Ji’an Museum

Ji’an Museum
吉安市博物馆

Address: Tongluowan Xilu, Jizhou district, Ji’an city, Jiangxi province
Opening hours: 9 am-5 pm (last entry 4:30 pm)
Closed Mondays (except for national holidays)
General admission: Free

Founded in 1969, the Ji’an Museum showcases the deep cultural roots of Ji’an and its remarkable social and economic achievements from the establishment of Luling county in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) to modern times.

The permanent exhibition of the museum is organized into six themed chapters in different halls, including “A Brief History of Ji’an”, “The Bronze Kingdom”, “The Famous Kilns of Jizhou”, “A Prominent County South of the Yangtze River Bearing Brilliant Luling Culture”, “The Cradle of the Communist Revolution”, and “Contemporary Ji’an”.

The museum holds a collection of 5,367 treasures, including ceramics from the Jizhou kiln and Jingdezhen, as well as artifacts from local academies and items from China’s revolutionary period. These artifacts were primarily acquired through archaeological excavations, purchases, and donations.

A highlight of the museum’s collection is the gilded woodcarving dragon-shaped lamp. It features a vertical sword and a z-shaped dragon with nine light holders. As a lighting item, it also indicates the hope for realizing national peace and prosperity through wisdom and force. The lamp was mostly used in academies or ancestral temples, reflecting ancient Ji’an people’s family-and-nation ethos affected by the Luling culture.