Nanjing Folklore Museum

Visitor information

Also known as

南京市民俗博物馆

City

Nanjing

Address

No. 15, 17, and 19, Nanqiao Hall, Qinhuai District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province

Opening hours

9:00-17:00

Coordinates

32.0276907, 118.7765443

About Nanjing Folklore Museum

The Nanjing Folklore Museum is located in the Ganxi Residence in the South Hall of Zhongshan South Road, Qinhuai District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. It covers a total area of 14,060 square meters. It is a specialized institution in Nanjing that collects and displays folk items, studies folk customs, and promotes excellent traditional folk culture. In 2010, it established China's first "double museum" of folk customs and intangible cultural heritage. Ganxi Residence, also known as Ganxi's former residence or Gan family courtyard, is a national key cultural relics protection unit. First built during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, it is commonly known as "Ninety-Nine and a Half Rooms". Together with the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty and the City Wall of the Ming Dynasty, it is also known as the three major landscapes of Nanjing in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

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