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Tianyi Ge and Moon Lake 天一阁·月湖Tiānyī Gé · Yuè Hú
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Ningbo, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ningbo
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Tianyi Ge and Moon Lake
Tianyi Ge, built in 1561–1566 by the official Fan Qin, is the oldest surviving private library in China, a two-storey book tower with a fire-pond in front and a rockery garden. The museum around it adds the Fan family residence, a forest of steles and the Qin clan hall, and the library's layout was copied for the imperial libraries built to hold the Siku Quanshu. Next door, Moon Lake, dug in the Tang, is a park of islands, bridges and restored historic houses in the heart of the city.
How to get to Tianyi Ge and Moon Lake
In central Ningbo on the west side of Moon Lake, about 5 minutes' walk from Ximenkou station on Metro Line 1.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Tianning Temple Pagoda 天宁寺塔 (under 10 km), Yongfeng Warehouse Site 永丰库遗址 (under 10 km), Lin Residence, Zijin Street 林宅 (under 10 km), Baiyunzhuang (Baiyun Manor), Ningbo 白云庄 (under 10 km), Ningbo Banking Guild Hall 钱业会馆 (under 10 km), Sacred Heart Cathedral, Ningbo 江北天主教堂 (under 10 km).
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