Loulan Museum

Loulan Museum is located in Unity Cultural Square, Xingfu Road, Ruoqiang County, Xinjiang, China. It is a landmark building reflecting the history of Loulan and the reality of Ruoqiang. There are Prehistoric Exhibition Hall, Loulan Historical and Cultural Exhibition Hall, Secret Ruoqiang Exhibition Hall, Vicissitudes Memory Hall and Voice of History Hall in the Loulan Museum, with detailed historical materials, modern design and various forms. At present, there are 5,717 pieces of cultural relics in Loulan Museum, mainly mummified specimens of wood, pottery and bronze, including 6 first-class cultural relics, 17 second-class cultural relics and 64 third-class cultural relics, which were unearthed in Loulan ancient tomb, Loulan ancient city, Milan Ruins, Lop Nur South ancient city site and Xiaohe cemetery. Mummy specimens include 8 mummies of adults and children unearthed from Loulan Ruins and Xiaohe cemetery. The cultural relics most representative of Loulan culture are leather boots, brocade, straw baskets, pottery and wooden slips from Milan Ruins collected from Loulan ancient tomb.

Mummy of Loulan Beauty

The beauty body discovered in Loulan Museum was unearthed in Loulan Tomb. She was about 25 years old and was about 1.65 meters tall before her death. She was wrapped in cotton and linen fabric, and her skin was slightly elastic, with delicate features, obvious lip line and curled eyelashes. Feathers are inserted into the white felt hat, and leather boots are worn on the feet. The leather soles are cut from a whole piece of leather to sew boots and boots. The center of the boot is stitched with two strips with fur, which are wound around the boots. The center of the boot is painted with a red line, on which several feathers are worn, and fur can be seen inside the boot. When unearthed, experts found that this woman's abdomen bulged, so experts speculated that this beautiful woman's body discovered that she died in childbirth, but her facial expression was very peaceful. 

Silk Road & Loulan

Loulan is at the crossroads of the Silk Road. Loulan is an important transportation hub connecting the China and the Western Regions. Therefore, the traffic line connecting Dunhuang and the Western Regions(the main channel of the east and west of Loulan) is called Loulan Road. In the Western Han Dynasty, Loulan Road also became the only traffic trunk line connecting China and the Western Regions. Loulan Road in Cao and Wei Periods still has an important position. From Wei and Jin Periods to Qianliang Period, Loulan's economy and trade were very prosperous, and it was still the transportation hub of east and west. In 376AD, Loulan Road gradually lost its function as a traffic trunk line, but it was not completely interrupted. Loulan Road was basically abandoned until the end of Sui Dynasty. Loulan, as an important town of the Silk Road, the communication between the East and the West brought about the spread of art and culture, and the collision of civilizations made Loulan culture and art change in the times, creating the moderns of Loulan culture and art, which is undoubtedly an immortal milestone in the history of artistic communication between the East and the West.

Travel Tips at Loulan Museum

Dress appropriately.

Do not wear clippers.

No smoking.

Minors under the age of 14 must be accompanied by adults. 

Drunken persons are not allowed to enter the museum.

Please accept the safety inspection consciously.

It is forbidden to bring inflammable, explosive, controlled instruments and other dangerous goods into the museum.