The new building of Tongling City Museum symbolizes the ancient Chinese concept of ’round heaven and square earth’, featuring a square-shaped venue with an ancient bronze-colored circular building embedded within. The museum spans four floors, with exhibitions primarily themed around copper culture, complemented by ceramic displays, two temporary exhibition halls, and a bronze mirror exhibition hall.
On the first floor, there is an office area. The second floor houses the ceramic exhibition, showcasing ceramics unearthed in Tongling from the Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. The third and fourth floors are dedicated to the main exhibition of copper culture, with artifacts displayed chronologically, including bronze vessels such as jue, jia, yi, ding, he, yan, zun, sword, arrowheads, and bronze mirrors from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Tang and Song periods.
Tongling is named after copper and prospered from the mining and smelting of copper ores. Inside the museum, one can learn about the 3000-year history of copper mining and smelting in Tongling. The museum displays unique artifacts such as China’s early pyritic copper smelting relics, bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, Western Zhou ice copper ingots, and large-scale Han and Tang dynasty slag. The museum’s temporary exhibition halls frequently change their displays, and specific exhibition dates can be inquired by calling the museum.
Due to the establishment of the new museum, the old Tongling City Museum, originally located at 477 Xueyuan Road, Tongguan District, Tongling City, has been transformed into the Tongling Good People’s Hall and no longer serves as a museum. All exhibits have been moved to the new venue. The museum is open all year round from Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM; it is closed all day on Mondays, except for national holidays. Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays are open as usual. The museum is closed on Mondays, except for national holidays, and is not open to the public.
Tongling Museum
The new building of Tongling City Museum symbolizes the ancient Chinese concept of ’round heav[...]
