[2025 Jiaxing Attraction] Travel Guide for Jiaxing Majiabang Cultural Museum (Updated Apr)

#discoverchina Majiabang, located in Zhejiang Province, China, is renowned for its picturesque rapeseed flower fields that bloom vibrantly each spring. These golden blossoms transform the landscape into a sea of yellow, attracting numerous visitors and photographers seeking to capture the breathtaking scenery. The rapeseed flowers in Majiabang typically reach full bloom from late February to early April. Planning your visit during this period ensures you’ll experience the fields at their most vibrant.

Majiabang culture is one of the Neolithic archaeological cultures in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Taihu Lake area. It was first discovered in Majiabang, Jiaxing, Zhejiang in 1959. Majiabang culture, named after the typical site of Majiabang, is mainly distributed in southern Jiangsu, Shanghai, and northern Zhejiang. Carbon-14 dating shows that it dates back to around 5000–4000 BC. It is known as the "source of Jiangnan culture." The Majiabang cultural site in Zhejiang is located in the southwest of Jiaxing Economic and Technological Development Zone, surrounded by water on three sides, with Majiabang to the south, Jiuli Port to the north, and Fenwu Bang to the west, in a plain area where three rivers intersect. There used to be a high mound on the site, with an altitude of 2.2–3 meters above sea level. The site is 1 km southwest of the Guojie Bridge. The Majiabang cultural site covers an area of 15,000 square meters and is divided into two cultural layers, upper and lower. Pottery, jade, and prone burials are the three characteristics of Majiabang culture. Majiabang culture is mainly based on agricultural production, with rice as the main crop. The japonica rice unearthed at the Luojiajiao site is a relic from 5000 BC, which is also the earliest japonica rice in China. In June 2001, the Majiabang site in Jiaxing was announced by the State Council as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 2009, an archaeological team composed of the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the Jiaxing Museum conducted a second archaeological excavation of the site. In 2017, the Majiabang Culture Museum was built. After years of exploration and excavation, a clear understanding of the age, cultural connotation, and settlement structure of the Majiabang site has been obtained. The site is about 150 meters long from east to west, about 100 meters wide from north to south, and covers an area of about 15,000 square meters. It is in the late stage of Majiabang culture. The northern part of the site is a residential area and a burial area, while the southern part is a rice farming area. The biggest harvest of the two excavations at the Majiabang site was the discovery of 110 tombs, which provided rich archaeological data for the study of the burial system and customs of Majiabang culture.

Starting from October, friends started to send hairpins to see Fendai. It's never been scheduled... I thought I wouldn't be able to see it this year Unexpectedly, I wanted to go see the rice fields in early November and met Fendai~ 🚩 Majiabang Cultural Museum -- Designed by Tongji University, with a total investment of 120 million and a total area of ​​8,000 square meters -- Among them, the exhibition part includes four chapters: the prologue hall and the beginning of Jiahe, ecological settlement, cultural root, and passing on the fire from generation to generation. Through storytelling and scene-based display, the 7,000-year-old Majiabang culture is vividly explained and restored. -- Opening hours: 09:00~17:30 during summer time, 09:00~17:00 during winter time (closed on Mondays, except holidays) -- At present, in the ruins park, the Majiabang ruins greenhouse is also open to tourists (it looks a bit like a shell). What is displayed here is a corner of the Majiabang ancient village that was excavated and cleaned up by archaeological workers to reflect the ancestors of Majiabang. Human settlement layout and burial system reflect their splendid culture and creativity -- Peripheral landscape: Currently, we can still see the pink and white grass. The large area is late and has not yet entered the mature stage. It is still more green. I guess it will be by the end of the month? It will be more yellow (it seems to have happened this summer🌻) 🅿 Parking: Free in the near future (the pastoral area is being reseeded and under maintenance...)