Preface:-Painting in the sky, the charm of jade and Chu. Multi-dimensional display of beautiful geographical features and Henan's cultural characteristics and charm, highlighting Xinyang's heavy historical atmosphere. From the service hall to the left into the preface hall, two giant cultural columns stand in the middle under the blue starry sky, representing the Central Plains culture and Chu culture respectively. The relief of the pillar and the ink-jet belt on the top of the ring show the "top ten cultural relics" unearthed in Xinyang; The ancient sinking of the Huaihe River 3,500 years ago is a physical witness that the upper reaches of the Huaihe River were connected with ships as early as the Shang Dynasty, and it is one of the treasures of this museum, which gives people a spiritual shock.
One living room: an ancient home-primitive culture from ancient times to the beginning of civilization. It mainly displays ancient animal and plant fossils unearthed in Huaibin, Gushi and Pingqiao, as well as Neolithic cultural relics unearthed in Huangchuan, Huaibin and Shihe, leading the audience to appreciate prehistoric features and explore ancient mysteries.
Hall 2: the princes of Huaishang-the glorious bronze age. During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, it was the southern barrier of the Central Plains Dynasty. A large number of exquisite bronzes were unearthed in the Lake Luoshan, which is known as the "Little Yin Ruins", and it was studied as a graveyard of the Shang Dynasty. From Shang Dynasty to Zhou Dynasty, many vassal states such as Shen, Jiang, Huang, Xian, Bai, Lai, Liao and Fan 10 spread all over the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, forming a unique "Huaishang culture" in this land.
Hall 3: Feng Wang in Chu-the mysterious spirituality of Jiuge and the eternal romance of Jiutian Phoenix Dance. Xinyang is known as the "Yu Wei of Chu". Chengyang city site is the largest, best preserved and of great archaeological value among the six existing Chu kings in China, and it is a national key cultural relics protection unit. 1957, the Chu tombs of Changtaiguan 1 No.2, which shocked China and foreign countries, were excavated here. The music "Dongfanghong" played by the bells in the tomb resounded around the world with China's first artificial earth satellite, and was passed down as a much-told story by the world. In addition, it is also the southernmost city where Confucius traveled around the world, and the allusions of "Ye Gong asked about politics" and "Better late than never" also happened here and now. The museum mainly displays the development and characteristics of Xinyang Chu culture, explores the stories behind cultural relics, and reproduces the beautiful chimes, music and dances of Chu Palace, so that the audience can be influenced by history in an unforgettable experience.
The roots of the world-tracing the roots of ancestral migration. Xinyang is the birthplace of many surnames, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in the Central Plains and one of the ancestral roots of Hakka people. The museum mainly shows the historical contribution of Xinyang Gushi people who moved to Fujian three times in history, especially in the Tang Dynasty, when Wang Chao and Wang began to settle in Fujian and develop the southeast. The exhibition is connected by a bridge, which means "hometown of overseas Chinese"; Transplant the tree expression of biology and design a magical "root tree"; This paper introduces "virtual host", electronic book flipping, computer touch screen "Minnan people and Hakkas" and "knowing family ties in dialect and dialect".
Hall 5: fragrant tea-the humanistic beauty of the spirit of nature. China is the hometown of tea, and Xinyang is the ancient and beautiful tea capital in northern China. Archaeological findings show that tea was planted and produced here more than 2000 years ago. Xinyang tea was very popular as early as the Tang Dynasty. Lu Yu said in the Book of Tea: "Huainan is located in Guangzhou, followed by Yiyang County and Zhou Shu." Tang's Geography said: "Yiyang has tea as a tribute." Song Sushi once praised: "Huainan tea is the first in Xinyang." The exhibition hall is divided into three units, namely "Xinyang Begging for Tea", "Good Tomorrow" and "Tea Art". Che Yun Teahouse, one of the "Eight Teahouses" in the late Qing Dynasty, was partially restored, and a "Black Tea House" was created to display tea extraction, tea sets, tea art, tea customs and tea edges. The audience can not only appreciate the true meaning of tea, feel the weather of tea capital, but also taste the fragrance of Xinyang Maojian tea in the atmosphere of tea culture.
Hall 6: the aftertaste-touching the memory of urban history. Xinyang folk culture has a long history and rich content, which is closely related to people's lives and has certain knowledge and interest. Through real-life experience and scene interaction, the museum displays Xinyang mountains and rivers, landscapes, human landscapes, folk customs and intangible cultural heritage, forming Xinyang Folk Grand View Garden. We will also open workshops to make folk handicrafts, so that everyone can not only get in touch with folk handicrafts at zero distance, but also learn and experience them by themselves and make them into "exhibits" that can be taken away.