There is now a museum in the airport! The Paper reported that with the official opening of Terminal 5 of Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, the world's first local cultural relics exhibition museum, the Western Airport Museum, opened to the public on February 26. The "Qin Gong Bi", a national first-class cultural relic and a bronze ritual vessel from the Spring and Autumn Period, was also unveiled at the first exhibition.

Western Airport Museum exterior

Western Airport Museum exterior

Western Airport Museum exterior

With hip roofs, hip roofs, carved beams and painted buildings, and flying eaves, a large-scale imitation Tang-style building stands in the modern airport terminal, giving you a sense of fantasy that you have traveled through thousands of years. Here, the airport is no longer just a post station for those on a hurry.

Western Airport Museum exterior

Exhibition Hall Interior

The total area of the Western Airport Museum is 6,400 square meters. The cultural relics on display will be mainly cultural relics unearthed during the construction of Xi'an Airport; supplemented by relevant cultural relics excavated in the Hongduyuan area, the authentic ones will be displayed. "Hongduyuan is half of China's history", these cultural relics are not only witnesses of history, but also vivid records of the process of cultural relics protection and archaeological excavation in the construction of the airport. The Western Airport Museum consists of four parts: basic exhibition (Sifang Pavilion), special exhibition (Treasure Pavilion), temporary exhibition and cultural and creative flagship store.

Western Airport Museum exterior

Exhibition Hall Interior

The Sifang Pavilion is the core exhibition area of the museum, covering an area of 400 square meters. Its name is inspired by the diplomatic offices of the Sui and Tang dynasties, implying that it is a window to show the exchanges between ancient Chang'an and the world. The theme of the exhibition is "Chang'an Chang'an - Cultural Relics Excavated from Xi'an Xianyang International Airport and Ancient Chang'an", which connects thousands of years of history through 120 precious cultural relics.

Exhibition Hall Interior

Exhibition Hall Interior

The museum also has a treasure house of about 88 square meters, which carries out special displays and exhibitions for the key cultural relics of the Shaanxi cultural relics system. It adopts a rotating exhibition method, and selects one representative cultural relic of Shaanxi for special exhibition every six months.

Qin Gong Bi

Qin Gong Bi

This first exhibition introduced a national first-class cultural relic, a treasure of bronze ritual vessels from the Spring and Autumn Period - Qin Gong Bi. The inscription on this bronze ritual vessel records the history of the Qin State and is an important source of material for studying the Qin State during the Spring and Autumn Period.

Exhibition Hall Interior

In addition to the fixed Sifang Pavilion and Treasure Pavilion, the museum also has a temporary exhibition area, where various themed exhibitions are held from time to time. For example, the "Flowers Blooming, Fu Appearing" intangible cultural heritage exhibition showcases the production process of Xianyang Fu tea and the legend of the Silk Road; and the "Only in Chang'an, New Products" cultural and creative exhibition combines traditional culture with modern creativity. As an important transportation hub in the city, the airport is not only the starting point and end point of people's travel, but also the first window for foreign travelers to understand the city.

Exhibition Hall Interior

It is reported that in the future the museum will continue to improve the exhibition design and add technological means, such as introducing AR cultural relics display, digital humans, virtual reality and other technologies to create an immersive digital Chang'an experience scene.

(This article is compiled based on information from Shaanxi Culture, Shaanxi Cultural Relics, Western Airports, etc.)