--THE BANPO MUSEUM-- |
The Banpo village remains are located between the Chanhe and the Bahe rivers, the east of Xi’an city. A total area of about 50,000 square metres has been preserved. The village was an authentic matriarchal clan community of the Yangshao Culture. The Yangshao Culture can be traced back to 5,300-3,000 B.C. In 1958, the Banpo Museum, the first on the spot museum in China |
| was set up to protect 3,000 square metres of the archaeological excavation. The museum consists of two exhibition rooms and a great hall that houses the ruins of 46 houses, 250 tombs and the remains of other buildings of the village excavated from 1954 to 1957. | |