Ningbo Tianyi Pavilion, the earliest existing library in my country, was built in the Ming Dynasty. Tianyi Pavilion was a library built by Fan Qin, a retired official during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1561-1566). There are ancient books and bookcases, and there is a strong aroma of books everywhere.
Ningbo Tianyige Museum is actually a Jiangnan garden. The East Garden and South Garden in the park are scattered with rockeries, ponds, pavilions and other scenery. Walking in the simple brick and wood corridor, Feel the tranquil environment. There is a Mingzhou Stele Forest in the park, with hundreds of stone steles recording the history of ancient official education. There is also a calligraphy and painting hall, which often displays the exquisite calligraphy and painting works of the past dynasties collected by Tianyi Pavilion and the masterpieces of calligraphy and painting by celebrities and elegant scholars.
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The Tianyige Library faces north and faces south. It is a two-story brick-wood structure with a hard top and a heavy tower, with a height of 8.5 meters, a sloped roof and blue tiles. Cover. The first floor has six rooms each wide and deep. The second floor, except for the stairwell, is one large room separated by bookcases.
The "Tian Yi Pond" Tong Yue Lake was dug in front of the pavilion. The garden was designed with "Fu, Lu, Longevity" as the overall shape, and mountain rocks were piled into "Nine Lions and One Elephant" and other scenic spots. Tianyi Pavilion and its surrounding gardens have the characteristics of Jiangnan courtyard gardens. The collection of books and buildings in Tianyige provide physical materials for the study of calligraphy, local history, stone carvings, stone structures and residential buildings in eastern Zhejiang.
People's Daily Online - Tianyige Museum