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Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou Memorial Hall 扬州八怪纪念馆Yángzhōu Bāguài Jìniànguǎn
National heritage site · Yangzhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yangzhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou Memorial Hall
A museum to the Qing painters known as the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, opened in 1993 in the former Xifang Temple, where one of them, Jin Nong, lodged from the age of 70 until his death in 1763. The temple's Ming-dynasty main hall of nanmu timber is the protected monument, and the halls show calligraphy and paintings by the group, statues of the painters and a reconstruction of Jin Nong's lodging.
How to get to Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou Memorial Hall
At 18 Tuoling Lane in the north-west of Yangzhou's old city; walk or taxi.
Nearby
- Slender West Lake 瘦西湖 under 10 km
A ribbon of willow-fringed water lined with the pavilions of Qing salt merchants
Also within 20 km: Crane Mosque 仙鹤寺 (under 10 km), Yipu Garden 逸圃 (under 10 km), Ge Garden 个园 (under 10 km), Wang Xiaoyuan Residence 汪氏小苑 (under 10 km), Jia Salt Merchant Residence & Erfen Mingyue Lou 贾氏盐商住宅 (under 10 km), Song Jiacheng Archaeological Park (Yangzhou City Ruins) 宋夹城 (under 10 km).
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