Sanming Ming and Qing Garden | This is a private museum
You must visit the Ming and Qing Gardens. It can be said that every piece of art inside is a masterpiece, and it truly lives up to its reputation as the Folk Forbidden City.
❤️Key points❤️
1⃣ Ancient wooden buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties
Such as Sima Mansion, Guan Gong Temple, study Biguizhai, Dexin Bookstore, ancient theater, etc., basically they are from the Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. It takes a lot of time to assemble many buildings after they are purchased. For example, Simazhou was assembled piece by piece after it was purchased.
Any of these buildings alone are very impressive, but the most amazing one is‼ ️It is still Sima Mansion which is close to the exit. It is the treasure of the Ming and Qing Garden. It has an extra ceiling, which shows how precious it is.
The Sima Mansion, a large-scale micro-style building, was built in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. It was originally the ancestral hall of the Sima official of Huizhou (Anhui). The entire mansion covers an area of more than 1,000 square meters. It has a grand scale and uses huge materials. Precious and corrosion-resistant ginkgo and zelkova wood are used as beams and columns.
Entering the mansion, you can discover the three major halls of opera, calligraphy and literature. First of all, the opera hall. The entire mansion is of very high architectural grade, with 5 caissons, and the most exquisite one is the octagonal caisson with five blessings holding longevity just above the stage. On the top of the caisson, there is the word "Shou" on the ceiling, and around it are five bats, which symbolizes five blessings holding longevity. On the top of the hanging flower columns are carved "Eight Immortals", which symbolizes "eternal blessings and longevity as long as the sky". The decorations are gorgeous and the carvings are exquisite. There is also a place on the second floor for family members to watch plays, with a beauty chair and many classic opera stories carved on the railings.
Here you will surely be amazed countless times at the ingenuity of ancient Chinese architecture and the superb skills of the builders.
2⃣Looking for exquisite woodworking products
In Jubao Hall and Baifu Hall, there are various ancient screens, ancient archways, and ancient furniture, such as the Xiaozizai canopy bed, the large screen of Five Hundred Arhats, the Thousand-Armed Guanyin of Buddhism, the nanmu screen of Loyalty, Faithfulness, Righteousness and Courage, the Twelve Zodiac Signs of Golden Nanmu, the thousand-year-old wood-carved flower baskets, the sedan chair for sea sacrifice, etc., each of them is a fine piece. It took more than half a year to move and assemble the large screen in Jubao Hall.
3⃣Feel the owner Chen Mingqing’s love for protecting and inheriting wooden buildings. I wonder if it’s because the boss is called Mingqing that he likes ancient wooden buildings and ancient wooden crafts from the Ming and Qing dynasties so much?
💚Travel Information💚
Tickets are 68 yuan, and explanations start from 50 yuan. It is best to ask for an explanation and listen to the stories behind the collections and the original owners of the building, which is quite interesting. On the way to Jiulongtan, we can plan the itinerary together