Changsha Bamboo Slips Museum
长沙简牍博物馆
A specialist museum housing more than 100,000 bamboo and wooden slips from Zoumalou, including the Three Kingdoms Wu slips. It shows Chinese writing and grassroots society in the Three Kingdoms period.
In 1996, about 100,000 bamboo slips dating from the reign of Sun Wu of the Three Kingdoms were excavated at Zoumalou in Changsha. The number exceeded the total of all slips previously unearthed in China, and the Bamboo Slips Museum was established because of this. The exhibition halls explain how the slips were found, preserved, and what they contain. Visitors can see household registers, tax records, and official documents, and learn how grassroots society worked during the Three Kingdoms. Admission is free, and the museum is closed on Mondays. It is on Baisha Road near Tianxin Pavilion, so you can visit it together with the pavilion and Baisha Well.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Du Fu River Pavilion
- Former Residence of Jia Yi
- Huangxing Road Pedestrian Street & Wuyi Square
- Changsha IFS
- Baisha Well
- Pozi Street, Huogongdian & Wenheyou
- Tianxin Pavilion
- Former Site of Hunan First Normal School