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Tianyi Pavilion Museum

-The oldest existing library in Asia.

Introduction

Tianyi Pavilion is a library and garden located in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. It is the oldest existing library in China. Founded in 1561 by Fan Qin during the Ming Dynasty, in its heyday, it boasted a collection of 70,000 volume of antique books.

The name Tian Yi refers to the concept of cosmic unity first described in a Han Dynasty commentary to the Book of Changes. In Chinese alchemy Tianyi is linked to the element of water, thus it was believed by providing a watery name would protect the library against fire damage.

After the Opium War, the British army took many history and geography collections from the library[citation needed. They were followed by thefts from local thieves; by 1940, the collection dwindled to less than 20,000 volumes. After the founding of PRC, due to government effort and donation by privated collectors, the collection now recovered somewhat to about 30,000 volumes, mostly rare antique Ming dynasty printed and hand copied volumes.

In 1982, Tian Yi Ge was established by the Chinese authorities as a National Heritage Site. Also located in the complex is the Qin Family Drama Stage.

Time | 时间

Sat.3pm 16th July | 2016年7月16日（周六）15:00

Address | 地址

Tianyi Pavilion Museum | 天一阁

Special Service | 会员福利

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