The development history of Maoxian Qiang Museum

The Qiang people are one of the oldest ethnic groups in China. Together with other ethnic groups, the Qiang people have created a splendid agricultural and pastoral culture in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River. In order to protect cultural heritage and promote the national culture, the Qiang people have preserved it from ancient times and have gone through several centuries. For thousands of years, in the long history, the Qiang people, together with other ethnic groups, have created a splendid agricultural and pastoral culture in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River. In order to protect cultural heritage and promote national culture, Maoxian County set up a cultural relics museum in the late 1920s to carry out cultural relics research. The excavation work was organized and a large number of exquisite cultural relics with high historical and technical value were unearthed and sorted out. Exhibits include Neolithic stone axes, stone adzes, and stone arrowheads unearthed in Maoxian area; typical representative artifacts of the sarcophagus burial culture in the upper reaches of Min from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Western Han Dynasty; amphora and bronze ornaments, ritual vessels, weapons, and delicate jade tools; There are white marble Buddha statues spread to Maoxian County during this period; there are Qiang costumes, handicrafts and musical instruments, as well as objects and photos that reflect the exquisite architectural art, marriage, folk customs, religion and other aspects of the Qiang people.

The Qiang Museum was built in the early 20th century to mainly introduce the history and folk customs of the Qiang people. It is divided into "Exhibition of historical cultural relics in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River", "Exhibition of Qiang folk cultural relics", "Relics of the Red Army's Long March through the Qiang Village" Exhibition" and "Exhibition of Qiang Cultural Relics". The Long March of the Red Army through Qiang Village reflects the situation of the Fourth Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March through Maoxian County. On display are Soviet coins, manuscripts, stone-carved slogans, guns left by the Red Army, as well as Red Army military textbooks and Red Army health school textbooks collected by the Qiang people. cultural relics. There are also guns and proclamations left behind by the Red Army during their long march through Qiang Village. Some of these exquisite exhibits have participated in the "National New Archaeological Discoveries Exhibition" held by the China Historical and Cultural Relics Museum and the "Sichuan Folk Cultural Relics Exhibition" held by the Sichuan Provincial Museum.

The collections and displays of the Qiang Nationality Museum comprehensively reflect the history of the Qiang people and are an important window for understanding and understanding the Qiang people.

The China Qiang Museum is a service platform integrating collection, protection, display and research. It is an important window to promote Qiang culture and the new home of the Qiang soul. The ancient Qiang culture will be displayed and passed down here. In 1984, with the care and support of the central, provincial and state governments, the "Qiang Museum" was established in Maowen Qiang Autonomous County (today's Mao County), the main residence of the Qiang people in China. Before the "5.12" earthquake, the Maoxian Qiang Museum was the only museum in the state and the only Qiang museum in the country. In 1986, the "Qiang Museum" funded by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture was completed at the southern end of Qiangxing Street in the county. The Qiang Museum covers an area of ??4,329 square meters, the building area is 3,655 square meters, and the exhibition hall area is 1,000 square meters. square meters.