Western Xia Museum

Last Update: 2013-5-9; By chinatravel   

Western Xia Museum
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Covering an area of 5,300square kilometers, the museum was built like Buddist temple in a typical Western Xia style. Combining features of modern architecture and royal atmosphere of the mausoleum, the museum has a strong flavor of Tangxiang minority.

671 typical cultural relics and 413 volumes of monographs, together with thesis and magazines of Western Xia Dynasty are showed in this museum, such as stone pillars with carved dragons, stone horses, glazed sparrow hawks, epitaphs, carved stone portraits, Buddhist Scriptures, Buddhist paintings, armors, porcelains, official seals and so on. The newly-built Hongfo Tower maitains its former style but only one sixth of its former size. Eight frescos copies are on the 2nd floor of the new tower, unfolding the cream of Xixia Grotto, the magnificence of Western Xia Kingdom and mysteries in the history of this kingdom.

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"Who could recommend some cheap hotel to stay in Yinchuan?"
posted by pul bear at 2008-8-15 13:10:00[Closed for answering]

There are two of us on self-help tour and we want to find some cheap place to stay. The price should be about less than 60.

kacyshazi replied at 2008-8-15 13:22:00

Hotels around the South Gate Bridge, which is a little far away from the downtown but with a cheap transport cost of 5 Yuan, are satisfied to your standards.

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