, black tortoise, vermilion bird, etc. are all reflected, and there are also a large number of ancient text writing methods, overall, it is worth visiting, the number of visitors is small, it is worth slowly savoring • ↘️Visitor's Guide Xi'an Qin Brick Han Tile Museum has a collection of 2600 different types and 3000 pieces of tile and ancient brick from the Western Zhou to the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is the museum with the largest number and variety of tile collections in China. Tile culture began in Zhou and was made in Qin and Han. It generally went through half tile to round tile, from intaglio to relief, from plain surface to pattern, from figurative to abstract, from pattern to inscription. It is a comprehensive art of many categories such as text, literature, aesthetics, calligraphy, sculpture, decoration, architecture, etc. Next to the museum is the Mausoleum of Emperor Xuan of Han, which can be visited on foot, with the stele in front of the sealed soil and the sealed man preserved. 📍Address: China Du Mausoleum Qin Brick Han Tile Museum 🎫Ticket: 35 yuan/person 🚗Transportation: It is recommended to take a taxi 💰Artificial explanation fee standard: Expert 500 yuan/time Ordinary explanation 100 yuan/time Limit 10 people Self-explanation scan code fee standard: 9.9 yuan/person 🕙Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 (no closing day)