Chinese Horse Culture Museum in Beijing

Chinese Horse Culture Museum in Beijing

Chinese Horse Culture Museum Facts

 

Chinese Name: 中国马文化博物馆

Type: Museums

Address: inside the Horsemanship Club of Rose Valley, Badaling Scenic Spot, Beijing 八达岭镇阳光路8号 

Best Seasons: All year round

Recommended Visiting Hours: about 2-4 hours

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Why is Chinese Horse Culture Museum so Special?

  1. There are 43 breeds of horses at this unique horse museum, representing 30 different countries, from Germany and Spain to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, as well as some native to China. All in all, there are more than 300 horses, many of them very high-end. There are also a few zebras.

Where is Chinese Horse Culture Museum?

Address: inside the Horsemanship Club of Rose Valley, Badaling Scenic Spot, Beijing

History of Chinese Horse Culture Museum

“Horse culture” is a culture that reflects the relationship between man and horse. It is a branch of human culture, including human’s understanding of horses, domestication and servitude, as well as human’s art, literature and sports activities related to horses.China is one of the countries with the longest history of horse breeding in the world.In China’s culture, art, people’s life and production, the horse occupies a very important position, visible in the history of China’s “horse culture” rich degree.Anyone with a slight understanding of Chinese civilization will feel the truth. If the content about horses is taken out of the cultural history of China, the cultural classics and artistic works left behind will be incomplete.

Highlights of Liulichang Cultural Street

Over a thousand pieces of art works are on display in the museum. The connotations of horse culture are fully demonstrated through characters and pictures in the areas of literature and the historical materials.

In the area of famous paintings, masterpieces on horses created by thirteen painters at home and abroad are on exhibition. In the areas of British culture, American Culture, and Mongolian Grassland culture, you could get to know horse cultures at different backgrounds. In the area of photography, classic works of the world top horsemanship photographers make wonderful instants eternal history.

There is also a regular exhibition on the unique collections and art works owned by some people keen on horse cultures, such as the horse sculptures, horse handicrafts, living necessities for horse, horse pokers, horse stamps, horse-shaped wine cups and horse matchbox pictures etc.

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How to Get to Chinese Horse Culture Museum

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Independent Traveler

Take bus no. 919 from deshengmen to xituozi station, then take taxi (10 yuan) to rose valleyStarting from madian bridge, go straight on badaling highway, see exit 18 (yingchengzi exit), then go down the highway, turn around at the first intersection where you can make a u-turn, take the auxiliary road and drive south. After about 5 minutes, you can see a bridge tunnel. After crossing the bridge tunnel, you can see the grand arch of rose valley in the southwest direction

Useful Travel Tips 

  1. Tel: +86 10 8118 2374
  2. Ticket price: 60 yuan;Student certificate for the elderly 28 yuan;Student organization soldiers from retired cadres certificate free of charge

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Edited by Bella Ren/任新月