Xi’an · In-depth place guide
西安博物院 · 小雁塔
A city in objects. A tower in the trees.
A Tang pagoda, the Jianfu Temple precinct and a museum of Xi’an’s past. Leave room for a blue-coated rider, a tiny walking dragon and the slow rhythm of brick eaves.
Give the objects your attention. Give the grounds some time.
This is 西安博物院, beside the Small Wild Goose Pagoda. It is separate from Shaanxi History Museum and from the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. The institution cares for the historic precinct as well as its collections.[4]
Our suggestion:choose a few objects to look at closely, then make time for the tower outside. The contrast between a small crafted figure and a large surviving building is the point of this visit.
Plan your visit
Before you book.
- Time to allow
- Our suggestion: a flexible 3–4 hours for selected collections and the grounds; 90 minutes for a deliberately shorter visit.
- Opening reference
- 08:30–18:00; ticket check ends 17:00. Tuesday closure normally applies, except statutory holidays; Chinese New Year’s Eve is also listed closed.[1][4]
- Reservations
- A free general-admission visit still needs a reservation. Optional paid experiences are separate.
- Tower access
- Plan to appreciate the physical tower from outside. An XR reconstruction is a different experience from climbing it.
The jade gallery has closed for rearrangement.
From 2 September 2026, the museum closed the jade gallery and said its objects would be reassigned to other exhibitions. An older jade-gallery description is not today’s floor plan.[8]
“Han Unites the Realm” has been extended.
An 18 August notice extended 汉并天下 to early 2027, with a separate withdrawal notice to follow. Its original August end date is superseded. The linked online tour is a May 2026 recording, not a live view.[9]
General admission and optional experiences
Start with the free museum visit. A paid guide, headset experience or commercial package should be an informed addition, not a condition inferred from a reseller listing.[5][6]
General free-entry status and the museum’s 2026 operating notices; optional-product prices have not been verified.[1]
General museum visit
- Admission reference
- Free; real-name reservation required.
- Important distinction
- Use the current museum booking channels. “Free” does not mean an unbooked foreign visitor can walk in.
Normal campus opening
- Admission reference
- 08:30–18:00, last ticket check 17:00.
- Important distinction
- The September return-to-normal notice supersedes summer extension. Confirm any separate indoor closing procedure.
Physical Small Wild Goose Pagoda climb
- Admission reference
- Do not plan on physical climbing access.
- Important distinction
- The museum’s digital lead says the protected tower no longer meets climbing conditions. Historic staircase photographs do not prove access.
XR, guided visits and other paid experiences
- Admission reference
- Current price and availability unconfirmed.
- Important distinction
- Verify the exact title, location, language and conditions. The tower XR is not the same product as an expired Tang XR show or Van Gogh VR.
| Visit / service | Admission reference | Important distinction |
|---|---|---|
| General museum visit | Free; real-name reservation required. | Use the current museum booking channels. “Free” does not mean an unbooked foreign visitor can walk in. |
| Normal campus opening | 08:30–18:00, last ticket check 17:00. | The September return-to-normal notice supersedes summer extension. Confirm any separate indoor closing procedure. |
| Physical Small Wild Goose Pagoda climb | Do not plan on physical climbing access. | The museum’s digital lead says the protected tower no longer meets climbing conditions. Historic staircase photographs do not prove access. |
| XR, guided visits and other paid experiences | Current price and availability unconfirmed. | Verify the exact title, location, language and conditions. The tower XR is not the same product as an expired Tang XR show or Van Gogh VR. |
The 1–7 October extended timetable has ended. It should not be used to plan an ordinary late-October arrival.[7]
The August new-system announcement names the museum’s official WeChat account, its website and Ctrip. Daily release is at 18:00 China time for the fifth day ahead; its example is 1 September releasing 6 September.[2]
For a short visit, allow the reservation slot to govern your arrival, not a last-minute attempt at the final ticket check.
A foreign-passport visit, step by step
Foreign and Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan visitors must reserve normally. After successful booking, exchange the ticket at the manual window using your own valid identity document.[3]
Use the same original passport as your booking and keep the successful order available. No actual passport transaction, overseas phone-number registration or payment process has been completed for this guide.
Miss your reserved period and the published rule says no entry. Child and senior wording relies on PRC documents; ask how overseas-passport family members should reserve.[3]
Start from the official portal and its named account, 西安博物院. A logo, search advertisement or a similarly named “history museum” is not enough to identify your venue.
Find your bearings
Three parts of one outing.
Treat the museum building, Jianfu Temple architecture and Small Wild Goose Pagoda as related but distinct interests. The concept guide below groups themes; it is not a measured walking map or a guarantee that a particular hall is open.
Begin with the current on-site exhibition board. The jade-gallery change shows why a historic photograph or permanent-sounding exhibition title cannot reliably fix an object’s present room.[8]
Our suggestion:put your most important indoor collection first if you have a timed arrival. Afterwards, use the tower and temple courts to change pace rather than adding another distant sight.
Museum collection themes
Historic precinct
Digital interpretation
A closer reading
What to look for.
Thirteen themes to choose from, rather than a compulsory checklist. Object photographs are dated records; collection ownership does not guarantee an object is currently on display.
Historic precinct
小雁塔
The smaller of two famous pagodas
This is a separate monument from Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. The provincial gazetteer records thirteen surviving levels; closely spaced brick eaves define its silhouette.[10]
Our suggestion:look from far enough away to see the whole outline, then move closer along permitted paths. An isolated detail photograph cannot show how the tower narrows upward.
Our looking suggestionTrace the silhouette from the unusually tall lower stage to the much tighter eaves above.
Tower exterior
密檐式砖塔
Read the brick, not a staircase promise
The gazetteer describes a hollow brick tower with arched openings and projecting eaves. Its interior-stair description is historical, not current climbing permission.[10]
The 2016 interior photograph below records an earlier arrangement. In a 2026 interview, the museum’s digital lead explicitly says that the tower no longer meets physical climbing conditions.[26]
Our looking suggestionCompare the depth of a projecting eave with the narrow brick wall behind it.
A Buddhist learning landscape
义净与荐福寺
A place for translation
Yijing translated Buddhist texts here after travelling to India. This is distinct from Xuanzang’s Giant Wild Goose Pagoda story.[10]
Our suggestion:think of the precinct as a place where ideas were translated between languages. That theme connects the building to the objects of travel and cultural exchange in the museum.
Our looking suggestionKeep the two monks and the two pagodas distinct when reading a guide or booking a tour.
Temple precinct
荐福寺古建筑
Several periods share the courtyard
The precinct was repeatedly repaired and rebuilt. A Tang foundation does not date every surviving gate, hall or painted surface.[10]
Our suggestion:compare the gate, the raised pavilion and the tower as different building types. Follow current barriers; a passage visible in an old photograph may no longer be part of the public route.
Our looking suggestionLook at what supports each roof: a brick platform, timber columns or the tower wall.
Jianfu Temple bell pavilion
雁塔晨钟
The morning bell is a cultural landscape
The gazetteer associates the site with the traditional morning-bell scene and records a 1192 iron bell. No daily ringing programme is established.[10]
Our suggestion:pause here to compare the bell pavilion’s scale with the tall pagoda. Do not confuse this bell with the Jingyun original in Beilin Museum or the replica at the city-centre Bell Tower.
Our looking suggestionIdentify the pavilion before assuming that a bell in a photograph is inside the pagoda.
Collections and exhibition choice
古都西安
A museum of a lived city
The city’s own introduction describes a museum presenting Xi’an’s history through collections, exhibitions and varied interpretation. It is a different institution from the regional Shaanxi History Museum.[11]
Our suggestion:choose a question — how people travelled, what they wore, how they worshipped, or how a city was built. Look for two objects that help answer it rather than trying to absorb every dynasty in one pass.
Our looking suggestionRead the place of discovery as well as the dynasty on a label.
Tang sancai collection highlight
三彩腾空马
A blue coat, a horse in mid-air
The museum’s own object record dates this 38-centimetre-high figure to the Tang and records its 1966 discovery in a tomb at the Xi’an pharmaceutical factory site. It is glazed earthenware, not porcelain.[12][13]
A 2026 interview with a museum interpreter draws attention to the rider’s rare blue glaze and the contrast between the galloping horse and the composed young rider. The contents of the bag and the rider’s precise personal story remain interpretations.[14]
Our looking suggestionFind the blue robe, the bag behind the saddle and the different sense of movement in horse and rider.
Tang gilt collection highlight
鎏金走龙
A dragon small enough to study
The museum records the walking dragon as 18 centimetres long and 10.8 centimetres high. Its lively posture rewards close attention rather than a quick photograph of a shiny object.[15]
The heritage bureau suggests that small walking dragons may have been connected with ritual dragon-casting ceremonies. It presents that use as a possibility, not an established biography for this particular object.[16]
Our looking suggestionCompare the forward and backward legs, the raised spine and the open mouth.
Jade collection theme
秦云纹玉杯
A cup, and a changed gallery
The provincial inventory identifies the museum’s cloud-pattern jade cup as Qin. In the photograph, the high foot and bands of carved ornament give you two clear features to examine. No claim that a particular emperor drank from it is established here.[17]
The museum’s older jade-exhibition essay distinguishes ritual, decorative and vessel uses of jade. Read it as collection context: the jade gallery closed in September 2026 for redistribution of its objects.[18][8]
Our looking suggestionFollow one carved band around the cup instead of treating the surface as a single pattern.
Buddhist sculpture theme
佛教造像
Change your scale of looking
The museum’s catalogue includes Buddhist sculpture in several materials: a gilt bronze standing Buddha and a white-marble Guanyin with gilding and colour. Each material changes what you notice in the figure’s surface and proportions.[19][20]
The dated photographs here show a Northern Wei sculpture and a Sui triad. They illustrate the collection theme, not those two separate catalogue entries, and do not certify their present display locations.
Our looking suggestionCompare a standing figure with a grouped composition; look at the hands, drapery and surviving colour.
Northern Zhou collection theme
康业墓围屏石床榻 · 李诞墓石棺
What a tomb furnishing can tell you
Two museum records identify Northern Zhou stone tomb furnishings: Kang Ye’s screen-backed stone couch, excavated in 2004, and Li Dan’s stone coffin, excavated in 2005. They are different objects from different discoveries.[21][22]
Our suggestion:if either is displayed, study how a three-dimensional furnishing organises a story across its surfaces. Use the current label to distinguish a coffin from a couch, rather than calling both “a sarcophagus”.
Our looking suggestionRead the object name first, then see where an image panel belongs in the larger construction.
Small objects and skilled making
铜蚕 · 三彩凤首壶 · 金背镜
Look beyond the headline treasure
The museum records a 5.1-centimetre bronze silkworm, a 39.5-centimetre Tang phoenix-headed ewer, and a Tang mirror with a gilt back and animal-and-grape decoration. They offer different ways to look at scale, shape and surface.[23][24][25]
Our suggestion:pick one object that was not on your original list. Find a practical feature — a spout, handle, suspension or polished face — before reading a symbolic interpretation. Current display is not guaranteed by a web catalogue.
Our looking suggestionAsk what you could learn by turning the object over, while keeping your hands off the case.
Digital interpretation and protection
XR探秘唐塔
A virtual ascent is a reconstruction
The May 2026 tower-XR project uses a wearable device in the real courtyard to present reconstructed tower interiors and an underground space. The museum’s technical lead distinguishes that digital experience from physical climbing.[26]
Its current operation, price, English interpretation, age limits and device suitability have not been verified. A separate Tang-themed XR show was announced to close on 31 August; that is not proof that the tower project also closed.[27]
Our looking suggestionAsk for the exact experience title and language before deciding whether the headset adds something for you.
Choose what matters
Make the visit yours.
Our suggestion: 3–4 flexible hours
A considered half-day
- Keep
- A few objects, the tower and an unhurried change of pace
- The trade-off
- No promise of seeing every gallery or joining a headset experience
Reserve and arrive
Follow your actual slot and use the manual exchange window if required.
Choose two collection themes
Begin with the object or exhibition that matters most to you.
Take a real pause
Allow time to sit, drink and read a label without rushing.
The historic precinct
See the tower exterior and selected temple architecture along open paths.
This is an editorial time allowance, not a timed or inspected route. The physical tower is not a planned climb.
All outlines are editorial estimates, not field-tested routes. Follow current admission rules and venue directions.
Arrival, energy and interpretation
Get the details right.
Arrive at the right gate
Use 西安博物院、小雁塔 and 友谊西路72号. A destination pin for 陕西历史博物馆 or 大雁塔 takes you to a different place.[4]
The museum’s website map identifies Nanshaomen / 南稍门 with Metro Lines 2 and 5. Follow the current station map and venue entrance guidance; a historic web map does not establish today’s best exit or a fixed walking time.[30]
The operator lists west-gate car parking but no coach parking. Confirm your actual admission entrance; a parking location is not an entrance rule.[3]
Children and family bookings
For overseas-passport children, confirm their booking and window-exchange requirements. Do not import a domestic document-based exemption.[3]
Our suggestion:alternate one small-object theme with an outdoor pause. A headset’s age, fit and health conditions need a product-specific check.
Steps, surfaces and assistance
This guide has not inspected lifts, ramps, door widths, accessible toilets or wheelchair loans. Ask about the complete route through galleries and historic courts, including the manual-ticket window. A tower reconstruction does not establish physical access.
Photography and object care
Ask staff about the particular room’s photography, flash, tripod and video rules. Do not touch an object or cross a barrier to reproduce a historic photograph. A licensed photograph on this page is not a venue photography permit.
Interpretation and language
Current English guiding, audio devices, tour capacity and fee have not been verified. The linked film is Chinese-language. Confirm whether a paid guide or XR product offers the language you need.
Help and belongings
The operator currently lists consultation at 18066819253 and lost property at 18192805032. English telephone service, locker sizes and luggage acceptance remain unconfirmed.[3]
Bring the original booking document and keep the order accessible. This website stores no passport copy and cannot retrieve a museum reservation.
Guangming Online · Museum Speaks · 12 March 2021
Spend a few minutes with one object.
Guangming Online · Museum Speaks · Recorded museum short · 12 March 2021 · about 6 minutes
The galloping horse and its rider
A Chinese-language museum film studies the original Tang sancai horse and blue-robed rider. The publisher-linked video was played and the object scene inspected. Historical interpretation and old gallery footage do not establish current display, admission or subtitles.
Open the original Guangming museum filmThe external player loads only when you choose it. If unavailable in your region, use the official source link. Cover photograph credited in Sources; not a film still.
- A Chinese-language museum short film about the sancai horse and rider, with historical interpretation.
- The original player loaded and advanced; a later seek reached the object discussion. Duration observed: about 6 minutes.
- It is a recorded programme, not a current gallery tour or promise that the object will be displayed on your date.
Official digital resources
Walk an exhibition online.
The museum’s own homepage links to a Realsee recording of 汉并天下. The viewer states capture on 27 May 2026. This is an exhibition recording, distinct from an on-site headset reconstruction of the pagoda.[28]
Han Unites the Realm · recorded exhibition panorama
The entrance scene loaded and changed with a pointer drag at desktop and 390-pixel widths. The viewer lists 43 points, but not every point was inspected. The museum later extended the physical exhibition to early 2027; confirm its actual end before travelling.[28][9]
Explore the museum-linked Realsee tourThis is a link to the original third-party viewer. No panorama images or museum media have been copied into our photo library. English navigation, narration, every room and touch gestures on a real phone are unverified.
The original May report gave an August end; the subsequent museum extension takes priority. A working panorama is not a live view or a substitute for a reservation.[9]
Before you ask.
Is Xi’an Museum the Shaanxi History Museum?
No. Use 西安博物院 and 小雁塔 for this visit. They have separate locations and reservation systems.
Can foreign visitors arrive without reserving?
The museum explicitly requires normal reservations for foreign visitors, followed by manual-window exchange using their valid identity document.[3]
When should I try for a reservation?
The August 2026 announcement gives 18:00 China time for the fifth day ahead; its example is 1 September releasing 6 September. A successful passport transaction has not been tested here.[2]
Can I physically climb Small Wild Goose Pagoda?
Do not plan on it. The museum’s technical lead says it no longer meets climbing conditions. The XR reconstruction is a separate experience.[26]
Can I still visit the jade gallery?
The museum closed it from 2 September 2026 and said objects would be redistributed. Ask which objects are now displayed and where.[8]
Did the Han exhibition end in August?
Its original end was superseded by a museum extension to early 2027, with withdrawal to be announced separately.[9]
Are all objects pictured here on display now?
No such guarantee is made. Photos retain their capture dates, and a collection catalogue records ownership rather than live display status.
Does the online tour let me climb the real pagoda?
No. The Realsee link records an exhibition space. The on-site tower XR interprets the tower digitally. Neither grants physical climbing access.
Dates, sources and photographs
Follow the evidence.
Original museum pages were read through the public JSON requests used by the museum website, because some article links failed to navigate in our browser. Current notices are distinguished from old page descriptions. The provincial gazetteer and collection inventory were extracted and their relevant PDF pages visually reviewed. Object photographs were checked individually. Suggested routes are desk-researched estimates; no passport purchase, on-site visit or accessibility inspection was performed.
Reviewed 2026-10-29. This date records our source review, not a live availability check.
Open 30 source references
- Xi’an Museum: return to normal hours from September 2026
Original museum operational notice; page date 28 August, signed 26 August · Published 2026-08-28 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: new reservation system from 27 August 2026
Original museum operational notice · Published 2026-08-26 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: current visitor instructions
Original operator instructions; body read through its public website API · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Heritage Bureau: institution duties and regular closure days
Primary municipal institution directory · Published 2026-02-04 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an government: registered free-admission museums
Primary register dated 2019; not a current opening timetable · Published 2019-10-17 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Sanqin: staff interview on free reservation policy
Original 2026 staff interview; channel details predate new-system notice · Published 2026-08-16 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: National Day extension limited to 1–7 October
Original dated holiday notice; expired hours · Published 2026-09-20 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: jade gallery closed from 2 September
Original museum exhibition-change notice · Published 2026-09-01 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: Han exhibition extended to early 2027
Original museum extension notice; withdrawal to be announced · Published 2026-08-18 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Shaanxi Construction Gazetteer, PDF 155–156 / printed 131–132
Primary provincial architectural record; chronology anomalies flagged · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an municipal English introduction to the museum
Municipal collection and interpretation background · Published 2024-04-19 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: Tang galloping horse object record
Custodian object record · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- China News Service: museum education director on the horse
Original expert interview · Published 2023-10-18 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Shaanxi Daily: August 2026 interview with museum interpreter
Original reporter/interpreter interview republished by CRI · Published 2026-08-14 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: gilt walking dragon
Custodian object record · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Heritage Bureau: walking dragon and possible ritual use
Primary heritage interpretation, uncertainty preserved · Published 2024-01-19 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Shaanxi Heritage Bureau: registered Grade I objects, PDF 105
Primary collection inventory; not a live display list · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: earlier jade exhibition essay
Custodian curatorial essay; gallery closed September 2026 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: gilt bronze standing Shakyamuni
Custodian object record; not an identification of every Buddha photograph · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: gilt and painted Guanyin
Custodian object record · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: Kang Ye screen-backed stone couch
Custodian object record · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: Li Dan stone coffin
Custodian object record · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: bronze silkworm
Custodian object record · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: sancai phoenix-headed ewer
Custodian object record · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: gilt-backed animal-and-grape mirror
Custodian object record · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Evening News: museum digital lead explains tower XR
Original technical-lead interview; reconstructed spaces and physical access distinguished · Published 2026-05-16 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: a separate Tang-themed XR exhibition ends 31 August
Original museum exhibition-change notice · Published 2026-08-28 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum-linked Realsee: Han Unites the Realm panorama
Original publisher-linked exhibition recording; capture shown as 27 May 2026 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Guangming Online: Museum Speaks horse-and-rider short film
Original publisher page and player checked · Published 2021-03-12 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Xi’an Museum: website map and transport context
Operator website map references; current gate and exits need checking · Reviewed 2026-10-29
Photograph authors, dates and licences (19 photographs)
H2v5o68z · 2025-11-19 09:26:10 · CC0
Resized and converted to WebP. Image-file proportions retained; hero and preview layouts may crop the display. Original licence retained.
H2v5o68z · 2025-11-19 09:24:17 · CC0
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H2v5o68z · 2025-11-19 09:07:24 · CC0
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H2v5o68z · 2025-11-19 08:33:20 · CC0
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H2v5o68z · 2025-11-19 09:11:00 · CC0
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H2v5o68z · 2025-11-19 09:13:36 · CC0
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KQuhen · 2016-04-22 16:44:33 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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KQuhen · 2016-04-22 16:17:19 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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xiquinhosilva · 2024-06-09 10:20:43 · CC BY 4.0
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H2v5o68z · 2025-11-19 09:18:24 · CC0
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xiquinhosilva · 2024-06-09 10:19:06 · CC BY 4.0
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Windmemories · 2023-09-23 17:04:00 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China · 2011-10-04 10:29 · CC0
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Windmemories · 2023-09-23 17:30:26 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Windmemories · 2023-09-23 17:23:51 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Windmemories · 2023-09-23 17:09:44 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Windmemories · 2023-09-23 17:08:32 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Will Clayton from Blackburn, UK · 2009-06-20 11:17 · CC BY 2.0
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KQuhen · 2016-04-22 15:38:39 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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How conflicting descriptions were handled
The new 2026 five-day system supersedes older three-day or seven-day guides. No reservation success is inferred from reading instructions.[2]
September normal hours supersede summer extension, and October holiday hours expire with their dates. The institution directory supplies the regular Tuesday and New Year’s Eve closure rule.[1][7][4]
The home page contains a stale short description with old hours, but the detailed visitor text has newer rules. We use the dated operating notices and preserve the manual exchange requirement for foreign visitors.[3]
The jade-gallery closure supersedes the old permanent-exhibition essay. The Han exhibition extension supersedes the launch article’s August end date. These are two different exhibition changes.[8][9]
The gazetteer’s 1555 earthquake parenthesis and Wu Zetian chronology are anomalous. We omit those claims and do not present “miraculous” crack-rejoining stories as engineering proof.[10]
Small Wild Goose Pagoda’s tower XR, the Tang XR show announced to close in August and the Han exhibition panorama are separate resources. Their names, media and verification states are not interchangeable.[26][27][28]
The blue-robed rider’s identity and bag contents are interpreted, not known personal facts. The tiny dragon’s ritual use is likewise described as possible.[14][16]
The catalogue distinguishes the Kang Ye stone couch and Li Dan stone coffin. A pictured object is not assigned to either simply because it resembles carved tomb furniture.[21][22]
What still needs direct confirmation
- A completed foreign-passport reservation, overseas phone-number support, exact exchange credential and current entrance.
- Current placement of redistributed jade objects and display status of individual collection highlights.
- Actual end of the extended Han exhibition and any later gallery changes.
- Present tower-XR operation, price, age and health conditions, English language and headset availability.
- Current guided-tour fees, English interpretation, baggage facilities and complete accessible routes.
- All panorama points, English narration, real-phone touch gestures and regional film access.
Film verification: The original Guangming player loaded and advanced; a later seek passed 85 seconds and showed the actual horse and rider. The publisher-linked MP4 also played independently (duration 360.17 seconds). Captions, region and real-phone behaviour remain unverified.
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