It is said that if you want to know a city, you must first visit the museum of the city you are going to, so that you can truly understand the customs and cultural heritage accumulated in this city for thousands of years. The museums in Qinghai are basically located in Xining, a city with diverse ethnic cultures, which has nurtured Tibetan medicine culture and religious culture. The richness of culture also makes the city mysterious.

Qinghai Province Museum

Qinghai Provincial Museum, converted from the private residence of former local warlord Ma Bufang in Qinghai, is one of the landmark buildings in Xining. The treasure of the town hall is the "bronze gilded Guanyin statue", and there is Mo Bao of Zhang Daqian in the hall. Next door to the museum is Qinghai Art Museum. There are paintings and art exhibitions on the first and third floors, which are also free to visit.

After visiting these two museums, you can go to the nearby Xinning Square "Baohulu Northwest Traditional Snack" to drink a bowl of improved modern health-preserving eight-treasure milk tea, including a large cup of health-preserving milk tea with longan, medlar, red dates and roses, which tastes excellent.

Admission: free visit with ID card.

Opening hours: 9:00- 17:00 (9: 30 in summer-16: 30 (closed on Monday in winter).

Address: No.58 Xiguan Street, Xining City

Tibetan medicine culture museum

Tibetan Medicine Culture Museum is a combination of two museums. It is the only comprehensive museum in the world that collects, protects, displays and studies Tibetan culture. There are many exhibition halls in the museum, which are rich in content. It is really amazing that people can learn about Tibetan medicine, Tibetan history and culture, astronomical calendar, Thangka and other basic contents in a few hours.

The most amazing thing in the whole museum is the 6 18m Thangka (religious scroll painting-a grand view of Tibetan culture and art painting in China), which was completed by more than 400 top artists of ethnic minorities for more than 20 years and recorded in Guinness World Records. It is said that the valuation is 7.7 billion yuan. As this museum is not allowed to take photos, we can only record the wonderful things of Thangkari with our eyes and hearts.

Tibetan medicine, as the four traditional medicines in the world, has a history of four or five thousand years. It can successfully complete craniotomy and perforation 4000 years ago, and it can treat cataract in the fifth century. It's amazing.

Ps: There is free outpatient consultation in the library and hospital. Tibetan doctors who rely on religious development pay attention to medical ethics and will not prescribe drugs casually.

Admission: Free admission to 60 yuan in Thangka Hall (half price for students (explanation fee 100 yuan).

Opening hours: 9:00- 18:00 (9: 00 in peak season-17: 00 (low season

Address: No.36 Jinger Road, Biotechnology Industrial Park, Xining City

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Natural Museum

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Natural Museum, located in the east of the Tibet Culture Museum, is the largest natural museum in China at present, which comprehensively displays the geology, ecology, flora and fauna of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. There are a large number of wild animal specimen models in the museum. Come if you want to know about the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Tickets: 60 yuan RMB.

Opening hours: 9:00- 17:00 (closed on Monday

Address: No.21Jinger Road, Chengbei District, Xining City

Tibet Cultural Museum

Qinghai Tibetan Culture Center is located in Huangzhong County, not far from Ta 'er Temple. It is divided into 1 hall and 2 hall. 1 The hall has two floors. The first floor leads us through the historical process of the Tibetan people, and the second floor shows us the Buddha and God, as well as masks, thangkas, figures and epics, costumes and songs and dances, the three wonders of Ta 'er Temple art, Tibetan opera and other cultural and artistic forms. Hall 2 focuses on the unique view of the universe and life and death of Tibetan Buddhism. It is particularly worth mentioning that the film "The Road to Awakening" shown in Hall 2 is an interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism's view of life and death and a philosophical interpretation of the meaning of life.

Opening hours: 9:00- 17:00.

Address: Yingbin Road, Huangzhong County, Xining

Huangzhong Museum

Huangzhong County Museum is located in Huangzhong County, Qinghai Province, about one kilometer away from the famous temple of Ta 'er in Qinghai. The building area is 1 100 m2. Most of the exhibits are cultural relics unearthed in this county. Among them, the important exhibits are painted pottery of Kaga culture unearthed in Kaga village of this county, silk and glazed pottery unearthed in Han tombs, metal and ceramic exhibits collected in Ta 'er Temple, and carved works of art with different textures such as bamboo, wood, jade and ivory. The whole museum has more than 8,000 pieces, featuring ethnic and religious relics in this county.

Admission: free.

Opening hours: 8:00- 17:00 (closed on Monday

Address: No.3 Heping Road, Huangzhong County, Xining