The Exhibition Hall of the Cultural History of the Guo State

The area of the exhibition hall of the cultural history of the Guo state is about 300 square metres. It introduces the history of the Guo State from the words, Pictures, sand-tray, the wall pictures, and so on and the capital, the area of the Guo State, and the excavated situation of the cemetery of the Guo State.

The Guo State was a vassal state surmared Ji of the early Western Zhou Dynasty. The first king of the Guo State was the younger brother of the Emperor zhou WenDi and the uncle of the emperor Zhou WuDi. Most kings of the Guo State were high officials of the Western Zhou Dynasty. They helped the king of the Zhou Dynasty to conquer other kingdoms and participate the decisions of the important affairs. They play important roles to the rising and the developing of the Zhou Dynasty. In 655 B.C., it was wiped out by Jin Vassal State. The famous literary quotations “Borrowing a road of Yu Vassal State to wipe out the Guo State” and “If the lips are gone, the teeth will be in danger” referred to this event.

The original feud of the Guo State was in Baoji. later, it moved to SanMenxia. Its area was a bit larger than today's SanMenxia City. Its capital was in Lijiayao Village. The cemetery of the Guo State was in today's Shangcunling Village. Here is a large public cemetery from the period of the Western Zhou Dynasty to spring and Autumn period with large scale, complete class and well protection. The discovery and excavation opened the prelude of the mystery of the ancient Guo State, 3000 years ago.

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