[2025 Shaoxing Attraction] Travel Guide for Qingteng Book House (Updated Feb)

Compared to Suzhou and Hangzhou, I love this low-key real Jiangnan more! When you open the map of Shaoxing, the Jiangnan water town is visualized... Take advantage of the upcoming short holiday and visit Jiangnan again~ - 【🗺️ Shaoxing 2-day and 1-night travel route】 Day 1: Lu Xun's Former Residence - Qingteng Shuyu - Cangqiao Direct Street - Xixiaolu - Yangming's Former Residence - Jiemin Library - Shusheng's Former Residence - Bazi Bridge Day 2: Shaoxing East Lake - Angsang Lake Bridge - Shaoxing North Station - 🌟 Recommended attractions 1️⃣ Lu Xun's Former Residence: From Hundred Grass Garden to Sanwei Bookstore, from textbooks to reality, it's like a dialogue with time and space. There are interesting statues and surrounding products of Xun Ge in Hundred Grass Garden, which are suitable for gifts to friends. - 2️⃣ Cangqiao Direct Street: Walking on the stone road and watching the black-covered boats coming and going on the lake, isn't this Jiangnan Water Town? - 3️⃣ Jiemin Library: Liu Shishi's same style photo machine position, it's very quiet and very photogenic. - 4️⃣ Shusheng's Former Residence: Wang Xizhi's former residence is here, and the style of the year has been preserved. The Ti Shan Bridge and Mochi are suitable for taking pictures. - 5️⃣ East Lake: One of the must-visit attractions in Shaoxing, the black cliffs on the East Lake are like ink paintings, very suitable for shooting ancient styles. - 6️⃣ Angsang Lake: Far away from the city center and close to Shaoxing North Station, the ancient towpath connecting the two banks is very distinctive. It can only be photographed with a drone, so it is not recommended to go there specially. - 💡 Travel tips: 1️⃣ Shaoxing's attractions are relatively concentrated, and the first day's itinerary can basically be citywalk... 2️⃣ You can try Shaoxing's rice wine milk tea/coffee/ice cream, stinky tofu, which are very local. 3️⃣ Most of the old city areas of Shaoxing are guesthouses without elevators, which are not suitable for friends with luggage.

Shaoxing is a water town in Jiangnan full of artistic atmosphere, with many talented people and famous people. When it comes to the most talented people, Xu Wei is definitely one of them. He is an undisputed artistic genius, with a famous writing style and a master of ink painting. The eccentric Zheng Banqiao once made a seal with the words "Qingteng's dog" on it. 🌟The Xu Wei Art Museum is a great place to learn about this talented man's life. While admiring his unparalleled artistic achievements, the museum's design is also very sophisticated, with a corner building, an open garden, and a black roof and floor. The dialogue between metal, glass, and stone shows the fusion of history and modernity. ………… 🏠Address No. 33, Houguan Lane, Yuecheng District, Shaoxing City 🚇Transportation Take the subway to Lu Xun's Hometown Station and walk or ride a bike 🎫Tickets Free, no reservation required, digital experience hall in the museum is CNY 10/person 🕰Opening hours Tuesday–Sunday 9:00–17:00, last admission at 16:30 ⌚️Visit duration 1 hour 🔥Stamp A free "Ink Grape Picture" stamp is available at the Xu Wei Art Museum Visitor Center, and a paid stamp is available at the museum's cultural and creative store ………… ✅I knew nothing about Xu Wei before I came here, but after I came here, I found out that Xu Wei, one of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty, had made great achievements in painting, calligraphy, literature, opera, and military affairs, and was a great master. He was not only a great calligrapher of the era, but also a great poet and playwright of the Ming Dynasty, and the founder of the "Qingteng School of Painting", which has been famous for thousands of years. "Five hundred years of Xu Wei", how can a person be so talented! ✅Although Xu Wei was talented, he had a difficult life, and in his later years, he was poor and ended his life in a difficult situation as "a few rooms in a dilapidated house, a man with a southern accent and a northern accent". ✅The art museum has two floors, and the exquisite exhibition hall is simply amazing, bringing the beauty of light and shadow to the extreme. Walking here, I unconsciously lighten my steps, afraid of breaking the quiet artistic atmosphere here. ✅After visiting the art museum, don't forget to go to the Qingteng Book House across the street, where Xu Wei was born and studied. It is a small courtyard, still retaining the original Ming and Qing literati garden features, and is very photogenic! ………… There is a tea space at the entrance of Qingteng Book House, where you can enjoy a cup of tea and a space for your mind to relax. This is another reason to fall in love with Shaoxing!

Xu Wei's Hometown is the birthplace of Xu Wei, a famous painter, writer, and military strategist of the Ming Dynasty. It is located at No. 10, Dacheng Lane, Yuecheng District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province. Xu Wei's Hometown is centered around the Qingteng Study, which is Xu Wei's former residence and features a unique Ming and Qing literati garden style. The study faces east and covers an area of 460 square meters, with a building area of 170 square meters. It is divided into two rooms, front and back. In front of the study, there is a sky pool and a wisteria vine. To the east, there is a bamboo garden with scenic spots such as Zizai Rock and Tianhan Fenyuan.

The Jiangnan region is known for its outstanding people and rich cultural heritage, with Zhejiang Shaoxing being a prime example of this tradition. Throughout its history, Shaoxing has produced many cultural figures, including a painter named Xu Wei, who is one of the great masters of Chinese flower-and-bird painting. He pioneered the freehand brushwork style of flower-and-bird painting. To this day, the Palace Museum, the National Museum of China, the National Art Museum of China, and various provincial museums all vie to collect Xu Wei's flower-and-bird paintings. In his early years, Xu Wei pursued an official career, but unfortunately, his career was fraught with difficulties and setbacks. Later, he was imprisoned for killing his wife. In his later years, he was nearly insane and lived in poverty. Xu Wei's freehand brushwork in flower-and-bird painting was very avant-garde in style and was not appreciated by the aesthetics of his time. The art world of his era could not understand his freehand style. It was not until after the Qing Dynasty that people began to appreciate its artistic value. In terms of artistic innovation and life experience, Xu Wei can be considered the Van Gogh of China. Zheng Banqiao, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, greatly admired Xu Wei. Xu Wei's study was named 'Qingteng Studio,' so Zheng Banqiao carved a leisure seal for himself that read 'Follower of Qingteng,' expressing his immense respect for Xu Wei. Qi Baishi's freehand flower-and-bird paintings also followed Xu Wei's style. He admired Xu Wei immensely and once said, 'I regret not being born three hundred years earlier to grind ink and prepare paper for you,' meaning that it would have been an immense joy for him to grind ink and prepare paper for Xu Wei. Today, when we walk into the ancient city of Shaoxing and visit Qingteng Studio, we can reminisce about the tumultuous life of that great painter from 500 years ago. In front of the studio, there is a celestial pond and wisteria. To the east, there is a bamboo garden with scenic spots such as Zizai Rock and Tianhan Spring. The studio is not large but is exquisite and elegant, embodying the characteristics of a literati garden in Shaoxing. The celestial pond, Wisteria Pavilion, and Zizai Rock in the courtyard are all remnants from the Ming Dynasty. Important collections in Qingteng Studio include: Ming Dynasty Xu Wei's 'Cursive Script Five-Character Poem Scroll,' 'White Swallow Poem Scroll,' 'Sixteen Types of Flower Paintings Scroll'; Ming Dynasty Chen Laolian's 'Banana Shade and Bamboo Painting,' among others. Location: No. 10, Dacheng Alley, Qian Guan Lane, Jiefang Road, Yuecheng District, Shaoxing City.

🚗🚗🚗Travel route: Day1: Hidden Landlord Xiao Deng's Apartment (Cangqiao Straight Street Branch)→Qingteng Bookstore→Xu Wei Art Museum→Book Sage's Hometown→Shen Garden→Eight Character Bridge→West Small Road Historical Block→Guangming•Suxin Homestay Day2: Guangming•Suxin Homestay→East Lake→Yangcha Lake→Ci Wu Da Mian (E-commerce Park Store)→Anchang Ancient Town Day3: Ci Wu Da Mian (E-commerce Park Store)→Shaoxing Ke Rock Scenic Area