Xiuhua Mountain Museum

    Including more national character produces increased worldwide popularity." Xiuhua Mountain Museum is a cultural scenic spot, which enjoys a high and enduring reputation both at home and abroad. "The first and only museum is kind possessing the foremost collection of cultural relics and welcoming friends from every corner of the world." This museum is reputed of Western Hunan culture". Indeed, it is "a live historical chronicle" of the Tujia people. As you step into Xiuhua Mountain Museum, you are acquainted with 800 years of local history, and begin to plumb the depths of this mysterious Western Hunan culture. Applying the architectural style of the Tujia people's residence, the main complex of the museum is a rectangle courtyard, with high and lower buildings interspersed in picturesque disorder. And all the windows, doors, eaves and base--stones of the complex are collected from any counties in western Hunan Province, which make the museum so elegant and provide it with an air of great antiquity. Within the museum are more than ten thousand well-preserved and valuable items, and each one is able to tell a fascinating story and possesses a profound cultural nature. Each one is highly aesthetic and very collectible. Among them, the carved wood Water Dripping Beds and Five-color Stone Relief of the Ming Dynasty are especially precious. In fact, because of their exquisite craftsmanship and profound charm, we can say, they are treasures beyond price! In March, 2004, Xiuhua Mountain Museum was chosen as the 3A Nation Tourist Attraction, and was also listed in the Excellent Tourism Route of Zhangjiajie.