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China’s First Anthropology Museum Boxue (Xiamen University Bldg. #1, 中国第一人类学博物馆，博学一) Lu Xun, “Father of Modern Chinese Literature,” was also in a sense the “father” of our Anthropology Museum, which was the first in New China.

In the Fall of 1926, Lu Xun held an exhibition of cultural relics at XMU and set up a Cultural Exhibition Center in the School of Chinese Studies. Lu Xun did not stick around long, but he’d gotten the ball rolling, and in 1934, Professor Lin Huixiang created a Director’s Office for the Anthropology Museum, Xiamen, and after 1949 he donated all of his cultural relics and books to the university.

In 1952, the National Education Ministry authorized XMU to establish an anthropology museum, which was opened to the public in 1953 for the purposes of anthropological research, teaching and social education. The center has performed research on the New Stone Age era of S.E. China (mainly Fujian and Taiwan) and S.E. Asian, Chinese and foreign maritime transportation in Quanzhou (start of the Maritime Silk Route), ancient kilns (Dehua was one of China’s key ancient porcelain centers), and ancient Chinese exports. The Center has also studied the relationships between the ancient Yue, She, Gaoshan, and S.E. nationalities.

The center has a corridor of steles, 32 exhibition rooms, 4,575 ancient and modern exhibits, and over 7110 books or journals. The 3 main divisions are: Hall of Genesis, Evolution of Culture, and Hall of National Relics from Home and Abroad.

The Hall of Genesis, and Evolution of Culture display: Stone Age artifacts, ancient currency, porcelain, paintings, weapons, sculptures, calligraphy, etc. The National Relics Hall has cultural relics from China, India, Australia, and South East Asian countries.

The center has published Research on Anthropology, History of the She Nationality, History of Gaoshan Nationality, Zheng Chenggong and Gaoshan Nationality, etc.

博学一中国第一个人类学博物馆 “中国现代文学之父”鲁迅先生，从某种意义上来说，也是我们的人类学博物馆之父。我们的人类学博物馆是在新中国建立的第一所人类学专科博物馆。早在1926年秋天，鲁迅先生在厦大举办了一场人类学文物展并在中文学院成立了一个文化展览中心。鲁迅先生虽然并没有逗留多久，但是他却让这个“雪球”滚动了起来。在1934年，林惠祥教授创建了厦门市人类博物馆筹办处，而且在1949年后，他把他毕生搜集的文物和图书都捐给了学校。

在1952年，经教育部批准，厦门大学人类博物馆正式成立并于1953年对外开放，主要用于科研、教学和社会教育等。该馆陈列了中国（主要集中在台湾和福建）和东南亚在新石器时期的相关研究，还有泉州大海船模型（泉州是丝绸之路的起点）、古瓷（福建德化曾经是中国三大古瓷都之一）以及中国古代的出口品。该馆还从事有关古代百越民族、畲族、高山族同东南亚各国关系的研究。

馆内有碑廊、３２间陈列室、约4575号（每号1件或数十件不等，译者注）文物以及多于7110号专用图书。陈列分为人类的起源和发展、文化的起源和发展、中外民族文物三大部分。

人类的起源和发展及文化的起源和发展部分陈列了石器时代的旧石器、古代货币、瓷器、字画、武器、雕塑品、书法作品等等。中外民族文物部分陈列有中国、印度、澳大利亚及东南亚各国的民族文物。

该馆还出版了有关人类学、畲族历史学、高山族历史学及郑成功等方面的一系列研究刊物。

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