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Activity time: November 21, 2022 to December 20, 2022
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Qiantang (now Hangzhou) is located in the southeast of China and has been prosperous since ancient times. Hangzhou has many meaningful and experience-worthy cultural and tourism products that have attracted many to come and visit. The special coverage connects the first group of Song Dynasty Charm Hangzhou-style Life experience bases, gathers Song Dynasty cultural and historical relics and intangible cultural heritage, includes Song-style cultural life and art such as tea ceremony, flower arrangement, incense ceremony, folk art, Guqin art, poetry, calligraphy and painting, costumes, famous objects and elegant collections, combines many forms of Song Dynasty Charm and Hangzhou-style life experience projects and art forms and provides multi-dimensional Song Dynasty Charm Culture experience space. People can fully experience the exquisiteness and elegance of the culture of the Song Dynasty Charm.
Hangzhou, as the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, has a unique geographical location. Here, you can become a “Song Dynasty Charm” scholar to get a close understanding of silk, porcelain and tea, experience the aesthetics of the Song Dynasty, and learn about the intangible cultural heritage culture.
● China Silk Museum
Hangzhou has long been known as the “Capital of Silk”. China Silk Museum is located on the banks of West Lake and houses silk-related historical and cultural relics of different dynasties starting from the Neolithic Age...
Address: 73-1 Yuhuangshan Road, Xihu District
● China Tea Museum
China is the hometown of tea, and the tea culture has a long history. Tea drinking in the Song Dynasty had already become a fashion that swept the whole country, and Diancha (the tea-making method in Song Dynasty)...
Address:
Shuangfeng Branch: No. 88, Longjing Road, Shuangfeng Village, Longjing Town, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Longjing Branch: No. 268, Wengjiashan, Xihu Street, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
● Southern Song Dynasty Official Kiln Museum
The ceramics-themed museum is established based on the old site of Jiaotanxia Kiln, and the building adopts an antique wooden frame with a short roof ridge and slope roof in Song Dynasty style....
Address: No. 60, Nanfu Road, Shangcheng District
● Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum
During the Southern Song Dynasty, Hangzhou had a stable society, developed commerce, a booming population, dense shops, and a dazzling variety of handicrafts. The huge social demand provided a broad...
Address: Gongchen Bridge West Historic District
Hangzhou has always been famous at home and abroad for its beautiful lake and mountain scenery as well as many scenic spots and historical sites. The integration of landscape and humanities gives the city a distinctive style. Many historical sites with Song Dynasty Charm are hidden in the hustle and bustle of Hangzhou, among the verdant mountains and fields, quietly waiting for those who are interested to visit.
● Deshougong Palace Site Protection and Exhibition Project
Deshougong Palace (德寿宫) was originally the old palace of Qin Hui (秦桧), but was later confiscated by the government. It was rebuilt as a new palace and became the living place of Emperor Gaozong and Xiaozong...
Address: Yuanbao Street, Shangcheng District
● Ruins of Taimiao
Taimiao (太庙) is the royal ancestral temple of the Southern Song Dynasty. It was built in the fourth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty with a big hall, seven columns and thirteen rooms. Since then, various...
Address: Intersection of Chayuanqian Lane and Taimiao Lane, Shangcheng District
● Ruins of Shengguo Temple
Shengguo Temple (圣果寺) is not only a famous ancient temple, but also a royal monastery in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was constructed during the Qianning Years of Tang Dynasty (894-898) and was repeatedly...
Address: Phoenix Mountain, Shangcheng District
● Ruins of Eight-Diagram Field
The Eight-Diagram Field (八卦田) is the royal field that was personally farmed by emperors during the Southern Song Dynasty, which shows the farming culture and the ritual culture of the royal field of the Southern...
Address: Intersection of Huyu Road and Baiyun Road, Shangcheng District
● Hangzhou Confucian Temple
The Confucian Temple (杭州孔庙) used to be the government institution of Lin’an (now Hangzhou) during the Southern Song Dynasty. In 1142, it was requisitioned by Emperor Gaozong of Song as Taixue (the highest...
Address: 8 Fuxue Lane, Shangcheng District
HThe painting “Along the River during Qingming Festival” by painter Zhang Zeduan of the Northern Song Dynasty vividly reproduces the urban life style of Song people from all walks of life from the nobles to the common people a thousand years ago. The prosperity of the Song Dynasty makes today's people yearn for it. The touchable, audible and participatory Song Dynasty Charm culture is in these corners of Hangzhou.
● Chenghuang Tower Scenic Area
Chenghuang Tower (城隍阁) Scenic Area is a quaint Southern Song imperial palace-style building. It is adjacent to the ruins of the Southern Song Imperial City and is located on the top of Wushan Hill, which has a blessed...
Address: No. 3 Wushan, Shangcheng District
● Qiantang Guanli
Qiantang Guanli (钱塘观礼) is an immersive Southern Song Dynasty cultural aesthetics space combining four Song Dynasty Cultural IPs, i.e. the ancient capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, the performance...
Address: No. 31 Liuzhuan Road, Xihu District
● West Lake Guqin Society
The Zhejiang-style Guqin was formed in the Southern Song Dynasty. Its founder was Guo Chuwang (郭楚望). Its style of playing Guqin is mellow in fingering and compact in rhythm. It is now a school of...
Address: No. 17, Goushanli, Nanshan Road, Shangcheng District
● Southern Song Dynasty Study
The entire Southern Song Dynasty Study (南宋书房) is a combination of traditional black bricks and tiles and modern glass. As a public space to display the culture of the Southern Song Dynasty, the categories...
Address: No. 6 Zhongshan Middle Road, Shangcheng District
● Song Dynasty Feast
Song Dynasty Feast is located in Hupao Park, which restores the architectural style of the Southern Song Dynasty. Every brick and tile is full of antique, simple and traditional charm. Every dish served is a Southern...
Address: 39, Hupao Road
● Huiyin Gaoli Temple · Huiyin Lake Academy
Huiyin Gaoli Temple is the only thousand-year-old ancient temple space in Hangzhou that presents the external environment of Song-style architectural structures as the main body, and integrates cultural expositions...
Address: No. 149-1, Santai Mountain Road