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| Entrance to Song Tang Hall Museum |
Likewise the previous destination, this was not planned. We walked passed this on our way to the Confucious Temple from
Yonghegong.
Museum - checked. Courtyard house - checked. Free - checked! So off we enter!
This is a museum exhibiting folk carvings, collected from demolished houses. It is a privately owned museum and named after its owner, Li Songtang. Here's the catch - it is free to enter the gate, and roamed around the courtyard, however main hall is restricted to a fee. Apparently, chokeful of goodies were kept in the main hall but we gave this a skip.
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| Some stone carving |
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| Wood carving |
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| If it goes through the furthest, all your wishes will come true. Middle one - good for wealth, nearest - exams |
Side note: I realised I keep on typing carving as craving = ="
Most times, the unplanned ones are the best experience. ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat the money box for? Entrance fees? Donation box?
That's a donation box, entrance fees pays to the person in charge :P
DeleteThe Indian influence in China's temples is fascinating. That's all I wanted to say in this comment. Now let's tackle CAPTCHA again. ^^ (It took me three attempts to publish my previous comment.)
ReplyDeleteI suspect they collect those from all different places and put them up in this museum.
DeleteP/S - those CAPTCHA is a pain eh, maybe I'll test it out without the CAPTCHA and see if those spams have gone.