TOMB OF THE KING OF SOUTHERN YUE

Don't miss this museum, the most interesting of the city. However, avoid a visit during weekends or public holidays. The museum was established on the tomb of Zhao Mei, the second king of the kingdom of Nanyue, founded by Zhaotuo during the Han era. More than 1 000 objects discovered in the tomb during the 1983 archaeological excavations are exhibited in the museum: the impressive adornment of the deceased, composed of more than 1 000 jade plates linked between them by silk yarn, his imperial seal marked by a dragon and incorporating the inscription "Wendi Xingxi", seal of Emperor Wendi (the greatest gold seal of the Han dynasty existing to date), a silver box, replica of the meteoric production of the last centuries before J There is also one of the finest collections of China porcelain head restraints. Statues of soldiers and horses grandeur of terracotta nature, and an exciting exhibition of objects at the time.