Museum sights in Qīnghǎi

1. Tibetan Culture Museum

   • Xīníng, China
   • Sights › Museum

   Previously known as the Tibetan Medicine Museum, this unusual place still focuses on traditional Tibetan medicine and includes old medical instruments, bags, scrolls and, in the astronomy section, a very large sand mandala. The highlight, though, is the incredible 618m-long thangka scroll – the world's longest – which charts pretty much the whole of Tibetan history. Completed in 1997 it's by no means an ancient relic, but it is unfeasibly long. It took 400 artists four years to complete and is ingeniously displayed in a relatively small hall. Bus 34 (Y1) comes here from West Gate. Bus 1 also goes close. A taxi's about Y15 from the centre.

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2. Qīnghǎi Provincial Museum

   • Xīníng, China
   • Sights › Museum

   Scaled down in recent years, but still has some nice pieces recovered from excavations in Qīnghǎi. The Tibetan carpet exhibition is worth seeing. Bus 1 goes here, or take bus 22 from Dongguan Dajie.

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