Xinjiang Regional Museum

Situated in Xibei Lu,

Urumqi City

, the

Xinjiang Regional Museum

  is a large integrated museum and centre for the collection and study of cultural relics in

Xinjiang

. The museum was built in 1953, has an exhibition hall that covers an area of about 7,800 sq. m (9,328 sq. yd). The building is in a Uyghur style, the internal decor having strong ethnic features.

The display of ancient corpses is fantastic, for it was in this region that a great number of ancient and well preserved remains were discovered. These are quite different from the mummies in Egypt that were created by skilled embalming procedures; the Xinjiang corpses were dried by the particular natural environment. In all there are twenty-one specimens in the collection and include men, women, lovers, and generals. The "Loulan Beauty" is among the best preserved and famous ones in the museum. The 'Loulan Beauty' has a reddish brown skin, thick eyelashes, charming large eyes and long hair. This particular "pretty" corpse has survived for estimated 4,000 years.

A visit to Xinjiang museum need not be dictated by the seasons. You can come here whenever to see the amazing human remains and all the other precious relics, and so learn more about the brilliant civilization that flourished in Xinjiang.