Museum sights in Hángzhōu
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China Silk Museum
Close to the lake, this museum has good displays of silk samples, and exhibits explain (in English) the history and processes of silk production.
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Huqing Yutang Chinese Medicine Museum
The Huqing Yutang Chinese Medicine Museum is an actual dispensary and clinic. Originally established by the Qing dynasty merchant Hu Xueyan in 1874, the medicine shop and factory retain the typical style of the period.
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Southern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Museum
The Southern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Museum was once a production site for the famed porcelain and ceramics of the Southern Song dynasty. You can visit the remains of the kiln, where there are some exhibits of ancient kiln tools and equipment. There's also a showroom of Song ceramics and explanations in English that outline the history of ceramic ware in China. You can even try your hand at making some treasures of your own for a nominal fee (around Y20-50).
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China Tea Museum
Not far into the hills, you'll begin to see fields of tea bushes planted in undulating rows, the setting for the China Tea Museum – 3.7 hectares of land dedicated to the art, cultivation and tasting of tea. Further up are several tea-producing villages, all of which harvest China's most famous variety of green tea, lóngjǐng (dragon well), named after the spring where the pattern in the water resembles a dragon. You can enjoy one of Hángzhōu's most famous teas at the Dragon Well Tea Village (龙井问茶; Lóngjǐng Wènchá), near the first pass. Tourist bus Y3 will take you to the museum and the village.
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