[2025 Hangzhou Attraction] Travel Guide for Hangzhou China Science Museum of Printing (Updated Apr)

| One-Day Trip to Hangzhou Seal Museum for Peach Blossom Viewing. Hey everyone, spring has arrived, and Hangzhou's romantic atmosphere is at its peak! Want to know where you can experience rich cultural heritage while encountering beautiful peach blossoms in Hangzhou? It must be the Hangzhou Seal Museum! 📍Address: 10 Houshan Road, Gushan, West Lake District, Hangzhou 🚇Transportation: Take the subway to Longxiang Bridge Station, then walk or transfer to buses like WE1314 or West Lake Outer Ring Line to Xiling Bridge Station. It's just a 130m walk from there - super convenient! 🎫Admission: Free entry, amazing value! 🌟Highlights As a national-level professional museum and the "showcase window" of the Xiling Seal Society, the Seal Museum houses a rich collection, from imperial seals to seal carving school works, all filled with historical charm. In spring, peach blossoms bloom freely beside the museum, creating a beautiful contrast with the classical architecture. With exquisite seal artifacts on one side and vibrant peach blossoms on the other, it's a perfect blend of culture and natural beauty that you can't find anywhere else. 📸Photography Tips Between 9-10am, the soft sunlight creates golden edges on the peach blossoms, producing an atmospheric effect. Wear light-colored traditional Chinese clothing and stand under the peach trees with the red walls and black tiles as background for perfect classical-style photos. 🍜Food Recommendations Nearby Lou Wai Lou offers authentic Hangzhou cuisine - you can't go wrong with West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce and Dragon Well Shrimp. Also try local snacks like Scallion Pancake and Dingsheng Cake from street-side shops for a taste of local flavor. 🕙Itinerary Morning: Arrive at the Seal Museum, visit the Imperial Seal Hall and Seal Carving Schools Hall to learn about seal art development. Noon: Enjoy local cuisine at nearby restaurants to recharge. Afternoon: Appreciate peach blossoms and take photos around the museum, experiencing spring romance. Evening: Take a stroll along West Lake, enjoy the scenery, and conclude your wonderful day. Everyone, don't miss this spring-exclusive experience! Grab your friends and head to the Hangzhou Seal Museum for a journey combining culture and romance 💕

The China Seal Museum is a national professional museum located at No. 10 Houshan Road, Gushan, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, covering an area of ​​more than 1,300 square meters. In October 1993, an application was submitted to establish the China Seal Museum, which was formally approved by the State Planning Commission and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. In 1998, construction began. On September 26, 1999, the China Seal Museum officially opened. As of the end of 2019, the China Seal Museum had a collection of 914 pieces (sets) of cultural relics. Seals of various dynasties: show people the origin of seals along with the appearance of words, and the evolution process from stamping patterns to being used as credentials. With the changes in history, seals have presented different styles due to differences in shape, materials, taste and casting and chiseling techniques. School Seal Hall: There are Wen Peng, He Zhen and others who created the seal style, the "Eight Masters of Xiling" represented by Ding Jing, and the "Six Masters of Late Qing Dynasty" including Deng Shiru, Wu Rangzhi, Wu Changshuo, Zhao Zhiqian, Xu Sangeng, and Huang Mufu, who represented the Anhui School. Seal Material Hall: It brings together hundreds of seal materials including metals, minerals, ceramics, animal bones, etc. In ancient times, seals were mainly cast in metal. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, with the development of calligraphy and painting, the nature of seals changed due to the participation of literati and scholars. Seal materials gradually included ivory, horn, wood, etc. However, most seals were made by literati and carved by craftsmen. This opened up the way for seals to be made mainly of stone, and set a precedent for literati to create their own seals by carving them themselves. This laid the material foundation for the development of seal carving art and triggered the rise of seal carving art in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Seal Studies Hall: displays collections of seals and seal studies works by seal engravers in recent years. Xiling Seal Society History Hall: There are "Seal Gallery", "Seal Artists' Gallery", "Wu Changshuo Memorial Room", "Seal Creation and Research Room", "Tijing Hall", "Yangxian Hall" and other landscapes, reflecting the profoundness of Chinese traditional culture. The China Seal Museum is a public welfare institution. The China Seal Museum is funded by fiscal subsidies. China Seal Museum

China Seal Museum is a national professional museum. The original building was built in the Republic of China period, with two floors, brick and wood structure. It was the West Lake villa of Du Yuesheng, a famous person in Shanghai, and a historical building in Hangzhou. In 1999, it was opened as the China Seal Museum, which is known as the "first famous society in the world" - the "display window" of Xiling Seal Society, and the provincial and municipal patriotic education base. The museum is closely connected with the site of Xiling Seal Society, surrounded by lakes and mountains, with beautiful scenery, integrating natural and cultural landscapes, and is the "most beautiful place in the lake and mountains". The early Chinese seals were discovered in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and were widely used in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Seals are the art of combining the beauty of calligraphy and seal carving skills, which has been popular in China for more than 2000 years. Since the Ming Dynasty in the 16th century, seal art has become a part of literati painting and calligraphy, and thus the literati seal carving art with innovative spirit in the Ming and Qing Dynasties for 500 years has appeared, which has changed the long process of the development of seal studies, made it independent of Oriental art, and become a bright pearl shining in China and abroad. The China Seal Museum has a hall of seals of all ages, a hall of seal carving schools, and a hall of calligraphy and painting. With the historical evolution and the development of seal studies as the context, it displays different types of seals in different periods, many of which are classic works of different periods or schools. The calligraphy and painting hall holds various exhibitions of artworks related to seal studies from time to time, constantly expanding the field, enriching the content, and showing the unique and elegant Chinese seal culture to the world. The visit takes about half an hour.