The Zhang Zheng Root Carving Art Museum, located in Jijia Lane, Xitang, Zhejiang Province, houses over 100 root carvings by renowned root carving artist Zhang Zheng. Zhang Zheng's works, characterized by a balance of 70% natural beauty and 30% artificiality, are characterized by a majestic style, exquisite individuality, and a mastery of craftsmanship. Many of the works on display, such as "Panda Panpan," "South China Sea Qishan," "Oriental Lion," and "Peacock Spreading its Tail," have won national and international awards for their unique shapes and exquisite craftsmanship. Zhang Zheng also holds a Guinness World Record for the largest number of large-scale root carvings (500 pieces, each weighing an average of 250 kilograms).
Attractions Location: No. 9, Jijia Lane, Xitang Ancient Town Scenic Area, Jiashan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province
Opening hours:
08:00-17:30 (Monday-Sunday, January 1st-December 31st)
Official phone number: Ticketing Inquiry
0573-84567890
Transportation:
Walking distance to the ancient town
Time reference: 1-3 hours
Focus on the unique cultural artistry of Xitang and its old water town charm.
Accommodation/Food: Stay in a riverside guesthouse. Dinner: Xitang rice wine chicken, river fish, lotus root soup.
Souvenirs: Root carving art pieces, Xitang rice wine, handmade buttons.
Spend a day deepening your cultural knowledge of Xitang.
Accommodation/Food: Stay in canal inn. Meals: braised river eel, tofu with crab roe.
Souvenirs: Rice wine bottles, silk scarves, traditional hairpins.
Balance art and history with natural surroundings.
Accommodation/Food: Boutique hotel in Xitang. Meals: freshwater shrimp, duck stewed with soy.
Souvenirs: Temple incense, local handmade paper fans.
Take a short trip to nearby Jiashan for countryside and modern cultural experiences.
Accommodation/Food: Return to Xitang guesthouse. Meals: Jiashan pancakes, seasonal vegetable stir-fries.
Souvenirs: Local eco-farm produce, organic teas, handmade snacks.
Visit the famous water town of Wuzhen while keeping Xitang as base.
Accommodation/Food: Stay in Xitang inn. Meals: Wuzhen lamb soup, soy-braised pork.
Souvenirs: Indigo-dyed cloth, Wuzhen rice wine, handmade bamboo crafts.
Expand your water-town journey to nearby Huzhou.
Accommodation/Food: Stay in Xitang boutique hotel. Meals: Nanxun braised duck, lotus seed soup.
Souvenirs: Nanxun silk, hand-carved wood ornaments.
End with a relaxed cultural immersion and shopping day in Xitang.
Accommodation/Food: Breakfast: local congee, pickled vegetables, fried dough sticks. Lunch: light handmade noodles.
Souvenirs: Root carving miniatures, embroidered sachets, traditional snacks (osmanthus cakes, peanut candy).
It's worth a visit. Each work is very exquisite.
Taking photos is not allowed in Zhang Zheng Root Carving Art Museum, but the root carvings are quite interesting.
The root carving is so beautiful and the price is not cheap, haha
Great! Worth a visit. There are carvings of the twelve Chinese zodiac animals inside!!!
Although the Root Carving Art Museum is located in an inconspicuous location, I strongly recommend everyone to come and have a look. It is suggested to list it as a must-see place because it houses nearly 500 works by root art sculptor Mr. Zhang Zheng, many of which are large-scale works. What impressed me most was the huge root carvings in the last exhibition hall. It was shocking. On one side were monkeys of various shapes and lifelike, and on the other side was a majestic and lifelike dragon (qiu). It was both majestic and exquisite, which made people applaud.
This place has been included in the Guinness World Records and tourists are prohibited from taking photos.
Various root carvings, especially large ones, but they cannot be touched by hands, they should be very expensive
Zhang Zheng Root Carving Art Museum is located at No. 9 Jijia Lane, Xitang. It is a private art museum that has collected more than 100 root carving works by the famous root carving artist Zhang Zheng.
Zhang Zheng's works are characterized by 70% natural and 30% artificial, with a grand and generous style, exquisite and unique, distinctive personality, and ingenious craftsmanship.
Many of the museum's works, such as "Panda Panpan," "South China Sea Qishan," "Oriental Lion," and "Peacock Spreading its Tail," have won national and international awards for their unique shapes and exquisite craftsmanship. Furthermore, Zhang Zheng holds a Guinness World Record for the largest number of large-scale root carvings (500 pieces, each weighing an average of 250 kilograms).
Now that you're here, just wander around! People who don't understand art can just look at it; they can't afford it anyway!
Zhang Zheng's works are characterized by 70% natural and 30% artificial, with a grand and generous style, exquisite and unique, distinctive personality, and ingenious craftsmanship.
The Zhang Zheng Root Sculpture Art Museum in Xitang is pretty good.
Zhang Zheng Root Carving Art Museum is located in Jijia Lane, Xitang, Zhejiang Province. It houses over 100 root carvings by the famous root carving artist Zhang Zheng. Zhang Zheng's works are characterized by seven parts natural and three parts artificial, with a grand style, exquisite and unique, and a distinct personality.
Zhang Zheng Root Carving Art Museum is an art museum located in Jijia Lane, Xitang, Zhejiang Province. It houses over 100 root carvings by renowned root carving artist Zhang Zheng. Photography is prohibited for many of the artworks.
This is really highly recommended, the visual impact is super strong, it is the place that impressed me the most when I went to Xitang. It is located off the street, and the huge tree roots as high as two stories are carved into various shapes. Some are complete and some are double-sided. Taking pictures is not allowed. I highly recommend it. You can enter with a ticket.
The root carving is very exquisite, and the treasure of the town hall has been certified by Guinness. It is worth a visit.
One of the attractions in Xitang combined ticket, I have no knowledge of root carving art, and I just came out in a hurry
The Root Carving Museum is a relatively unique attraction in Xitang. The root carvings on the first floor are quite nice, but photography is prohibited. Overall, if you come to Xitang with the intention of sightseeing, you're bound to be disappointed. Having visited several ancient towns, the ticketed attractions in Xitang are quite average by comparison, just the best of the best. Xitang is a great place to relax, drink tea by the river, listen to music, and unwind.
Zhang Zheng's Root Sculpture Art Museum is a tourist attraction in Xitang and also charges admission. The museum displays more than a hundred of his sculptures, which have been recreated by him to be vivid and lively!
I don't know why, even after so many years, I still can't forget it.
This root carving art museum is worth visiting, as many of the carvings are vivid and lifelike.
Outside a ticket gate, the root carving is great! Recommended
The wonders of nature combined with human craftsmanship have created many beautiful things. Photography is prohibited inside the museum, so I won't post any photos here. The root carvings inside are still amazing and worth a visit!
The houses in Xitang Town are all so elegant, and this art gallery is no exception. Its two small floors are filled with Mr. Zhang Zheng's root carvings, including many of the museum's most treasured treasures. Unfortunately, due to copyright issues, I couldn't take photos. Root carvings are truly about observing the natural flow of the sky, and the artist's imagination, with a third of the people involved. The soaring nine dragons and majestic lions all leave a deep impression. Overall, while root carvings in Xitang might not seem to perfectly align with the charm of this ancient Jiangnan town, it's still worth a visit.
The exhibition hall is quite large and the exhibits are all relatively fine. Very good
The Zhang Zheng Root Carving Art Museum, located in Jijia Lane, Xitang, Zhejiang Province, houses over 100 root carvings by renowned root carving artist Zhang Zheng. Zhang Zheng's works, characterized by a balance of 70% natural beauty and 30% artificiality, are characterized by a majestic style, exquisite individuality, and a mastery of craftsmanship. Many of the works on display, such as "Panda Panpan," "South China Sea Qishan," "Oriental Lion," and "Peacock Spreading its Tail," have won national and international awards for their unique shapes and exquisite craftsmanship. Zhang Zheng also holds a Guinness World Record for the largest number of large-scale root carvings (500 pieces, each weighing an average of 250 kilograms).
There are many root carvings inside, you can go and visit them.
There are many buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, which are worth a visit.
I don't know much about root carving, but I am still impressed by this art.
Many root carvings are very beautiful, I prefer the large and delicate ones
When I went in and took a look, I was completely shocked and was reluctant to move.
Root carving is very imaginative, and a carving has more historical significance.
Zhang Zheng Root Carving Art Museum is one of the attractions in Xitang with a combined ticket. In addition to a collection of many root carving art products, it also has many root carving works that have been recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. They are spectacular and very delicate. You are not allowed to take pictures inside the Root Carving Art Museum, so I didn’t take any pictures. There are two floors inside, but many tourists only visit the first floor. But in fact, there are also many small root carving works on the second floor. The second floor also has Zhang Zheng’s personal life journey and the development of root carving art. Zhang Zheng’s life journey is very inspiring, so you must go to the second floor to take a look.
The root carving skills are amazing but most people just look at them and don’t buy them.
It is a scenic spot worth seeing. I was shocked by the root carvings at the entrance. I didn’t expect that the root carvings could be so exquisite and spectacular. The effort spent on them is really beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
This is where you need a ticket to go out. The Button Museum is my favorite place!
The place is not big, I went there with a tour group, and there are several large root carvings that are still very shocking
The master-level figure sculptures are stunning and breathtaking!
You can see a lot of artistic root carvings, very good
I went there with a combined ticket. Maybe it was because I had seen several root carving exhibitions elsewhere before. I thought this one was okay. There were a few good ones. However, the light in the room didn't seem particularly bright. If you have time, this is still worth a visit.
It's shocking. It's a pity that we are not allowed to take pictures. But if we take pictures, we won't feel as shocked as we actually saw it.
I was shocked and loved it, but unfortunately I was not allowed to take photos...
It's a shame we can't take photos, but let's capture these beautiful root carvings with our eyes and hearts. The exhibit features artworks carved from tree roots, each with its own unique shape and slow, life-like form. It's impossible not to marvel at Zhang Zheng's mastery and the beautiful treasures nature has left us. The double-sided pieces are truly stunning and breathtaking. Every piece is truly magnificent.
It's a very nice place. Every root carving is very beautiful. It should be considered one of the wonderful attractions. There are no particularly good attractions here. This one is worth seeing. I am really shocked by the craftsmanship. The hands are so skillful.
Zhang Zheng's Root Carving Art Museum is worth visiting. The works inside are so exquisite that it is amazing. I really admire his craftsmanship.
It's very beautiful and artistic. If you like it, you can go and have a look.
The carvings of various small tree trunks, the trunks and branches are very thin, very magical
Zhang Zheng Root Carving Art Museum has more than 500 large-scale works listed in the "Guinness Book of Records". You are not allowed to take photos of the root carvings inside. Although I don’t know much about this, it is still worth it to feast your eyes on it.
You are not allowed to take photos of the wood carvings, but the master's works are really amazing
The root carvings are great, but it's sparsely populated, not very lively and boring. I also don't like the fact that they don't allow taking photos. Although I understand, not allowing photos is like seeing it for nothing. How can you promote it if you don't allow taking photos?
"Root carving, one of the traditional carving arts of the Han ethnic group, uses the spontaneous and distorted forms of tree roots (including tree trunks, tree knots, bamboo roots, etc.) as the subject of artistic creation. Through conception, artistic processing, and craftsmanship, artistic works such as figures, animals, and utensils are created. Root carving art is a plastic art that discovers the beauty of nature while displaying creative processing. The root carving technique emphasizes "three parts artificial, seven parts natural", which means that in root carving creation, the natural form of the root material should be mainly used to express the artistic image, with auxiliary artificial processing and modification. Therefore, root carving is also called "root art" or "root art." ←←From Baidu From me→→ Root carvings are made according to the shape of natural tree roots. A single mistake can ruin all the previous work. A piece of work takes about 4-10 years, so no photos are allowed. Out of respect for art, I really didn't take any photos. Before I started, I thought it was just a rough shape of animals, etc., but when I looked closely, I found that even the small details were carved into patterns. The little monkey is super cute.
There are many distinctive root carvings inside, which are really exquisite.
It's quite shocking, hand-carved, very delicate
I bought a ticket and it was very detailed and lifelike. It was pretty good.
It is also a tourist attraction in Xitang. It seems that there are such wood carving exhibition halls in the ancient town.
I visited Tongli and Wuzhen. Xitang was the first place I went to. I followed the tour guide and listened to the introduction along the way.
There are quite a lot of exhibits inside, including some very large root carvings that are also very beautiful.
Photography is not allowed inside Zhang Zheng Root Carving Art Museum. After much deliberation, I decided to be a civilized person and not take any sneak shots. The root carvings inside are simply amazing! ! ! ! It's really worth going in to see!
Root carving art, attractions within the combined ticket, buying a combined ticket can ask the owner of the accommodation to help you get a cheaper price, or you can book in advance
The root carving art is really exquisite! But we were not allowed to take pictures, and the staff kept staring at us, which felt weird!
You can go and have a look, as a way to learn more about something you didn’t know before, just like I never knew that artworks carved out of tree roots were so beautiful!
The Root Carving Museum is a relatively unique attraction in Xitang. The root carvings on the first floor are good, but you can't take photos. In general, if you come to Xitang with the idea of visiting attractions, you are doomed to be disappointed. I have been to several ancient towns, and the attractions in Xitang that require tickets are really average. They are just the best among the dwarfs. Xitang is suitable for drinking tea by the river, listening to music, and relaxing.
Root sculpture artist Zhang Zheng, whose ancestral home is Shucheng, Anhui Province, is a Hangzhou native. Born in 1958, he moved to Xitang in 1999 through a talent recruitment program. Master Zhang's works are 70% natural and 30% artificial, with over 500 of his large-scale works inscribed in the Guinness Book of Records. For his exceptional craftsmanship and fearlessness of hardship, Master Zhang has been recognized as a "Son of the East" in the World Who's Who.
This root carving museum is well worth a visit. It's very artistic and the carvings are very lifelike. With the guide's explanation, it's a wonderful experience. The most impressive one is the root carving of Tang Sanzang and his disciples. The White Bone Demon is hiding in the mountains, staring at Tang Sanzang with infatuation. I believe she is deeply in love with Tang Sanzang, not wanting to eat his flesh.
It's the first time I've seen a root carving work. It's very beautiful. No photos are allowed in the museum. There are a few aunts next to remind you to stop and appreciate it.
The introduction says that "there are more than 100 root carvings by the famous root carving artist Zhang Zheng in the collection", but in fact there are only a few pieces and photography is not allowed.
It's big enough! Big peacock, big lion, they are all very big! No photos allowed
One of the attractions in Xitang Ancient Town, a bunch of boring museums
I feel that except for the wooden staircase and the root carving... Is it real or fake? I can't tell it apart if I don't have a rich imagination.
The entrance fee to Xitang Root Sculpture Art Museum is included in the entrance fee to Xitang Scenic Area. The museum is small, so friends who are interested in root carving can visit it.
This must be recommended. Taking photos is not allowed inside. My major is art-related, so I am very interested in this kind of thing and it is shocking.
This also requires a ticket. My mother and I didn’t have tickets because we came too early and tickets were not sold at that time.
The root carving works in Zhang Zheng's Root Carving Art Museum are still eye-catching and make people marvel at the master's skills.
Oh~ It’s this root carving that is not allowed to be photographed. I remember that the service staff advised us not to take pictures with our mobile phones.
It seems to be free. The root carvings are large, but also very delicate. I recommend taking a walk. There are not many places to walk anyway.
Art, an absolute treasure, it's eye-opening, but I'm a little disappointed that they don't allow taking photos.
The location is not easy to find, but the exhibits are very cool. It's a pity that taking pictures is not allowed, and there are people following you upstairs and downstairs.
The carvings made from tree roots are so lifelike, so lifelike, so beautiful...
【140820】The root carving is amazing, a dragon and a tiger fighting while a group of monkeys playing