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Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum Last Update : 7/5/2007 8:07:28 PM As the Three Gorges Project approaches its completion, China Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing was opened to the public in June 2005. The museum faces the Chongqing People's Assembly Hall with the People Square in between, both symbolic architectural features in the city of Chongqing. Last Update : 2006-11-20 10:15:34 Occupying a floor area of 4,200 square meters (1 acre), China Three Gorges Museum exhibits cultural relics, numbering up to 30,000 items which excavated in around Three Gorges region. Adopting modern techniques by integrating sound, light and electricity, the museum enables people to understand the culture and history in a more interactive way. Last Update : 2006-11-20 10:16:13 The five-floor construction contains four major exhibition halls, six special-theme exhibitions and other functional parts. The four major halls exhibit respectively, the background and the spirit of the Three Gorges region, the development of the ancient civilization, the changes and important events Chongqing has experienced in the past 100 years and the contribution people made in the Chinese Nation's Anti -Japanese War. Last Update : 2006-11-20 10:18:15 In addition, a digital circarama recorded the sights of the Three Gorges and the surrounding areas before the construction of the Three Gorges Project began, to exist as a reminder of the past. For those who want to recall the 'good old days', it is best place to go. In addition, the Disastrous Bomb in the city of Chongqing during the Anti-Japanese War reappears in front of the citizens in the form of sculptures and oil paintings together with the help of modern techniques. The saddened scenes remind us of the mournful history while arousing people's love of peace and life. Last Update : 2006-11-20 10:16:25 Exhibitions relating to six special themes display the valuable relics donated by Li Chuli (a renowned collector and a government cadre), the over 100 paintings and calligraphies created from the South Song Dynasty to the period of the Republic of China, the over 200 pieces of china bearing distinct local characteristics, the evolvement of money and the local customs and craftworks. Last Update : 2006-11-20 10:18:34 Leaving the valued items and articles aside, the building itself forms a striking sight, which deserves appreciating. The building in a whole takes on an arc form of a traditional dam. The sandstone walls represent mountains and the huge blue veil wall represents water, which fully reveal the features of Chongqing—a city with mountains and water. The Chinese name of the museum is stamped in the upper right-hand corner, which is not usually seen in other places. Admission Fee: CNY 40 (Through Ticket) Bus Routes: 105,117,122,181,215,262,421,862,868

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