Nanchang Han Dynasty Haihunhou State Archaeological Site Park

Nanchang Han Dynasty Haihunhou State Archaeological Site Park is located on Zijin Avenue, Xinjian District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. Its overall planning area is approximately 107.8 square kilometers, with a core planning area of 12.03 square kilometers. It consists of the Zijin City site, the Liu He tomb garden, and the tomb cluster, and is the largest and best-preserved Han Dynasty marquis-state capital settlement site extant in China. The park is divided into six major functional zones, including the site museum area and the tomb exhibition area, and covers five leading industries: cultural heritage display, cultural experience, lakeside ecological tourism, modern agriculture, and ecological sightseeing agriculture. Supporting infrastructure such as the Haihun Avenue has also been built.

The site museum has a building area of 39,296 square meters and features thematic exhibition halls such as "Golden Haihun" and "Scholarly Haihun," along with supporting facilities including a 4D cinema and VR experience projects. More than 10,000 cultural relics (sets) have been unearthed from the site, including gold wares, bronze wares, and bamboo slips. The number of gold wares reaches 480, the highest among Han Dynasty tomb excavations. The Liu He tomb garden covers an area of 46,000 square meters and includes a genuine chariot-and-horse sacrifice pit and satellite tombs, the first of their kind discovered south of the Yangtze River. The Zijin City site has a total area of 3.6 square kilometers and adopts a double-city-wall structure, with the outer city laid out in a square shape.

The site was rated a National AAAA Tourist Attraction in 2021, was selected into the fourth batch of National Archaeological Site Parks in December 2022, was officially awarded the designation by the National Cultural Heritage Administration in April 2023, and its site museum was rated a National First-Class Museum in 2024. The park operates a reservation-based admission system, with a full ticket price of 100 yuan per person. As of September 19, 2025, the Nanchang Han Dynasty Haihunhou State Archaeological Site Park had received more than 9.3 million visitors in total since opening, achieving operating revenue of 264 million yuan.


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