Banpo Museum

Located on the eastern bank of the Chan River in Xian, Shaanxi Province, Banpo Museum is the first museum built at this prehistoric site.

Banpo site is a typical matriarchal clan society of the Yangshao Culture in the Yellow River Basin. The archaeological finds in the museum - such as the huts, kilns and tombs of the primitive residents – show the activities of the Banpo people about 6,000 years ago. At that time, women were the crucial labor force. They made pottery, spun and raised their families while men fished.

The museum includes two exhibition halls and a site hall. In the two exhibition halls. There is a display of the excavated tools and domestic utensils used by the Banpo people, such as axes, chisels, sickles and stone knives. The site hall has residential, pottery making and burial sections, which recreate the way of life in the Banpo aboriginal village.


The museum includes two exhibition halls and a site hall. In the two exhibition halls display the unearthed production tools and domestic tools used by the Banpo people, such as axes, chisels, sickles and stone knives. The site hall has residential, pottery making and burial sections, which present us an outlook of the Banpo aboriginal village.