#Zhonghua Shigu Park (Northwest Gate) Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
Cultural Travel
Address:
Weibin, Baoji, China
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
1.5-2 hours
Phone:
0917-2769010
Taking a stroll in Sun City
📍Detailed address: Sun City is part of the Chinese Shigu Garden scenic area, located at the foot of Shigu Mountain in Baoji City.
❤Recommended reason: As a one-stop leisure and entertainment place, Sun City mainly includes Tian Shian Square, Cultural Antique City, Personal Art Center, and Bar Street. It brings together cultural tourism industry, modern urban commerce, and Xifu's new music collection, among various cultural contexts, becoming a well-known cultural landscape and commercial pearl both inside and outside the province, as well as a recreational coordinate of Baoji's urban culture.
✅Must experience: Walking on the brick and stone-paved streets, you will be surprised that Sun City, which is full of bustling life, does not reject elegance and grandeur. Grand buildings, quiet courtyards, clean streets, verdant greenery, fashionable buzzwords, and wonderful creativity—all these can be found in Sun City. It has managed to turn the ordinary hustle and bustle into a cultural haven brimming with leisure. Stepping into Sun City, the noise within instantly calms down.
👍Most recommended: Why not come and take a walk in Sun City?
⛰【Attraction Strategy】
🕙Opening hours: Open all year round
💰Ticket price: Free
🚗Transportation strategy: Public transportation route: Take bus No. 10, 20, or 71, and get off at Chinese Shigu Garden station.
Self-driving route: Navigate to Chinese Shigu Garden. There is an underground parking lot. Shigu Pavilion North Square
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The Epoch of Chinese Characters: The Stone Drum Pavilion in Baoji
The Stone Drum is a granite carving from the pre-Qin period, which has been passed down through its inscriptions, recording various activities of the pre-Qin monarchs such as celebrations, sacrifices, fishing and hunting, and military training. The Stone Drum Pavilion is located in the China Stone Drum Park in the downtown area of Baoji City, nestled to the south against the Qinling Mountains' Jifeng Mountain, and facing the Wei River's Jinwei Lake to the north. Since the Stone Drum was discovered on Baoji's Stone Drum Mountain, it holds special significance for the discovery and transmission of Chinese characters. Consequently, the Baoji Municipal Committee and Government invested in its construction, with the inscription: 'The rites of Zhou and the laws of Qin have been transmitted through the ages; inscriptions on metal and stone continue the chronicles of spring and autumn.'
The carriers of Chinese characters have evolved from oracle bones in the Shang dynasty to the advent of paper. In between, the Stone Drum, along with pagodas, bronze vessels, pottery, bamboo (wood) slips, and silk, have all served as carriers for recording Chinese characters. It is through the organization of events recorded on these carriers that the continuity of Chinese history has been completed. The Stone Drum is one of the earliest recording mediums and is significant for that reason. The Stone Drum is made of granite, with a diameter of about 1 meter and each drum weighing approximately 1 ton. Its shape closely resembles that of a drum, hence the name Stone Drum. Baoji was anciently known as Chencang, so it is also referred to as the 'Chencang Stone Drum.' Each Stone Drum is engraved with a four-character poem by the Qin people, hence the term 'Stone Drum Script.'
The Stone Drum Pavilion is majestic, and the park contains several sculptures that reflect the content recorded in the Stone Drum Script, leaving a profound impression on visitors.
On the first day of the Dragon Year, visiting the Stone Drum Pavilion to see the 'Stone Drum Chronicles' exhibition was not just a simple self-driven trip of thousands of miles for the author, who has long cherished Chinese characters, studied the evolution of writing, and recorded the carriers of writing. It was a truly precious and rare learning opportunity, and the Stone Drum Pavilion has been deeply etched into my memory.
HAZEL GARZA
Baoji Must-Visit — The Chinese Stone Drum Park
✅✅ The birthplace of the 'Number One Ancient Relic of China,' the Stone Drums
✅✅ National 4A-level tourist attraction
✅✅ Two iconic buildings — the Stone Drum Pavilion and the Baoji Bronze Ware Museum
♻️♻️ The Chinese Stone Drum Park, located at Stone Drum Mountain in Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, is not only the site where the 'Number One Ancient Relic of China,' the Stone Drums, were unearthed, but also a cultural ecological park that integrates 'heritage conservation, bronze ware exhibition, Stone Drum culture display, garden sightseeing, archaeological research, and leisure entertainment' 🏞️🏞️🏞️
✅✅ Inside the scenic area, the Baoji Bronze Ware Museum is the largest bronze ware museum in the country and the only themed museum named after bronze ware in China. Its treasures include the four great national treasures of the late Qing Dynasty: the San Family Basin, the Guo Ji Zi Bai Basin, the Mao Gong Ding, and the Da Yu Ding, which are highly recommended for a visit 👍👍👍
⛩️⛩️ Address: Binhe Avenue, Weibin District, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province
🚌🚌 Transportation: All public transportation to the Chinese Stone Drum Park station in the city can reach the destination, with convenient parking, and is also accessible by car 👌👌👌
💰💰 Ticket: Free admission
HarperSinclair73
Baoji, the Hometown of Bronzeware: Visit the China Bronzeware Museum
Baoji, formerly known as Chencang, is located at the western end of the Guanzhong Plain, at the head of the Qinchuan area, and is strategically situated at the gateway to the Qinling Mountains, surrounded by a thousand rivers and embracing the Wei River. Three thousand years ago, the Zhou people came to this land, where billowing purple smoke rose, and streams of copper-tin alloy poured forth, casting a large number of bronzes. Since the Han Dynasty, bronzes have been unearthed continuously, with a quantity and quality of fine pieces that are unparalleled in the country, and with inscriptions of significant content, earning it the reputation of 'Hometown of Bronzeware.' Chencang also became a major channel for cultural exchange and integration in ancient times.
The Shigu Mountain in Baoji once unearthed the Han script carrier: 'Stone Drums,' and the 'Stone Drum Script' engraved on them represents an important stage in the recording of history by Chinese characters, just as the inscriptions on bronzes: 'Bronze Inscriptions' do.
To protect and inherit this historical stage of cultural resources, the Baoji Municipal Party Committee and Government built the 'China Stone Drum Park' on Shigu Mountain. In 2009, the Stone Drum Pavilion on the mountain top was completed and opened; in 2010, the original cultural relics office's bronzeware exhibition room was expanded on the hillside to become China's largest: China Bronzeware Museum, which was completed and opened (now a national first-class museum). The exhibits in the museum showcase the wisdom and talent of the ancients, and their exquisite craftsmanship is breathtaking.
The China Stone Drum Park on Shigu Mountain consists of two attractions: the Stone Drum Pavilion and the Bronzeware Museum, which together highlight Baoji's long-standing historical and cultural status in ancient Chinese civilization. They also perfectly combine Stone Drum culture with Bronzeware culture. Walking between the exhibition rooms, it feels like a world full of mysterious legends, where each exhibit exudes a fascinating historical charm, a palace that witnesses history.
Upon leaving the museum, walking down the spacious stone steps out of the main gate, you will find Baoji's ancient: Chencang Old Street. On New Year's Day, the street is bustling with visitors, lively and festive, with lanterns and streamers, a scene of holiday joy.