▲ The tour requires a minimum of 10 participants. If the group cannot be formed, our staff will contact you to cancel the booking. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! Please refrain from booking if this arrangement is not suitable for you. Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum features a grand, orderly layout with majestic and classical structures that evoke a solemn atmosphere. The main exhibitions are housed in areas like the Taisui Hall, Worship Hall, and West Side Hall. Wandering through these exhibition halls is like stepping into a vast historical scroll, where the 7,000-year architectural heritage of Chinese civilization unfolds before your eyes. You'll feel as though you've become the central figure in this grand narrative—humanity, the "supreme being of all creation"—experiencing firsthand the unlimited wonders and charm of China's architectural history.
▲ Jufu Hall: Located north of Guanggeng Terrace, this five-bay structure features a green glazed tile hip-and-gable roof with imperial-style painted decorations and an exterior brick platform with stone borders. Renamed Songbin Hall in 1927, it displays couplets inscribed by Shen Ruilin on its pillars and served as the office for military commanders during that period.
▲ Taisui Hall: Also known as Taisui Altar, located northeast of the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum. Originally an open-air sacrificial site for the Taisui deity, the hall was constructed in 1532 during the Jiajing era. Featuring black glazed cylindrical tiles with green trimmed edges, the south-facing structure spans seven bays, measuring 52m wide and 24m deep. The exterior architrave displays imperial-style painted designs, while the interior architrave showcases whorl-patterned motifs. Flanking the main hall are east and west side halls with black glazed tiles and green edges, featuring overhanging gable roofs and eleven bays each, measuring 57.2m wide and 13.6m deep. The Worship Hall (also called Southern Hall) faces north with seven bays, including a central passageway.
▲ Shencang: Located east of the Taisui Hall, also known as the East Courtyard, it was originally the Qidao Temple from the Ming Dynasty and was rebuilt as Shencang during the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty. Within the courtyard with three arched gates on the southern wall stands a round pavilion with a pointed roof and green-glazed tile edges—this is the Shencang, used for storing grain offerings.
▲ The Heavenly Palace ceiling fridge magnet from Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum has captured public attention. Its design is based on the museum's cultural relic—the Heavenly Palace ceiling from the Wanshan Zhengjue Hall. The fridge magnet consists of five detachable layers, with the bottom layer specially designed to glow in the dark.
