Cao Xueqin is a great literary master in China18th century, and his Dream of Red Mansions is an immortal work famous at home and abroad. By describing the rise and fall of an aristocratic bureaucratic family, he outlined many typical figures and profoundly exposed the decay and darkness of feudal society. Cao Xueqin's childhood life was luxurious, but his family fortune fell. He used to teach for a living, and moved to Xishan in his later years to start writing.
Since The Dream of Red Mansions came out in 1960s, Cao Xueqin's family life, the village address where he wrote his book and his residence in Huangye Village have always been the topics of discussion among redologists and lovers of redology. 197 1 On April 4th, 2008, an old house with several groups of poems on the wall was found at No.39 Zhengbaiqi Village, Xiangshan District, which was considered by some experts as the place where he wrote books. 1April 22, 983, according to related poems, Cao Xueqin wrote a book about Huangye Village in Xishan in his later years, and there are other descriptions. He set aside 8 hectares of land in Beijing Botanical Garden (where Zhengbaiqi was originally located) and built Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall, named Huangye Village. Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall is a small rural museum centered on No.39 old house in Zhengbaiqi, Xiangshan, Beijing. The building is a row of Qing dynasty bungalows facing south, covering an area of about 3000 square meters and a construction area of 300 square meters. The collection mainly includes cultural relics related to Cao Xueqin's life experience, cultural relics related to the family of Cao Xueqin and Zhengbaiqi Village, and physical imitations described in the famous novel A Dream of Red Mansions.
The museum is divided into five exhibition halls, which show the place where Cao Xueqin lived in those years. Study on the writing of A Dream of Red Mansions: The beautiful natural environment in Xiangshan area inspires writers; Important discoveries about Cao Xueqin's life experience in the past 200 years and relevant information about his former residence. In addition, some inscriptions on display reflect the relationship between Cao family and Xiangshan area.
At the entrance of the memorial hall, there is a plaque inscribed by a famous scholar and calligrapher, Mr. Qi Gong. In addition to introducing Cao Xueqin's life experience, the exhibition room also displays many physical materials related to Cao Xueqin and A Dream of Red Mansions. The original wall poem was copied and exhibited as it is. Huangye Village is lush and has a beautiful and quiet environment. There are not only scenic spots such as river wall willow, Luoluomen Lane, bamboo fence and Chai Fei Evening Smoke in the village, but also tea houses, restaurants, ancient docks, stone mills, water wells and vegetable fields behind the house, which is a leisurely pastoral scenery and intoxicating.
In this rectangular courtyard surrounded by low walls, there are two rows of *** 18 houses in front and back, imitating Qing dynasty architecture. The front exhibition room shows the living environment of the flag-bearer of the Qing Dynasty, the model of Cao Xueqin's living and creative environment in Xishan, the major discoveries about Cao Xueqin's life experience in the past 200 years, and related articles and books, including the discovery of Poems on the Wall. The contents of the six exhibition rooms in the back row are Cao Xueqin's life and family background and the influence of A Dream of Red Mansions. Among the exhibits on display are the square table, lying boxes and lying boxes, blue and white porcelain and some folk artifacts mentioned in A Dream of Red Mansions, such as the full set of ritual vessels, silver locks, hand stoves and dust removal of Manchu shamanism. In addition, the memorial hall also has a special room to display Cao Xueqin's research results and various versions of A Dream of Red Mansions. Maximum number of visitors per day: 5000.
Free reception method: group telephone reservation, when the number of people in the museum exceeds 500, tickets will be collected on the spot to visit.
Appointment requirements: make an appointment 3 days in advance
Remaining fees after free opening: free explanation will be provided every hour from 9: 00 am to15: 00 am, and individual explanation fees proposed by tourists will be charged.
Visiting time: 8: 30- 16: 30 in summer (museum closed16:15); 9: 00-16: 00 in winter (15: 45 closed)
Features: wall poems, book boxes, life scenes of flag bearers.
Fixed exhibition: Cao Xueqin's life scene, the origin of the museum, family background, Qin Xue's life and eternal love.
Facilities and services: Wei Jie Bookstore (providing special souvenirs and books) and catering service department.
Address: Wofosi Road, Haidian District, Beijing, in Beijing Botanical Garden.
Transportation: Take bus No.331,634, 696, Express 1 12 and get off at Beijing Botanical Garden Station or Wofo Temple Station. Or get off at No.360, No.318, No.714 and No.698 Botanical Garden Station and walk 200 meters north.
By car: 1. Fifth Ring Road-Xiangshan exit, walk around Xiangquan Island for about 300 meters to Xiangshan; 2. Fourth Ring Road-Xiangshan exit, heading for Xiangshan, about 10 minutes' drive.
Special note: the memorial hall belongs to the garden. The memorial hall is free, and the ticket to Beijing Botanical Garden is 5 yuan.