Fengxian Museum and Shenjia Garden
No 333 Hupan Road, Fengxian District • Shanghai • China
+86 21 3716868
fengxian_museum@163.com
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FENGXIAN MUSEUM
Built between 2017 – 2019, Fengxian Museum covers more than 20,000 square meters and is located in Shanghai, Fengxian district near Jinhai Lake – one of the three largest artificial lakes in Shanghai. The modern museum features three interconnected buildings (A, B, and C) which inherit several exhibition areas. The comprehensive museum complex building serves not only for exhibitions, but is also as a hub for academic exchanges, protection and research about Chinese cultural heritage.
Fengxian Museum intricately showcases Fengxian's rich history, which dates back to the Neolithic Era (10,000 BC to c. 2,000 BC). The Museum has separated its exhibitions into distinct sections that provide unique insights into the regional and Chinese history and heritage. This includes the museum's History Hall and Haitang Hall. “Haitang” refers to man-made tidal dykes that act as crucial barriers along the coastal strip.
Fengxian Museum's Haitang Hall delves into the construction logic, evolution, and the impact on Shanghai's social and economic development. In addition to its permanent exhibitions, Fengxian Museum hosts the Shanghai Paper Art Biennale and temporary exhibitions, showcasing a diverse range of cultural artifacts and historical narratives.
Fengxian Museum also offers educational programs and interactive experiences to captivate visitors and promote a deeper understanding of Fengxian's cultural heritage. On May 18, 2024, the Fengxian Museum was added to China's list of "national first-grade museums," the highest classification for museums in the country.
SHENJIA GARDEN
Address: Shenjia Garden, No. 502, Jiefang Middle Road, Nanqiao, Fengxian District
Shenjia Garden covers an area of 24 acres. The main building consists of a lower floor with a dance banquet hall, living rooms on the upper floor, and on the third floor on both sides’ balconies and pavilions. In the garden, there is also a lotus pond, a lotus pavilion, a flower room, an ancestral hall and other ancillary facilities. Today, the above mentioned historic main building houses a museum about the history of the building, and an exhibition about the district with its water-related history, where it is located. New multi-purpose buildings nearby the historical building complex will be completed soon.
Because of its human history and architectural form, the Shen Family Garden is called the architectural crown jewels of the Republic of China in southern Shanghai. Neoclassical Columns in the Main Building The most famous building in Shen Family Garden is the Western-style Main Building, which impresses people the most with its flexible use of neoclassical columns.
Shanghai's openness for the construction of various styles of European-style buildings to bring unprecedented opportunities, due to the introduction of new building materials and new building concepts, emphasis on borrowing from the Greco-Roman architectural style of Western neo-classical architecture due to its symmetry and regularity of the architectural form of the more relevant to the Chinese culture, built more in this period, Fengxian District, the Shen Family Garden that is, is one of the examples. Shenjia Garden’s architectural craftsmanship and engineering features are historical. In 2004 it was listed as a district-level cultural relics protection unit and in June 2014, it was upgraded to a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit.
Built between 2017 – 2019, Fengxian Museum covers more than 20,000 square meters and is located in Shanghai, Fengxian district near Jinhai Lake – one of the three largest artificial lakes in Shanghai. The modern museum features three interconnected buildings (A, B, and C) which inherit several exhibition areas. The comprehensive museum complex building serves not only for exhibitions, but is also as a hub for academic exchanges, protection and research about Chinese cultural heritage.
Fengxian Museum intricately showcases Fengxian's rich history, which dates back to the Neolithic Era (10,000 BC to c. 2,000 BC). The Museum has separated its exhibitions into distinct sections that provide unique insights into the regional and Chinese history and heritage. This includes the museum's History Hall and Haitang Hall. “Haitang” refers to man-made tidal dykes that act as crucial barriers along the coastal strip.
Fengxian Museum's Haitang Hall delves into the construction logic, evolution, and the impact on Shanghai's social and economic development. In addition to its permanent exhibitions, Fengxian Museum hosts the Shanghai Paper Art Biennale and temporary exhibitions, showcasing a diverse range of cultural artifacts and historical narratives.
Fengxian Museum also offers educational programs and interactive experiences to captivate visitors and promote a deeper understanding of Fengxian's cultural heritage. On May 18, 2024, the Fengxian Museum was added to China's list of "national first-grade museums," the highest classification for museums in the country.
SHENJIA GARDEN
Address: Shenjia Garden, No. 502, Jiefang Middle Road, Nanqiao, Fengxian District
Shenjia Garden covers an area of 24 acres. The main building consists of a lower floor with a dance banquet hall, living rooms on the upper floor, and on the third floor on both sides’ balconies and pavilions. In the garden, there is also a lotus pond, a lotus pavilion, a flower room, an ancestral hall and other ancillary facilities. Today, the above mentioned historic main building houses a museum about the history of the building, and an exhibition about the district with its water-related history, where it is located. New multi-purpose buildings nearby the historical building complex will be completed soon.
Because of its human history and architectural form, the Shen Family Garden is called the architectural crown jewels of the Republic of China in southern Shanghai. Neoclassical Columns in the Main Building The most famous building in Shen Family Garden is the Western-style Main Building, which impresses people the most with its flexible use of neoclassical columns.
Shanghai's openness for the construction of various styles of European-style buildings to bring unprecedented opportunities, due to the introduction of new building materials and new building concepts, emphasis on borrowing from the Greco-Roman architectural style of Western neo-classical architecture due to its symmetry and regularity of the architectural form of the more relevant to the Chinese culture, built more in this period, Fengxian District, the Shen Family Garden that is, is one of the examples. Shenjia Garden’s architectural craftsmanship and engineering features are historical. In 2004 it was listed as a district-level cultural relics protection unit and in June 2014, it was upgraded to a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit.
