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Liangzhu Museum 良渚博物院Liángzhǔ Bówùyuàn
4A scenic area · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Liangzhu Museum
The museum of the Neolithic Liangzhu culture, set in a park at Liangzhu in a building by David Chipperfield of four long stone-clad blocks around courtyards, opened in 2008. Its three galleries show more than 1,000 jades, pottery and lacquer pieces from the Liangzhu sites and explain the walled city a few kilometres to the west that is now a World Heritage Site.
How to get to Liangzhu Museum
In Meilizhou Park at Liangzhu, about 18 km north-west of central Hangzhou; buses cover the last 2.5 km from Liangzhu station at the end of Metro Line 2, and the ancient city site is about 4 km further west.
Nearby
- Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 20 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings - West Lake 西湖 20 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like
Also within 20 km: Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City 良渚古城遗址 (under 10 km), Nanshan Cliff Carvings, Pingyao 南山造像 (under 10 km), Cangqian Granary 仓前粮仓 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎故居 (10 km), Dream Town, Cangqian 梦想小镇 (10 km), Laohuling Dam Site Park 老虎岭遗址公园 (10 km).
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