Shandong Provincial Museum

Introduction

Shandong Provincial Museum is found in south Jinan near the Thousand Buddha Hill. It consists of a nature section and a history section. Included in the exhibits are a number of exquisite Buddhist carvings, stone seals and tablets from the Han dynasty (206-220BC), bronzes from the Shang and Zhou eras (1766-770BC) and pottery and other agricultural objects excavated from neolithic sites in the area. There is also a calendar dating from 134BC, which is believed to be the oldest one in China.