Yueyang Museum (Chinese: 岳阳博物馆) is a historical museum in Yueyang, Hunan, China. It covers a total area of 11,000-square-metre (2.7-acre) with a building area of 6,600-square-metre (1.6-acre). The museum has a collection of more than 20,000 objects, including 6 national first level protected cultural relics.
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Yueyang, formerly known as Yuezhou or Baling, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern shores of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze river in the northeastern corner of Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China.
Yueyang has an administrative area of 14,896 km2 and the city proper, 304 km2. The population was 5,051,922 at the 2020 Chinese census whom 1,134,058 lived in the built-up area made up of Yueyanglou District and Yunxi District, Junshan District not being conurbated. Yueyang is the only international trade port city in Hunan and a famous port city in China, at the same time, Yueyang's comprehensive economic strength ranks of Hunan second only to Changsha, the provincial capital.
The city's most famous attractions are the Yueyang Tower and Dongting Lake. The most famous food is Dongting lake silver fish.
In 2021, the city's permanent resident population was 5,051,922, a decrease of 424,162 from the end of last year.
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Wulipai Subdistrict is a subdistrict and the seat of Yueyanglou District in Yueyang Prefecture-level City, Hunan, China. It was originally a subdistrict in South District of Yueyang and formed in 1984. On March 16, 1996, the South District ceased as a district, it was merged to the newly established Yueyanglou District. The subdistrict has an area of about 7 km2 with a population of 66,043. The subdistrict has nine communities under its jurisdiction. Its seat is Wulipai Community.
The Xincheng Community in the Wulipai Subdistrict of the Yueyang Tower District is located on Jianxiang Road near Yueyang Tower, covering an area of 0.7 square kilometers. It has a resident population of 3,293 people and a floating population of 1,627 people. The community currently has 17 staff members and has established three party branches under its community party branch, with a total of 275 party members. The community is divided into eight grids and includes two residential complexes, making it a comprehensive urban community that integrates living, commerce, and leisure.
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The Hunan Institute of Science and Technology is a provincial public college in Yueyang, Hunan, China. The institute has not been granted university status. The college is under the Hunan Provincial Department of Education.
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Yueyang Tower is an ancient Chinese pavilion in Yueyang, Hunan Province, on the shore of Lake Dongting. Alongside the Pavilion of Prince Teng and Yellow Crane Tower, it is one of the Three Great Towers of Jiangnan. Yueyang Tower became famous for Memorial to Yueyang Tower written by Fan Zhongyan, an eminent scholar and statesman of the Northern Song dynasty in China.
Located on the city wall of the west gate of the ancient city in Yueyang city, Hunan province, China, Yueyang Tower faces Junshan Island and overlooks Dongting Lake, being exquisite and imposing. Since ancient times, it has enjoyed the good reputation that Dongting Lake is the best among lakes, and Yueyang Tower is incomparable among towers.
Yueyang Tower with yellow tiles and overhanging eaves set the green forest off. Its roof covered with yellow glazed tiles has a smooth curve, precipitous yet warped, just like a general's helmet in ancient China. It is the only ancient building with a helmet roof structure in China.
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The Dongting Lake Bridge is a bridge with a cable-stayed bridge section over Dongting Lake in Yueyang, northeastern Hunan Province, China. The cable-stayed section consists of three towers supporting center spans of 310m each, with two identical side spans of 130m each.
The bridge is one of a handful of "next generation" bridges worldwide, and includes cable dampers that use magnetorheological fluid which have the capability to change viscosity in response to an electromagnetic field. The bridge includes four lanes of traffic—two lanes in each direction.
History
Construction of Yueyang Museum, commenced in August 1996 and was completed the October 1999. Yueyang Museum was officially opened to the public on October 29 of that same year. The name was inscribed by Zhao Puchu, the former Venerable Master of the Buddhist Association of China.
See also
List of museums in China