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Quanjin Guild Hall (China Kunqu Opera Museum) 全晋会馆Quánjìn Huìguǎn
National heritage site · Suzhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Suzhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Quanjin Guild Hall (China Kunqu Opera Museum)
A guild hall built by Shanxi merchants trading in Suzhou, first founded outside Changmen gate in 1765 and rebuilt on its present site off Pingjiang Road in 1879 after the original was burnt in 1860. Its central courtyard holds a richly carved and gilded two-storey opera stage under a domed ceiling, and the hall now houses the China Kunqu Opera Museum, with displays on the history, scripts, costumes and instruments of Kunqu, which UNESCO recognised as intangible heritage in 2001. Kunqu performances are staged here regularly, and the hall is a component of the Grand Canal World Heritage Site.
How to get to Quanjin Guild Hall (China Kunqu Opera Museum)
On Zhongzhangjia Lane just off Pingjiang Road in the north-east of Suzhou's old city.
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 under 10 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block - Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 30 km
Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls
Also within 20 km: Pan Family Mansion (Ligeng Hall) 卫道观前潘宅 (under 10 km), Pingjiang Road Historic District 平江历史街区 (under 10 km), Couple's Retreat Garden 耦园 (under 10 km), Jiachen Lane Brick Pagoda 甲辰巷砖塔 (under 10 km), Twin Pagodas (Luohan Temple) 罗汉院双塔 (under 10 km), Xuanmiao Temple 玄妙观 (under 10 km).
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