Gansu Museum of Qin Culture is located by Qin People Square in the development zone of Chengguan Township, Lixian County, Longnan City, Gansu Province. It takes up an area of 43,864.7 square meters, in which the building area is 20,553 square meters, and the main building covers 8,350 square meters. The building, facing the east, represents a primitive simple style of Pre-Qin architecture, and contains an Exhibition Hall, a Meeting Room, a Lecture Theater and warehouse, etc.

Longnan is one of the birthplaces of Chinese nation and a multi-ethnic inhabitance. So far, the Ningjiazhuang site in Longnan has over 7000 years history. The first ancestor of humanity in legend, Fuxi, was born in Chouchi Mountain of Longnan. The progenitor of Qin people lived around today’s Lixian and Xihe Counties.Longnan not only has beautiful landscape and splendid culture, but also has a long history. Shih Chi (The Historical Records) recorded that Fuxi, “was born in Chouchi and grew up in Chengji". Chouchi is today’s Xihe County of Longnan now. So far, the Fuxi Cliff still towers aloft on Chouchi Mountain. Longnan is the birthplace of the Qin Dynasty, which is the first feudal empire in Chinese history. The First Emperor of Qin established his empire in Guanzhong (the Central Shaanxi Plain), after conquering six states.