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China Ethnic Museum

  • China Ethnic Museum houses a vast collection of artifacts, artworks, and historical items that vividly depict the unique traditions, customs, and histories of these groups.

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  • ID : 234
  • City : beijing
  • English name : Nationality Museum
  • Chinese name : 中央民族大学民族博物馆
  • Type :
  • Level : easy
  • Kids : suggested
  • Elders: suggested
  • Best season : All seasons
  • Visiting length : 3-4 hours
  • Distance to city center : 12 km

Introduction

    • China Ethnic Museum is one of the professional museums which have long history, large scale and lots of collections on Chinese Ethnography. It is the only museum that collects articles of the 56 nationalities among all university museums in China. The collections include traditional costumes, handicrafts, musical instruments, religious artifacts, and much more. These items are not only valuable cultural relics but also tell the stories of the daily lives, beliefs, and social structures of different ethnic minorities.

Helper to visit Nationality Museum

  • Address in English : No.1 Minzuyuan Road, chaoyang District, Beijing
  • Address in Chinese : 北京市朝阳区民族园路1号
  • Tel : 86-10-62063646
  • Post code : 100029
  • Ticket time : 8:00-17:30
  • Open time : 8:00-18:00
  • Closing time :
  • Location : Nationality Museum is around 12 km to downtown beijing

    Transportation

    • Public bus: 55, Sightseeing Line 3, Sightseeing Line 4
    • Subway: Take Subway Line 8 and get off at Olympic Sports Center Station.
  • Private car is the best method to visit Nationality Museum with local tour operator.

Admission

  • high season : 10 RMB/person.
  • shoulder season : 10 RMB/person.
  • low season : 10 RMB/person.

    Construction

  • Built between 1984–1992, China Ethnic Museum blends architectural authenticity with ecological design. Structures were constructed by ethnic artisans using traditional techniques. The layout mirrors China’s geographical diversity, with northern ethnic zones in the north section and southern groups in the south.

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      Main Exhibition Halls

    • Main Exhibition Hall in the South Park

      This hall represents some theme exhibitions that reflect the production, life, and cultural and historical remains of Chinese ethnic groups. The exhibitions cover aspects such as ancestral halls, post houses, boatyards, boudoirs, study rooms, and baby - breeding rooms. With an exhibition area of 6,000 square meters, it offers an exhibition named “Common People – Our History and Our Root,” which is divided into 14 areas. Over 3,000 exhibits in this hall reflect the culture of ordinary Chinese people.

      Ethnic Exhibition Villages

      Each ethnic group is represented by a village in the park, which is built in a 1:1 ratio to the real ethnic villages. For example, in the South Park, there are ethnic villages of the Bai, Yao, Zhuang, Tujia, and other ethnic groups. The triple tower of Dali in the South Park is a replication of a tower in Chongsheng Temple at a ratio of 0.7:1. Jianchuan Grottoes is an imitation of Shi Zhongshan Grottoes in Jianchuan County, Yunnan Province, and the opera stage of the Bai is a copy of an ancient stage located in Shaxi Town, Jianchuan County of Yunnan Province.
      In the North Park, there are 16 ethnic villages, including those of the Tibetan, Miao, Yi, Dong, and Taiwan Gaoshan ethnic groups. These ethnic exhibition villages feature independent architectural buildings of each ethnic group and are rich in ethnic culture connotation. Visitors can walk in the courtyards, streets, or dams of these villages, enjoying the trees, flowers, and crops planted according to the environmental features of the ethnic groups.

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      Reviews from Travelers

    • Tiger The museum shows the characters of our nation. There are also shows of lots of things that we do not know and the professional instructions.
      Yoga Collections here are featured and special. Main of them show the characters of Chinese ethnic minorities.
      XPS The clothes and dresses here are quite beautiful! I really love the dress of ethnic minorities.
      CSB The museum is located on campus of Minzu University of China. I went there alone. While I was enjoying the tens of thousands of exhibits, I enjoyed the amazing culture of Chinese different nationalities.
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