Zhongguoxiqi Museum

When I was a child, I saw my elders use a tin pot of hot yellow wine. I was impressed by an exquisite antique. There is a largest tin museum in China in the ancient town of Lili, Wujiang, Suzhou. Collected including pots, wine sets, tea set candlesticks, oil lamps, women's boudoir utensils, literary supplies, sedan bottles and other exquisite tinware, some animal shapes, some flower shapes, wonderful and exquisite. The museum not only exhibits finished products, but also introduces the process flow, carefully viewing, can not help but be impressed by the spirit of craftsmen. The China Xiqi Museum is located in the Maojialong Maozhai in Lili Ancient Town. This Maozhai itself is also a cultural relics, and is a cultural relics protection unit in Suzhou City. The old buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are as old as they are, and it is worth savoring.

Lili is also a place full of cultural atmosphere. Liu Yazi's former residence, Wuhu Academy, and Lichuan Academic Garden are all on both sides of the city river, and you can walk one by one. You can also visit the museum. The tin instrument museum in the ancient town is a good place. People began to use tin tools more than a thousand years ago, and the museum can see all kinds of ancient tin tools, there are also modern tin teapots to buy, and you can also make tin tools DIY, which will bring you a profound experience.

Here, the tin products made over the past generations are displayed, all kinds of exquisite production, very appreciated value. You can also watch the production of tinware by craftsmen on-site, and there is also a workshop for tourists to try to make tinware products.

Maozhai. This is a well-preserved ancient building of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which has been through the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and is now a municipal cultural and insurance unit. On January 18, 2017, the China Tin Museum opened a museum in Maozhai, showing various kinds of tin tools. Entering Maozhai, you can see the elegant style along the door building, see the warm sun in spring, the warm sun in the house, see the people in the warm sun in the leisure of Jiangnan. Blue sky, white clouds, blue tiles, red lanterns, wooden buildings are full of simple charm, there is also a piece of tin in the house waiting for you to taste. The flower windows of the old house are mottled in the sun, the slate in the yard exudes the cold and original luster, and the tinware displayed in the museum is varied, exquisite and fascinating. Many tin artifacts in the museum are treasured by his years of hard work, and most of the collections are returned from abroad. He loves the tin collection almost all over Europe and the United States for these objects. Look at the many tin exhibits in the exhibition cabinet, the simulation is animal shape, plus creative processing, not only exquisite, lifelike, but also very practical. The old houses, the deep alleys, the Jiangnan craftsmanship that has been inherited so far...Everything in Lili makes people have a kind of surprise that they have a familiarity. Maybe only when you really meet it will you know that life can be so beautiful. The tins displayed in the museum are: food, tea, wine, boudoir supplies, literary supplies, etc. Among them, the tin instrument "one pot" is the treasure of the town hall, you can't help but see. This baby has walked into the Palace Museum and participated in the national treasure exhibition.

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