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Xian Ox Culture and Attractions of Xian

Xian Ox Culture and Ceramics Museum —A new sightseeing highlight in Xian 1. Foping Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas 2. Xian Ox Culture and Ceramics Museum 3. North Square of Big Wild Goose 4. Changqing Nature Reserve 5. Dinner and Show 6. Chenlu Ancient Town Xian Ox Culture and Ceramics Museum is a private museum that is specialized in ox 7. Maoxian 8. Xian culture and ceramics. The Museum, 9. Zhaoling Mausoleum covers a building area of 4,000 10. Yong Le Gong Temple 11. square meters with a display room of 12. Mausoleum of Yellow Emperor 13. Han Yangling Mausoleum 2,000 square meters, is located at 14. Foping National Reserve No.23, Fengcheng Road 1҅by Airport 15. Famen Temple 16. Xian Ancient City Wall Express, Xi'an North Economic and 17. -II Technical Development Area and was 18. Bell & Drum Towers 19. Museum opened on Sept.12, 2009. It is the 20. Qin Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses only ceramics museum on the theme 21. Shaanxi Grand Theater 22. Peasant Painting Exhibition Hall in Huxian of Ox culture in China so far. It 23. Huxian Farmer's painting exhibits over 4,000 pieces of cultural 24. Museum 25. Great Mosque relics collected by Curator Mr. Ren 26. Hui Nationality Jingwen in his past 40 years. There exhibits a wide variety of ox ceramics with a 27. Islamic Religion 28. Qianling Mausoleum tremendous number, made of , , , stones, painted or tri-color 29. Hukou Waterfalls glazed. All sculptured vividly and lively to life. These more than 1000 oxen born from 30. Yan'an Pagoda 31. Shaanxi Delicacy Han, Tang, Bei Wei and Bei Qi, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties are living quietly 32. City God Temple in Sanyuan 33. Xingqing Palace and happily in Mr Ren's Museum now. This museum has developed into a new highlight 34. and an important place for learning, appreciating and researching Chinese Ox culture 35. Blue Dragon Temple 36. Feiyuan Museum and Ox spirit. 37. 38. Shaanxi History Museum This museum, large, professional and unique, displays pottery wares of , 39. Anwu Village of Jin, painted and tri-colored glazed Tang women figurines, Tang tri-colored 40. Welcome Ceremony at the Ancient City Wall glazed wares, from Jun site of Song and Ming dynasties, blue-and-white 41. Luoguantai Shrine porcelains of Ming and Qing dynasties and modern colored glazed ceramics. Those 42. Han Maoling Mausoleum 43. Han Yangling Tomb wonderful works in a rich variety of shapes, colors and styles shine the glory of 44. Yao Zhou Kiln Museum Chinese history and culture. 45. Qujiang Pool 46. Xian Museum 47. Xian High Tech Industries Development Zone 48. The 49. 50. Forest of Stone Tablets 51. Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi 52. 53. Fuping Village and Fule International Ceramic Art Museum 54. Huaqing Hot Springs 55. Banpo Village Museum 56. Han Changling Mausoleum 57. Big Wild Goose Pagoda With unique Ox theme, rich collection 58. Daming Palace National Heritage Park 59. All Day Mall of the Great Tang Dynasty of ox cultural works, treasure house 60. International Horticulture Exposition 2011 of ceramics of different times, Xi'an Xian 61. Drum Tower Ox Culture and Ceramics Museum 62. Bell Tower enriches the cultural life in Xi'an as a 63. Xingjiao Temple 64. Bell Tower new window for local and 65. Mt.Hua international cultural exchanges. 66. Pit No.3 of Terra Cotta Army 67. Pit No.2 of Terra Cotta Army 68. Pit No.1 of Terra Cotta Army 69. Dim Sum Delicacy Mr. Ren Jingwen ҅ nicknamed 70. Tomb of Princess Yongtai “Qinchuan Ox”, born in the year of 71. Bronze Chariots and Horses 72. Tang Paradise ox, loves ox and has collected ox works for his whole life. “Never seek for ease and wealth while living, Related Tours (TOP 10) never leave coat, flesh and blood behind when dying” is taken as his motto. Mr. Ren Jingwen has paid all he has in his past 38 years to collect 3000 crafts, including 1000 pottery works, 1000 ox-related works, Coach & Private City Tours (TOP 10) 2000 porcelain works. Without ox’s cultivating and tilling, China’s thousands of years of history and civilization 1. 7 Days Tour in XianFrom USD can not be achieved. The image of a human body with a bull head has been a symbol for Chinese nation’s survival and reproduction. What more, ox is the spiritual embodiment for the Chinese nation’s work hard for the prosperity of the country. Accidental or inevitable, Ox has been well related to many significant events in Chinese Special Notes modern history. The People’s Republic of China was founded in the year of ox, 1949.

Shenzhen became a city in the year of ox, 1985. Hong Kong came back to her motherland in the year of Ox, 1997. With plain and carefree appearance, balky but tractable temperament, diligent and brave spirit, oxen don’t ask for coziness and honor being alive and sacrifice skin, fur, bone and meat after death. Among these 1,000 pieces of oxen works exhibited in this museum, some are bowing their heads, some are raising their feet, some are taking a rest, and others are licking their calf or playing with the cowboys. No matter in which position and shapes, they are all sculptured vividly, showing the character of ox's honesty, hardworking, stubbornness and persistence at the same time arousing visitor’s laughing or meditation. The material of which these oxen are made cover a wide range of 60 kinds, such as bronze, jade, wood, stone, pottery, tin, ox-horn, sea shell, pearl, glass, crystal, etc. Some of them are unearthed cultural relics; others are modern fine works and masterpieces, done by crafts and artisan masters. Whatever, they possess high historical value and artistic value. The layout plan of Xi'an Ox Culture and Ceramics Museum The first floor: Ox culture exhibition The second floor: pottery and porcelain works exhibitions The third floor: Exquisite Works exhibition and administration area The forth floor: Tea culture exchange and leisure center Exquisite Works Late Neolithic age • Egg shell black pottery Zhun in a shape of eagle Han Dynasty •huge pottery jar with stamps inscription Tang Dynasty • tri-colored glazed phoenix • Black apple Zun from Ding Kiln site • Blue and white squirrel grape bodiless bowl in Chenghua Year