Temples and Museums of Hangzhou

Temple of Zhang Cangshui: Zhang Cangshui the national hero and patriotic poet in the end of Ming Dynasty is famed as "West Lake Three Hero's ', with Yue Fei and Yu Qian.

Southern Song Palace- porcelain Kiln Museum: The Exhibited kiln used to produce daily and artistic palace chinaware¡¯s for the royal family exclusively in the Southern Song Dynasty. As No. l among the five kinds of porcelain at the time. the palace-porcelain occupies a unique place in the development of Chinese porcelain. The museum itself falls into three sections designed for ancient kiln protection! relics display and ancient-imitation workshop. Except for the royal porcelain, for your inspection is also an accumulation of Chinaware¡¯s manufactured over different dynasties. What's more. tourists can try their hands in making souvenirs for themselves in the workshop.

China Silk Museum. With a floor space of 10000 sq. meters this state-level special museum is divided into five sections each of which being devoted to introduction, silkworm, silk processing, silk weaving, dying & printing, and general service. Its rich contents shows the development of Chinese silk production over the past 5000 years. and China's present achievements. Available here are also interesting display of silk production process, operation performance and fashion show.

China Tea Museum: Situated at West Lake Dragon Well tea village the museum is consisted of an exhibition building, tea- pavilions, tea-ritual area and a hall for professional exchange. It offers a vivid presentation of China's tea development, famous teas of different localities, antique tea wares. tea-drinking customs and the knowledge concerning the activation, production, and drink of Tea. The on spot performances of tea rituals in old China, Japan and Taiwan help reveal the inner spirit of Tea culture.

Huqing Yutang Chinese Medicine Museum: Located in Huqing Yutang Chinese Medicine mill & shop built in 1874, the Qing Dynasty. Exhibited there are samples of Chinese medicine. ancient literature, refined special ingredients of Chinese medicine, workshop and history of Chinese medicine. Expert Diagnosis is also available

Su Dongpo Memorial Hall: Located at the south end of Su Causeway with contents showing Su's great achievement in literature and his great deeds in Hangzhou including the building-up of this very causeway.

Zhang Taiyan Memorial Hall: Zhang Taiyan, native to Yuhang, Hangzhou, is china's modern bourgeois democratic Yevolutionist, thinker and scholar. The memorial shows a collection of one-thousand-odd helices.

Pan Tianshou Memorial Hall: Displaying masterpieces of traditional Chinese paintings by Pan Tianshou, former president of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, the country's painting master and educationist, this memorial is situated in his former residence.