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西漢南越王博物館 | |
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| Established | 1988 |
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| Location | Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong |
| Type | Mausoleum |
| Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 西漢南越王博物館 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 西汉南越王博物馆 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Western Han Nanyue King Museum | ||||||||||
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The Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King (Chinese: 西漢南越王博物館 Cantonese: Sai Hon Nam Yuet Wong Mou Bok Mat Gun; Vietnamese: Tây Hán Nam Việt Vương Bác Vật Quán ) houses the 2,000-year-old tomb of the Nanyue King Zhao Mo in Guangzhou. Zhao Mo ruled from 137 BC to 122 BC, and his tomb was discovered in downtown Guangzhou in 1983. The museum, which opened in 1988, showcases the tomb and its complete trove of artifacts. It was named a Major National Historical Site in 1996 and is renowned for its rare assemblage of funerary artifacts representing the diffusion of cultures throughout the Lingnan region during the Han dynasty.