Tianyi Hall

Zhejiang


Tianyi Hall is a pretty structure to begin with but what is more fascinating is the garden in the back, with hundreds of potted plants all used for Chinese medicine.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Zhejiang attractions

1. Dajing Hall

0.1 MILES

This old hall houses a traditional Chinese medicine museum with lots of jarred specimens. Unfortunately there's no English.

2. Zhong Pond

0.11 MILES

Eight (the number mirroring the eight trigrams of the bāguà) lanes radiate from this pond at the heart of the village. The feng shui symbol of the Zhuge,…

3. Shouchun Hall

0.11 MILES

One of Zhuge’s 18 halls, Shouchun Hall is a long sequence of chambers and courtyards alongside the rectangular Lower Pond (下搪, Xià Táng).

5. Zhuge

0.12 MILES

Traditional Chinese village architecture and feng shui planning have created a village laid out according to the bāguà (八卦, eight trigrams) of the I Ching…

6. Dagong Hall

0.12 MILES

This splendid memorial hall overlooking the tàijí diagram pond at the centre of the village is a huge, airy space with a pairing of huge black Chinese…

7. Yongmu Hall

0.13 MILES

This fine Ming dynasty hall features an eye-catching central stone door frame plus an exhibition dedicated to local culture.

8. Xishan Ancestral Temple

5.94 MILES

Dedicated to the ancestors of the Ye clan, this peach of an ancestral hall dates back to the Yuan dynasty.