China Red Sandalwood Museum

introduce

The first museum in China with the theme of rosewood art and classical traditional furniture displays thousands of pieces of Ming and Qing furniture made of precious rosewood, traditional classical furniture, miniature ancient architectural landscapes, etc. Here, you can fully understand the charm of red sandalwood art. The Red Sandalwood Museum is an antique building in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At the beginning of its construction, it was personally guided by experts in woodwork and tile work in the Palace Museum. The building itself is an exquisite work of art. The courtyard here is antique and you can take pictures as souvenirs. There are five floors in the museum, of which the first, second, third, and fifth floors are exhibition halls, and the fourth floor is mainly VIP rooms, etc. After entering the museum, you can visit layer by layer. It takes about 2 hours to play around. In the center of the exhibition hall on the first floor of the museum, there is a throne imitating the Qianqing Palace of the Forbidden City. The whole body is golden, just like the one in the Forbidden City, very noble. There are also miniature wood carvings of Qianqiu Pavilion, Wanshou Pavilion, Feiyun Tower, Forbidden City Corner Tower and other buildings in the exhibition hall. The Qing-style main hall is completely arranged according to the display of the general living room in the Qing Dynasty. The canopy bed exhibition hall shows the appearance of Chinese classical beds, and you can take a look at them one by one. The second floor is dominated by many precious screens, and the carvings on the screens are very exquisite, so you can take a closer look. There are also original displays of the Forbidden City Hall of Mental Cultivation, Ming-style main hall, traditional study, and traditional wedding room. In the multimedia exhibition hall in the center, you can learn about the construction and development of the museum and the connotation knowledge of traditional wood processing in the form of videos. In addition, the souvenir shop is also located on the second floor, selling some small wood carvings, which can be purchased according to personal interests. The essence of the third floor of the museum is mainly the miniature courtyard houses and the red sandalwood carvings of Qingming Shanghetu. The miniature size of the courtyard house is very large, about 2-3 meters high. The carvings of the courtyard and the building are very exquisite and pay attention to details. It is a precious work of art, so you must take a good look. The Qingming Riverside Picture is also one of the exhibits in the museum. It restores the grand scene of the Qingming Riverside Picture in the form of wood carving, which is very wonderful. In addition, there are golden nanmu exhibition halls and Buddhist exhibition halls on this floor, which can be visited one by one. On the fifth floor is the tea bar rest area of ​​the museum, where you can rest and drink tea. There is also an exhibit in the center of the fifth floor, which is a miniature wooden carving of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest in the Temple of Heaven. It is also very complicated and delicate, so you can visit it.

opening hours

January 14-January 16 09:00-17:00 (last admission 16:30); January 17-December 31 Tuesday to Sunday 09:00-17:00 (last admission Park 16:30) closed on Monday; closed on Monday, except statutory holidays

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