XI'an banpo bowuguan Museum – Museum, built on the site of archaeological excavations. It is located in the East of XI'an city, in the village of banpo bowuguan.

In Chinese the word "beginning" means "half slope", and the village itself is a classic settlement in the Neolithic period. The village refers to the Beginning of the Chinese yangshao culture, which existed from 5 to 3 thousand years B. C. This name culture has got due to the fact that the first ancient findings that were associated with this civilization, were made in a place called Yangshao in Henan province.

In various places of the valley of the yellow river scientists have discovered about 400 seats that were attributed to this culture. A place called the Beginning of the largest of them. This village was discovered in 1953, at that time there was started the construction of the power plant. Archaeological excavations lasted about 4 years. In 1958, the Museum finds the Beginning opened its doors to visitors. Since then, this place was visited by over 2 million people.

The settlement occupies a total area of about 50 thousand square meters. The whole area is divided into 3 parts: a place where local residents were engaged in the manufacture of tableware and other utensils made of clay, the area where they buried the villagers, and residential area. On the site of ancient ruins was discovered 46 houses, 2 rooms for the cattle, over 200 storage pits, 174 burials of adults and 73 children of the grave, and 6 kilns burned clay products and a lot of implements and tools. Museum visitors have the opportunity to present and see the way of life of ancient people.

Inside the Museum has two exhibition halls and one hall, which is located at the site. The first section demonstrates the tools used by the villagers: sickles, knives of stone, hooks for fishing. In the second room there are objects that show the development of technical progress in the lives of residents in the area, as well as works of art reflecting social and cultural aspects of those times.