As a metropolis, Shanghai has a wide variety of museums,
But when it comes to niche, this private museum is not to be missed. Taihui Life and Culture Park, the largest private museum in Shanghai, houses numerous treasures, beautiful landscape gardens, and Huizhou style ancient architecture. It is the most artistic museum in Shanghai. Then follow in my footsteps and explore this mysterious museum together~

Taihui Life

Taihui Life and Culture Park is a museum with a strong artistic atmosphere. The museum covers an area of about 20000 square meters, and the park covers more than 60 acres, containing more than 40000 rare collections and exhibits such as cultural relics, calligraphy and painting, sculpture, contemporary art, stone carving, cultural relics, and ancient architecture. Coming here is like wandering in the ocean of art.

Maritime Painting Museum

Mingyue Tea Museum

Sculpture Gallery

Jade Pavilion

Crystal Pavilion

Watercolor Gallery

tea culture

Cultural and Creative Museum

Huizhou style architecture

Private Kitchen

First Class Museum

As soon as I arrived at the Taihui Life Culture Park, I was immediately attracted by the simple yet grand Chinese style entrance. You can see the beautiful scenery of mountains and waters inside the door at a glance from the front.

At the entrance, the main hall of the museum and the Oriental Garden in front of the museum are located in front of it. The side that can be seen is a typical Huizhou style building in China, which is very beautiful. There is such a venue in this industrial area that, upon entering, one feels as if they have arrived at another kind of beautiful scenery.

After entering the hall, the whole environment was very bright, and the big screen in front of us was playing stories about tea, which were filmed very well. My friends and I were both fascinated by it. Mingyue tea culture is also a major feature of museums.

Although we haven't visited the museum collections yet, we are amazed by the grandeur of the hall. Some corners of the hall are adorned with exquisite art collections.

The life scenes of ancient people carved on the Chicken Blood Stone are vivid and lifelike.

The layout of the museum is a circular design, and the atrium is designed as a sunroom with beautiful Chinese landscape scenery. Although the space is spacious, upon closer inspection, there are antique decorations everywhere, which shows the owner's dedication.

The ancient stone tables and chairs are placed in the courtyard, which is also a good place for drinking tea and chatting, giving people a sense of freedom and comfort.

Exquisite architecture and gardens

Speaking of the ancient buildings outside the museum, these are also the most important collections of the cultural park - six Huizhou style ancient buildings. After careful arrangement, the landscape and architecture seem to have arrived in a village in Anhui, and the beautiful Chinese scenery makes us all delighted. If you wear Hanfu or Qipao to take photos, it should be the most suitable.

The ancient Huizhou architecture has been well protected here and now exudes their charm.

Maritime Painting Museum

The Maritime Painting Museum was the first exhibition hall we visited, and the entire venue was very spacious, with large paintings displayed in glass windows.
The Shanghai School of Painting Museum displays classic works of Shanghai style artists from various periods from the late Qing Dynasty to contemporary times, reflecting the inheritance and development of traditional Chinese painting in Shanghai. The development of Shanghai style painting is based on the Jiangnan Wu Yue culture and incorporates Western painting, presenting the cultural characteristics of Shanghai style. Through the Shanghai School of Painting Museum, we can gain a better understanding of Shanghai culture. The "Maritime Painting School" was a school of painting that originated in Shanghai from the 19th century to the early 20th century and had a profound influence on the history of Chinese art.

The Buddha Statue "is a birthday wish painting created by Feng Zikai. In the painting, the immeasurable Buddhist teachings are solemn, and the pine tree symbolizes longevity.

The painting 'Shoutao' was created by Xie Zhiguang, who was born in Yuyao and previously worked as an artist at the Shanghai Chinese Academy of Painting.

The exquisite painting 'Gongbi Ren' makes us all enjoy it with relish. Looking at the lively scene depicted, it feels like the scenery in front of us. It is painted by Huang Shanshou. It depicts ancient ladies. The picture is dense and orderly, and the composition is rich but not rigid.

Paintings can not only be painted on paper, but also on fans and other places, exquisite and beautiful.

This painting "Character Charm" was created by Shi Dawei. The painting inherits traditional painting techniques and adopts Western painting techniques to depict the picture. The character portrayal is vivid and delicate, and the personality of the characters is portrayed very vividly.

The Biographies of Scholars "by Zhang Guiming.

The Lotus Pond "was painted by Han Tianheng, depicting a neoclassical style.

Mingyue Tea Museum

The Mingyue Tea Museum is one of the most important venues in museums.
This exhibition hall may not look much different from other exhibition halls from the outside, but as we delved deeper, we were pleasantly surprised layer by layer and praised it repeatedly. The Tea Museum is divided into tea ware and tea exhibition areas, and is also the tea museum with the most complete variety and rich collection in Shanghai. Here, there is a large collection of tea products, including precious tea varieties and the top ten non genetic handcrafted teas. From here, one can fully appreciate the inheritance, development, reform, and innovation of China's millennium tea culture.

At the entrance wall, a graceful woman rides a small boat and shuttles through the lotus pond, exuding classical elegance.
This woman is the Tea Fairy Bao Lili, the ambassador for promoting Chinese tea culture and the Tea Fairy of the Shanghai and Milan World Expos. She is also the founder of Mingyue Culture, aiming to enable more people to understand tea culture and deeply learn about "tea" culture.

There is a movable tea house in the exhibition hall. Chaliao was a tea house dedicated to drinking tea during the Ming and Qing dynasties, which could create an elegant atmosphere for drinking tea. This elegant and quaint tea house makes us all eager to try.

The tea utensils are beautiful and exquisite, and are repeatedly savored and appreciated by others.

Follow the tour and introduce the tea making process. From the discovery of tea to how people began to process tea leaves, it was not until the unification of Qin that the tea drinking habits of the Ba and Shu generations slowly spread to many places. During the Western Han Dynasty, tea became an elegant pastime for court officials.

Exquisite palace tea set, fully gilded, extremely noble.

The collected utensils are not only domestic, but also Japanese matcha utensils.
Here, I also learned some tea art and frying tea art.

When I walked through one exhibition hall and entered another, an ancient Chinese style building in the exhibition hall shook me. There is a plaque hanging on it that reads "Ruigong". "Ruigong Tianchao" is a plaque given by the emperor to Che Shun. This plaque symbolizes inheritance.

A Pu'er old tea display platform was designed inside the pavilion, based on the Tea Horse Ancient Road as the design prototype.

The Tea Fairy displays all the scarce Pu erh old teas collected over the years according to their three important stages of development history: number grade tea, seal grade tea, and seven seed cake tea.

The central tea warehouse of Mingyue Tea Museum, with the slogan "Tea is alive" in front of the door, expresses our attitude towards tea storage very well. The second floor central tea warehouse stores a large amount of ancient tree tea.
On the basis of tea storage function, the central tea warehouse can also be used for up to 50 people to sit still and more forms of static activities. When I arrived here, I felt my whole heart calm down.

The Art of Tea Tasting

Speaking of tea tasting, it is also a must experience at the Taihui Life Culture Park. There are many different styles of tea tasting rooms here, some with ancient books, some with high-end styles, some with the elegance of small family jade, but all the same for enjoying a leisurely time.

There is an elegant tea room on the top floor for VIP guests, and the decoration is even more grand. There is also a beautiful landscape on the top floor, but it was too sunny in the summer and we didn't go to play.

The "Ruigong" in Huizhou style architecture is a typical Huizhou architectural pattern, and when you step in during the summer, it does bring a hint of coolness.

Here, we tasted the tea prepared by the tea artist, a Yunnan ancient tree Pu'er tea. The tea was rich and fragrant, and the beautiful time of pure tea tasting and chatting was the most wonderful thing in this scorching summer.

Watching a tea artist brew tea is also a process of artistic enjoyment.

Crystal Pavilion

The Crystal Pavilion is located on the 2nd floor of the Mingyue Tea Museum, with exquisite display cabinets placed in small rooms. The crystals here are all meticulously crafted by famous domestic craftsmen, bringing a grand crystal appreciation experience to everyone who comes.

Crystal carvings are mostly Buddha statues, expressing the Buddhist state of "emptiness and purity" through the transparency of the crystal material itself. The several crystal Buddha statues at the entrance are made from hair crystals.

Under the guidance of renowned domestic carvers, the spirituality and charm of crystals are vividly displayed, as if they have a lively life, showcasing the purity and agility of crystals.

Pink crystal is also the most common style of crystal, and the carved works are very beautiful with a warm color.

The purpose of carefully polishing a precious crystal stone is not to showcase one's skills, but to bring out the light of the crystal's life itself, achieving the highest realm of "Dao follows nature and the unity of heaven and man".

Sculpture Gallery

The sculpture gallery is an exhibition hall that gives me a lot of fun. More than 80 works created by three generations of Chinese sculptors, old, middle-aged, and young, are on display.
Many sculptures at the entrance are themed in red, making everyone's blood boil with excitement.

The latter half of the exhibition hall showcases Chinese modern and contemporary sculptures, including realistic concerns, abstract expressions, and more.

Sculptures come in different sizes, with expressions and movements carved as if they were real.

In the sculpture hall, the light shines on the sculpture, creating a more three-dimensional and three-dimensional effect with overlapping shadows.

It is said that this sculpture is the work of Ren Zhe, the teacher of Yiyang Qianxi. Unexpectedly, his four character brother can still carve, which is admirable.

A sculpture symbolizing the origin of life.

The most magical thing is this sculpture on the wall. Every angle you see this woman from is different. Some angles make her seem to be looking at us, while others make her pass by in a hurry. It's really amazing!

Jade Pavilion

The Jade Pavilion is located next to the Sculpture Pavilion and gathers the classic art works of the most influential contemporary jade carving masters.

The exhibits are mainly high-end jade ornaments, with luxurious materials and unique craftsmanship, possessing a distinct sense of the times and originality, representing the highest level of contemporary jade carving art.

Similarly, jade works mainly feature bodhisattvas and have many beautiful expectations.

The vivid depiction of jade cabbage and two jade rabbits is even more charming.

painting in water colours

Watercolor painting is not only the simplest tool for popularizing painting knowledge, but also the most convenient drawing method for artists to create artwork.
As an independent painting genre, it has its own historical and aesthetic value.

The works exhibited in the Watercolor Painting Museum cover themes such as urban scenery, rural scenery, production and construction scenes, etc., reflecting the unique style of each era and also reflecting the historical trajectory of development and changes in various parts of the country.

The beautiful scenery of red leaves in the mountain valleys is depicted as if we have truly seen the prosperous autumn scenery.

The peaceful and beautiful scenery of an inland town and a water town in Jiangnan.

A majestic temple

Harvest, autumn harvest, autumn is the most beautiful season

Oil Painting Gallery

Across from the Tea Museum is the Oil Painting Gallery, which doesn't have many paintings, but the themed art exhibition of the turbulent years is still very good. This is a special oil painting exhibition commemorating the 91st anniversary of the founding of the Army on August 1st.

We carefully examine each painting and slowly reread history. Through such paintings, we can better remember the turbulent times of the revolutionary era, appreciate the hardships of war, and relearn the spirit of the Red Army's Long March.

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Cultural and Creative Artworks

At the entrance of the museum is a cultural and creative art store. After visiting all the venues and reminiscing about them for a long time, we come to the art store to see cultural and creative products. The exquisite artworks here are all available for sale. If you like them, why not buy one or two artworks to take home.

The cultural and creative store mainly focuses on the theme of tea culture, with many precious tea sets and leaves that are exquisitely crafted.

In addition, there are also some beautiful porcelain and utensils placed on each display counter.

This also includes exquisite Japanese fabrics (waistbands for Japanese kimono) sourced from Japan.

The other corner of the cultural and creative store is the elegantly decorated clothing area, filled with ancient Chinese style clothing, with simple and elegant colors being the main color of the clothing.

Private Kitchen

The cuisine in the cultural park is also a major feature, with an elegant environment and authentic local dishes that will make your taste buds bloom.
Braised pork belly in Brown Sauce, which is unique to Shanghai, is delicious with some sugar.

Nowadays, we also add some chili elements to our dishes to make them more delicate and delicious.

Garlic and crayfish on the back, a kung fu dish. This season is when seafood is at its fattest and most tender, and steaming it will make it very delicious.

As the fattest swimming crab of the season, the cooking method of scallion oil is perfect.

Stir fried razor clams are also the best seafood of the season, with plump meat and less sand, and a strong chewiness.

Bacon and cabbage, pour the boiled soup over the cabbage, and mix well with the salted meat.

Egg yolk tofu, accompanied by the soup of tofu and egg yolk, has a salty, fresh, and tender taste, which I really like.

River fish, after being boiled, is rich and nutritious, and summer is actually a good season for food supplementation.

Exquisite meals, the freshest ingredients of the season, this private dish makes the whole summer beautiful. I didn't expect to encounter a culinary encounter while visiting a museum.

get accommodation

The museum has its own clubhouse style hotel, and the rooms are filled with Chinese style, elegant and warm, as if there is a feeling of returning home. Moreover, the cultural park is very private and quiet. It is recommended to stay here for one night and savor it slowly.

There are also Chinese style public areas outside the room for resting and receiving guests.

traffic

Taihui Life and Culture Park is located at No. 89 Yuanshun Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai
1. Transfer from Metro Line 2 to Metro Line 16 and get off at the Wildlife Park Station. Then take a taxi to get there.
2. Shanghai Pudong International Airport can be reached in 20 minutes by taxi
3. Self driving

admission ticket

Top 10 Theme Museums of Taihui Life: Visiting and touring price: 100 yuan/person
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