Taiping Murals on Tangzi Street 堂子街太平天国壁画Tángzi Jiē Tàipíng Tiānguó Bìhuà

About Taiping Murals on Tangzi Street

A late-Qing courtyard house on Tangzi Street, just inside Hanzhongmen, which the Taiping rebels took over after capturing Nanjing in 1853 and used as an office and later a minor prince's residence, painting its walls and wooden partitions. Eighteen paintings survive in the main and rear halls, landscapes, birds, flowers and animals in a bold folk style with no human figures, one of them a watchtower guarding the Yangtze with warships below. The house serves as the Taiping mural art museum, which also shows copies of Taiping murals from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui.

How to get to Taiping Murals on Tangzi Street

In the old city a few minutes' walk from Hanzhongmen station on Metro Line 2, about 2 km west of Xinjiekou; it is run as a branch of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom History Museum at Zhan Garden but has been closed for long periods in the past, so check that it is open before going.

Nearby

• Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 under 10 km
  Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai
• City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 under 10 km
  The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
• Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 under 10 km
  A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb

Also within 20 km: Mochou Lake Park 莫愁湖公园 (under 10 km), Chaotian Palace 朝天宫 (under 10 km), Ginling College Campus 金陵女子大学旧址 (under 10 km), John Rabe House 拉贝故居 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Gan Xi 甘熙故居 (under 10 km), Jinling Scriptural Press 金陵刻经处 (under 10 km).

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• Wikipedia (Chinese)