Western Han Nan Yue King's Tomb Museum in Guangzhou is the oldest and largest Han tomb, located on the Jiefang Bei Road. The museum mostly features funerary objects in Lingnan or the South of the Nanling Mountain area. One of the 80 famous museums in the world, the museum covers 14,000 square meters with 10 exhibition halls.
Features of Western Han Nan Yue King's Tomb Museum in Guangzhou- The tomb is of the second king, Zhao Mei of Nanyue State of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-24 A.D.).
- Hidden 20 meters underground, the tomb is made up of 750 huge stones with colorful murals.
- The over 1,000 pieces of cultural relics, bronze ware and terra cotta ware in particular, feature motifs from the Yue Culture of south China.
- The patterns also represented traces of central Chinese culture, the Chu culture of south China, the Bashu culture of southwest China, the Hun culture from the northern grassland and even foreign cultures.
- While visiting the burial chamber, don’t miss the silk-jade garment made up of 2,291 pieces of jade.
- This silk-sewn-jade garment shows the early development of jade garments as - well as development of the Nanyue culture.
- There are three sets of bronze serial bells, thirty-six bronze vessels, thirty-six bronze mirrors and three gold seals giving the visitors a glimpse of the ancient Nanyue Culture.
- The museum features the oldest and largest folding screen used in China.
- Two of the world's oldest bronze patterns for textile stamping are also there.
- Foreign articles unearthed in the mausoleum indicate that Guangzhou was an ancient - Marine Silk Road starting point.
- There are five African elephant trunks, a silver box featuring Western Asian silver wares, bronze incense burners and frankincense from Southeast Asia.
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