Qualla: Xuzhou Museum https://qualla.com/xuzhou-museum en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/5/6/xuzhou-museum-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Xuzhou Museum https://qualla.com/xuzhou-museum Xuzhou Museum: Introduction https://qualla.com/xuzhou-museum/ Photo credit Mary Harrsch, CC BY-SA 4.0. Everyone knows about the terracotta warriors in Xi'an. Far fewer know that Xuzhou has its own army of clay soldiers, discovered in 1984, arranged in battle formation, and standing barely a foot tall. These 4,800 miniature warriors were buried with Liu Wu, the third king of Chu during the Western Han dynasty, and they carry an emotional weight that their larger cousins in Xi'an do not. Where the Qin emperor's army projects raw imperial power, the Chu king's soldiers wear expressions of sorrow and respect, subjects mourning a ruler they followed into the afterlife.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/5/6/xuzhou-museum-wp/ww56-xuzhou-museum-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Xuzhou Museum: An Emperor's Retreat, a Region's Memory https://qualla.com/xuzhou-museum/ Photo credit Huanokinhejo, CC BY-SA 4.0. The museum sits at the northern foot of Yunlong Mountain, on ground the Qianlong Emperor chose for one of his traveling palaces during a 1757 inspection tour south of the Yangtze River. Founded in 1959 on this imperial site, the museum was expanded in 1999 and then rebuilt betwee...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/5/6/xuzhou-museum-wp/ww56-xuzhou-museum-an-emperors-retreat-a-regions-memory.mp3 0:06 2 full Xuzhou Museum: Six Millennia in Seven Galleries https://qualla.com/xuzhou-museum/ Photo credit Huanokinhejo, CC BY-SA 4.0. The museum's 15,577 objects span roughly 6,000 years and fill seven themed galleries. "Metal Hardware and Battle Steed" showcases military artifacts from the Han and Chu periods through the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, including armor, crossbows, and artillery pieces tha...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/5/6/xuzhou-museum-wp/ww56-xuzhou-museum-six-millennia-in-seven-galleries.mp3 0:06 3 full Xuzhou Museum: The Sorrowful Army https://qualla.com/xuzhou-museum/ Photo credit Huanokinhejo, CC BY-SA 4.0. The terracotta warriors excavation site covers 6,000 square meters across six pits: three infantry, one pottery-guard, one cavalry, and one chariot pit. Only two infantry pits and the pottery-guard pit have been fully excavated, yielding 2,393 figures so far. The sculptures are a...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/5/6/xuzhou-museum-wp/ww56-xuzhou-museum-the-sorrowful-army.mp3 0:06 4 full Xuzhou Museum: A Crossroads Still Yielding Secrets https://qualla.com/xuzhou-museum/ Photo credit 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 3.0. Museum archaeologists continue to work across the region, participating in excavations of Western Zhou and Han dynasty sites at Miao Taizi and Jiaozhuang in Jiawang, along with the Woniushan, Wanda Plaza, Kuishan, and Tiechashan tomb complexes. The area has yielded artifacts up t...

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