The museum, located in Tanshi Village, Ganzhe Town, Minhou County, is a major cultural relic under station protection and a provincial-level base for education in patriotism, and is about 21 kilometers from Fuzhou City. The landform of Tanshi Mount is featured by riverbank hills and ridges at the foot of low mountains. Tanshishan relic was found in 1954 and has been undergone nine scientific excavations. Archaeologists unearthed more than 80 tombs ranging from the neolithic age to the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

 

Tanshishan Culture originates from the patrilineal clan age of primitive society, which is about 5000 years ago. It is an ancient culture fully comparable to Yangshao Culture of Henan Province and Hemudu Culture of Zhejiang Province. Well illustrating the life of southeast coastal residents of the primitive society, Tanshishan Culture is of important value for archaeological study, academic research, education and appreciation.