[2-day itinerary]

🔸Day1: Yinxu Museum – Yinxu Ancestral Temple Area (optional) – Tianning Temple Wenfeng Tower – Dinner (Anyang Centennial Miaozhen) – Xianqian Street/Cangxiang Street – Beida Street Night Market

🔸Day2: Breakfast (Shenji Flat Noodles) – Text Museum – Kuixing Pavilion

[3-day itinerary]

🔸Day2: +Yuanlin – Kuixing Pavilion (night view)

🔸Day3: Tangyin County: Youli City – Yuefei Temple (or the urban cultural tourism town, Twelve Prefectures, Zhangde Prefecture City God Temple, Houying Snack Street, etc.)

⭐Knowledge reserve

🎬A documentary to watch beforehand: “Why China” 06 Yinxu

🎬Cultural relics story documentary: “National Treasure 3” 07 Anyang Yinxu talked about the three-way pottery, oracle bone pits, and Yachang Niu Zun

【Attractions】

⭐Yinxu Museum

🎫Tickets: Full price ticket 80 rmb, night discount ticket 40 rmb

⏰Visit time: 3 hours

✅Must-see cultural relics:

🔸First floor: Chariots and horses from the Shang Dynasty, Sanxingdui masks from other provinces, etc.

🔸Second floor: Simu Xin Ding, pottery figures, pottery pig heads, Tunnan oracle bones, turquoise bone carvings, etc.

🔸Third floor: Sub-long hall, sub-long ox statue, bronze hand, sub-long bronze axe, jade ring, etc.

⭐Wenfeng Tower

✅A pagoda from the Five Dynasties, one of the sixteen small scenes in Anyang, “Wenfeng Songxiu”, see the exquisite reliefs around, climb the tower and overlook the panoramic view of the city

⏰Visit time: 2 hours, ticket: 25rmb

⭐Cangxiang Street

✅Free, ancient alleys of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, beautiful night view, but there are many people, there will be fewer people in the morning, you can walk all the way to the bell tower and Beida Street night market for food.

⏰Visit time: 2-3 hours

⭐Text Museum

✅Free, tour order: Xuanwen Pavilion -> Huiwen Pavilion, there is also a Bowen Pavilion mainly for science and technology interactive activities, you need to buy an additional ticket.

⏰Visit time: 3 hours

⭐Kuixing Pavilion

✅Free, built on the Ming Dynasty city wall, one of the sixteen small scenes in Anyang, “Kuixing Takes Water”, is the southeast corner tower of Anyang Old City.

✅Highlights: Climb the city wall, see the Kuixing statue in Kuixing Pavilion, see the pool where Kuixing takes water up close, and see the landmark building Catholic Church from a distance.

⏰Visit time: 1 hour

🍜Food

🔸Breakfast: Anyang BFC-Flat noodles, go before 10 o’clock

🔸Local restaurants: Shengdeli, Jiafeng Old Restaurant, Anyang Centennial Miaozhen, Pengji Memory Restaurant, go from 11 o’clock to 14 o’clock, too early or too late will not be able to get a table

🔸Special dishes: rice noodle soup, fried blood cake, fried skin residue, Anyang three-no stick, sausage, etc.

Accommodation recommendation: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Zidu Hotel (Huiwen Pavilion of Chinese Characters Museum)

A quiet hotel hidden in Anyang Characters Museum🏨

Highly recommended! The cultural and creative counter in the hotel lobby has a lot of Anyang cultural and creative peripherals, especially beautiful small commodities, and many cultural and creative stamps. It is very suitable for family travel and friends travel!

The lady in cheongsam at the front desk 👧 looks very good~

This trip to Anyang was really eye-opening! 🌟 Anyang Yinxu Museum, a newly discovered treasure, is definitely worth a visit. Although I have been to museums in many cities before, this one requires a ticket to enter, 80 yuan per person, and only 40 yuan for the night entry. Although the price is a bit expensive, friends who have seen it say that it is shocking and worth the ticket price. After all, only 5% of the ruins have been excavated so far, which is amazing!

Ticket information🎫

The ticket price is 80 yuan/person, and 40 yuan/person for the night entry. The various free visits that have been circulated on the Internet before are inaccurate. The staff told us that from February 3, local people in Anyang can enjoy free tickets.

Interpretation service🗣️

If you want to get a deeper understanding of the exhibits, you can choose a paid interpretation service. You can find someone to share the order for 280 yuan, and each person will be given a Bluetooth headset, and can only hear their own interpretation. Of course, you can also choose an electronic interpreter.

Parking guide 🅿️

There are a lot of people here during holidays, and parking is very inconvenient. It is recommended to enter from the south gate, and you have to go around a long circle before you can walk back.

Take photos 📸

The new museum is very suitable for taking pictures, and the effect is better when wearing Chinese style clothes! The black and white tones are also very good, and the background is mostly bronze, which is very classy.

Tour experience 🚶‍♂️

The museum is divided into three floors. The content is not much, and it takes about 3 hours including the explanation. The treasures of the town include Yachang Niu Zun, Bronze Hand-shaped Device and Simu Xin Bronze Ding. The exhibition of chariot and horse relics, Ya copper cauldron, turquoise inlaid bone habitat and divination bone pit are also worth seeing. There is a digital hall at the end of the third floor, which is very interesting and easy to understand.

Cultural and creative products 🛍️

There are various cultural and creative products in the museum to choose from, and you can also collect stamps. It is very popular here, but my favorite is the cup of oracle bone latte, the cup design is very distinctive. The taste of turmeric wine is also very special, and friends who like ginger will definitely like it. The price of coffee is mostly 38 yuan/cup. Dayishang’s cake is also very delicious, with raspberry jam filling, sour and sweet.

In general, Anyang Yinxu Museum is a place worth visiting. Although the ticket is a little expensive, the exhibits are rich and the experience is full. I recommend everyone to experience it!

Yinxu is the site of the capital of the late Shang Dynasty. It has a history of more than 3,300 years and is the earliest ancient capital site in my country that can be documented. Guo Moruo once said that watching this is better than reading ancient books. The oracle bone inscriptions, bronze culture, jade, funeral system, concepts and customs, royal tombs and early buildings here are world-famous. Archaeology enthusiasts and history fans must come to check in if they have the chance!

Pan Geng, the 20th king of the Shang Dynasty, moved the capital to Xiaotun, Anyang around 1300 BC. Later, it became a deserted place because King Wu of Zhou conquered King Zhou and destroyed the Shang Dynasty. When I watched “Investiture of the Gods” back then, Daji made Bo Yikao into meatballs, which left a shadow on my childhood. The real Shang Dynasty was even more cruel than the modified TV series.

The horrific sacrificial customs of the Shang Dynasty can be verified from the unearthed cultural relics and oracle bone inscriptions. Judging from the ritual items found in Yinxu, the use of human sacrifices was a very common phenomenon, and even a large number of children were used for sacrifices. The number of animal sacrifices was huge, and common domestic animals such as cattle, dogs, and pigs were used. A small number of sacrificial remains used wild animals. And these ritual items should have also undergone a series of treatments, including beheading, dismemberment, burning, and burial. The sacrificial process and activities were recorded in the oracle bone inscriptions.

There is a bronze yan with a human head in the museum. Figure 2 The yan is equivalent to the current steamer. The teacher said that this might be to capture the enemy princess as a captive and destroy her spirit to sacrifice to the ancestors. I didn’t take photos of the two foundations of Yiqi and Yiba. There are various sacrificial pits under the stratum, such as warrior pits, chariot pits, and animal pits. You can imagine the bloody ritual scenes at that time.

I was very lucky some time ago! I met a volunteer teacher that day and walked around with him. I only visited the palace ruins. The tour route: Yinxu Museum➡️Oracle Bone Stele Forest➡️Chariot Pit➡️Yiqi and Yiba Site➡️Oracle Bone Cellar➡️Oracle Bone Stele Gallery➡️Fuhao Tomb. Yinxu Museum is built underground. Walking along the ramp marked with the age numbers, it really seems like I have the ability to travel through time!

📍Address: No. 1 Yinxu Road, Yindu District, Anyang City

⏰Time: 8:00-17:00, it is recommended to spend half a day to visit

🎫Ticket: 70 yuan. If you need to make an appointment in advance, remember to bring your ID! The ticket includes the palace ruins and the royal mausoleum ruins. The royal mausoleum ruins need to be reached by sightseeing bus. There is one every half an hour at the entrance of the tourist center. 🚌Transportation: You still have to walk a distance after getting off the bus, so it is recommended to take a taxi~

👩‍🏫Explanation: Manual explanation for 1.5 hours costs 200 yuan, or you can listen to free audio explanation. If you are lucky, you will meet volunteer teachers~

The Black Bird was sent by Heaven to give birth to the Shang Dynasty and settled in the vast land of Yin

With the Black Bird as a totem, bronze as a ritual vessel, and text as a record, the Shang people gathered the prehistoric civilization as brilliant as stars, inherited the initial state of the Xia Dynasty, and formed the magnificent Shang Dynasty civilization in the integration and sharing.

New Yinxu Museum

Located on the bank of Huanshui River and above Yinxu, across the river from the palace and temple ruins, it is a special museum that presents the Shang civilization in a panoramic way.

Recommended tour route

1st floor “The sound of chariots and horses” Yinxu Chariot and Horse Ruins Exhibition Hall -> “Kingdom and Four Directions” Special Exhibition Hall -> “Kingdom Explore Shang Civilization Exhibition Hall

2nd floor Great Shang Civilization Exhibition Hall

3rd floor “Who are you” Oracle Bone Exhibition Hall” -> Where did Chang come from” Yachang Tomb Exhibition Hall -> World Shang Civilization Exhibition Hall

Must see

Simu Xin Bronze Square Ding

Unearthed from the Yinxu Fu Hao Tomb in Anyang, Henan, it was cast by the royal sons for their mother Fu Hao, representing the symbol of power and status in the Shang Dynasty. The bronze tripod is decorated with taotie patterns and nipple patterns, showing the aesthetic standards of the Shang Dynasty.

Yachang Oxen Zun

Unearthed from Yachang’s tomb in Anyang, Henan, the Oxen Zun was a ritual vessel used in sacrificial activities in the Shang Dynasty.

Turquoise-inlaid bone cypress

Unearthed from Anyang Angang M11, the inscription roughly means that on the day of Renwu, the King of Shang was inspecting Zhaosai and captured a rhinoceros at the foot of Maishan Mountain and gave it to Yachang as a reward.

Recommended treasures:

Bronze owl jar, bronze hand-shaped vessel, Huibai cattle inscribed divination bone, Yachang copper coins, etc.

Location: Yinxu Museum

Opening hours: 8:30-17:30 (ticket sales stop at 16:30)

Price: 80 CNY

The most anticipated itinerary in Anyang is Yinxu Scenic Area. It took a whole day to visit, and I will summarize the visiting guide of Yinxu Scenic Area for everyone.

Yinxu Scenic Area is divided into: Yinxu Museum, Yinxu Palace and Ancestral Temple Site and Royal Tomb Site. Because most of the Royal Tomb Site has been backfilled, the guide also said that it is not recommended, so I went to Yinxu Museum and Ancestral Temple Site.

Yinxu Museum

The new museum is a tripod-shaped building with the overall appearance of bronze, which is suitable for taking pictures

There are three floors in total. The first one to go is the great Shang civilization on the second floor. Through the method of text + cultural relics, it comprehensively introduces the origin of the Shang Dynasty, the hierarchy system, sacrifice, divination, capital, burial, etc. Many key cultural relics are on this floor.

Two key exhibition halls on the third floor. “Who is Zi” is an exhibition of oracle bone inscriptions centered on the character named “Zi”. The oracle bone inscriptions, combined with annotations, allow one to deeply feel the details of divination in the daily life of merchants. There is an inscription asking whether Zi should go to school today if he is sick. It is also my favorite exhibition hall in the museum. “Where did Chang come from” is an exhibition of burial objects excavated from the tomb of a general named Yachang. The Internet famous bronze hand is here.

1st floor: Yinxu Chariot and Horse Pit Exhibition Hall, you can actually feel the chariots and horses unearthed from Yinxu, which are shocking from more than 3,000 years ago, and they are all authentic.

Yinxu Palace and Temple Site, near the museum, you can take the shuttle bus at the exit of the museum.

After entering the door, you can visit along the right side, YH127 Oracle Bone Cellar with more than 10,000 oracle bones, digital performance (at the location of the old museum), the Forest of Steles, the Chariot and Horse Pit and finally the Tomb of Fu Hao. There is also a long oracle bone corridor on the way to Fu Hao’s Tomb, which contains some known oracle bone characters. After reading it, I really marveled at the imagination of the ancients.

It is recommended to buy a combined ticket for 120 yuan, and the museum night ticket stops entering after 7:10.

Before visiting Yinxu Scenic Area, it is recommended to watch related programs or documentaries to understand the history, which will be more helpful for visiting, especially those related to Wu Ding, Fu Hao and oracle bone inscriptions.

Most of the ancestral temple ruins are outdoors. It is very cold recently, so you must keep warm.

The museum has a restaurant. If you visit the museum in the morning and the ancestral temple ruins in the afternoon, it is recommended to have lunch in the museum restaurant.

Finally, you must make an appointment with a good guide. At the Yinxu Museum, I made an appointment with Guide Xiaohong, who I have been following for a long time. The more than 4 hours of explanation was really full of knowledge and I gained a lot. Her knowledge reserve is too large! The ancestral temple ruins were guided by Mr. Zhao Baoliang, who is a big name. The two and a half hours of explanation were also great!