Ba Da Shanren Memorial Hall
By admin on 2015-03-03

Attraction Type:

• Museums, Memorials & Research Centers in China

Ba Da Shanren Memorial Hall locates in Qingyun Pu Garden, is the first memorial hall built for ancient artist. In fact, it is the former residence of Ba Da Shanren - Zhu Da, master of Chinese Landscape Painting, who lived as a hermit, in the early Qing Dynasty, and concentrated on his artistic creation.

The memorial hall covers an area of 1 hectare, has pavilions, pagodas and bridges, hills, waters and plants built in well balance that created a pleasant environment. The name board inscribed by The constructions of the hall once to be the Taoist temples and pavilions, in 1959, Chinese government rebuilt the garden and turned the Taoist buildings into memorial exhibition halls.

The memorial hall has rich collections, over 80 artistic works are displayed in different exhibition halls. You may also have chance to appreciate outstanding works of other modern artists as the memorial hall will regularly hold art exhibitions to show people the master pieces of Chinese painting.