Museums around Pingjiang Road that you can't miss!

Pingjiang Road, crowded with people, is not a particularly good experience. However, there are many museums worth visiting in the small alleys near Pingjiang Road, such as Suzhou Pingtan Museum, Kunqu Museum, and Zhuangyuan Museum, etc. 1. Suzhou Zhuangyuan Museum Located at the west end of Niuji Lane, close to Guanqian Street. This was originally the old house of Pan Shi'en, the top scholar of Suzhou in the Qianlong period. It introduces the 51 top scholars in Suzhou since the establishment of the imperial examination in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, among which the top scholars in Changzhou and Wuxian are the most frequent, accounting for half of the total. And there are less than a thousand top scholars in Chinese history. 2. Suzhou Pingtan Museum Pingtan is a kind of storytelling art, which may not be heard of outside Suzhou. However, this popular art form is still active in Suzhou, and the Pingtan Museum introduces related art forms and famous artists of all ages. 3. Suzhou Kunqu Museum The Kunqu Museum has been under renovation since last year, so it has not yet opened. 4. Wenxue Shanfang Old Bookstore. This old bookstore is located near the Zhuangyuan Museum and has a history of 124 years. The nearly 100-year-old shop owner sits in the shop every day looking at the pedestrians outside the glass door. The bookstore is only 20 square meters in size, but it is full of various ancient books and old books. It opens at nine o'clock every day and closes at four-thirty in the afternoon. Only two days off on the first and second day of the lunar new year.