[2025 Hangzhou Attraction] Travel Guide for Huqingyu Museum (Updated Feb)

Right in the heart of Hangzhou, near the famous Hefang Street 🏮, lies one of China’s most important museums dedicated to traditional medicine (Huqingyu Museum). The entrance is very affordable 💰, and the experience is well worth it. The museum is both educational and visually stunning. It showcases ancient healing practices, herbal remedies 🌱, and acupuncture, all within a beautifully preserved historic building. The elegant wooden interiors and tranquil courtyard 🏯 make it a joy to explore. Unlike many tourist spots, it’s rarely crowded, allowing for a peaceful visit. Plus, there’s a working pharmacy where you can buy remedies and talk to experienced pharmacists—a truly unique experience! 💊 If you're in Hangzhou, this museum is a hidden gem that offers a fascinating glimpse into China’s medical heritage. Don't miss it! ✨ #chinaattractions

Hangzhou Hu Qing Yu Tang Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine is located in Dajing Lane, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. It is the first professional museum of traditional Chinese medicine in China. It was established in October 1989, on the 115th anniversary of the establishment of Hu Qing Yu Tang Pharmaceutical Factory, and opened in 1991. It is now a national key cultural relic protection unit. The museum covers an area of 2,700 square meters. The museum is divided into five parts: the origin of traditional Chinese medicine, exhibition, workshop, business hall, and health care and treatment. It displays a large number of traditional Chinese medicine tools and more than 10,000 specimens of traditional Chinese medicine plants, animals, and minerals. Among them, the rare treasures include the medicinal materials unearthed from the Hemudu Culture in Zhejiang Province 7,000 years ago, the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, and the sunken ship in Quanzhou Bay in the Song Dynasty. As of the end of 2022, the museum has 2,919 pieces/sets of collections, including 40 pieces/sets of precious cultural relics, and the total number of visitors in the year was 182,912. The visit takes about half an hour.

When I visited Hangzhou on the weekend and visited the Qingshui Fang neighborhood, I discovered this Chinese Medicine Museum ~ There was a special scent of Chinese medicine🌿 when you walked in ~ After learning about it, I learned that Hangzhou Hu Qingyutang Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum is a pure traditional Chinese medicine museum. It was founded in the 13th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1874). It was founded in 1874 with a cost of 300,000 taels of silver. Visiting here, you can see tens of thousands of specimens of Chinese medicinal plants, animals, and minerals. Among them, treasures include medicinal materials unearthed from the Hemudu Culture period in Zhejiang 7,000 years ago, Mawangdui in Changsha during the Western Han Dynasty, and shipwrecks in Quanzhou Bay during the Song Dynasty. 🎫Ticket price: 0 yuan 🕐Opening hours: 8:30-17:00, 📍Address: No. 95, Dajing Lane, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou City 🚇Transportation: Take Metro Line 7 to [Wushan Square] and walk to [Qinghefang Street] for about 5 minutes.