Yin Xu (Archaeological Ruins of Yin Xu)

Yin Xu lies on both banks of the Huan River in Anyang's north-west suburbs. The Anyang municipal government describes it as the first late Shang capital that can be verified by documents, excavation and oracle-bone inscriptions, and as the site that has been excavated most often and for the longest period in the history of Chinese archaeology. The new Yin Xu Museum sits on the river opposite the palace and temple precinct, built as a joint project between the Anyang municipal government and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of Archaeology. The design, chosen through an international competition, draws on the 'Shang Ode' section of the Book of Songs; the building sinks into the ground and spreads its four storeys across 262.5 mu of ground, with roughly 4,000 catalogued objects in three permanent galleries, four special exhibitions and one immersive digital show.