Situated at the foot of Turtle Hill and the southern edge of West Lake Scene Zone, Hangzhou Southern Song Imperial Kiln Museum is a building feature on typical architectural style of the Song Dynasty. It falls into two sections: exhibition hall and the site. The exhibition hall consists of three rooms. The first room displays some unearthed ancient porcelain articles, the second room reflects the history of China's ancient porcelain and social, political and economic conditions during the construction of the imperial kiln, the third room presents the latest achievements of porcelain research and some copied imperial kiln articles. The site covers an area of 1,700 square meters, including a protection hall and a corridor. It is the biggest historical site protection building in China. In the site, there are some ancient kiln tools and equipments which have very high research value. |