Henan Provincial Museum

Yesterday we visited the Henan Provincial Museum. The museum is visually striking, a massive chinese shaped ziggurat. Henan province has a rich history. Situated on the central plains this province influenced and was influenced by its many neighbours.

The museum is filled with intricately fashioned bronze work, ceramic from the Ming dynasty, and jade carvings. The pre-bronze age inhabitants also did some amazing work with bones.

Henan was once filled with elephants although there is no more room for elephants with the current population topping 100 million.

For lunch we ate at a local restaurant. Dining and dashing is never an option in this establishment given the maze we negotiated to reach our private dining room in this multi story restaurant. Highlights of this meal included local beer in 500ml beer bottles and octopus legs in the noodle dish we ate. An amazing egg plant dish was everyone's favorite!