Honghe Yi and Hani Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast of Yunnan province is adjacent to Vietnam. With a total coverage of 32,931 square km, Honghe is a fertile land inhabited by 4 million people comprised of such ethnic groups as the Hani, Yi, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Dai, Hui, Buyi, Lahu, Han, and the unidentified Mang people. The splendorous Ailao Mountain Range goes horizontally through the whole prefecture. The roaring Honghe River (Red River), which is normally considered the symbol of Honghe Prefecture, also runs through this fertile land.      

Honghe Prefectural Museum, established in December 2003, is located in the downtown of Mengzi City. As the unique comprehensive and prefecture-level museum in Honghe Yi and Hani Autonomous Prefecture, the museum covers a total of 3,266 square meters with an architectural coverage of 8,121 square meters. It consists of the office area, warehouse, exhibition hall, lecture hall and multimedia centre. It was officially opened to public in October 2005.  

The exhibition hall is composed of three parts, namely "Beautiful and Fertile Honghe", "A Variety of Ethnic Minorities" and "Ancient and Mysterious Honghe". It's worth mentioning that the part "A Variety of Ethnic Minorities" is further divided into three parts: Ethnic Culture, Chieftain Culture and Hani Terraced Fields. 

Garnered and housed in the museum are more than 1,000 items of relics such as bronze wares, porcelains, potteries, bronze drums, calligraphic and painting artworks, ethnic costumes, handicrafts, and folk musical instruments, to name a few. And what is most valuable inside includes a state-class relic: a bronze lamp cast in the shape of a servant. Others valuable relics include poems by Wen Zhengming (1470-1559) who was a reputed painter, calligrapher and litterateur in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and some bronze drums similar to those unearthed in Wanjiaba of Chuxiong Prefecture. 

Honghe Yi and Hani Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast of Yunnan province is adjacent to Vietnam. With a total coverage of 32,931 square km, Honghe is a fertile land inhabited by 4 million people comprised of such ethnic groups as the Hani, Yi, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Dai, Hui, Buyi, Lahu, Han, and the unidentified Mang people. The splendorous Ailao Mountain Range goes horizontally through the whole prefecture. The roaring Honghe River (Red River), which is normally considered the symbol of Honghe Prefecture, also runs through this fertile land.      

Honghe Prefectural Museum, established in December 2003, is located in the downtown of Mengzi City. As the unique comprehensive and prefecture-level museum in Honghe Yi and Hani Autonomous Prefecture, the museum covers a total of 3,266 square meters with an architectural coverage of 8,121 square meters. It consists of the office area, warehouse, exhibition hall, lecture hall and multimedia centre. It was officially opened to public in October 2005.    

Honghe Yi and Hani Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast of Yunnan province is adjacent to Vietnam. With a total coverage of 32,931 square km, Honghe is a fertile land inhabited by 4 million people comprised of such ethnic groups as the Hani, Yi, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Dai, Hui, Buyi, Lahu, Han, and the unidentified Mang people.