The East Zhejiang Maritime Affairs/Folk Custom Museum is a museum located in Yinzhou District in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. It is located in the Qing'an Guildhall, a reconstructed complex which once housed a temple to the sea-goddess Mazu. Originally built in 1191, the complex was destroyed and rebuilt several times. After its mid-19th century restoration by Ningbo's guild of Fujianese merchants, it was acclaimed as one of the most beautiful temples in China and was used by the merchants as their guildhall. It was destroyed in 1949 as the Communists were fighting the Chinese Civil War, and suffered further harm during the Cultural Revolution, but was repaired from 1997 to 2001. It reopened in June 2001 as a museum dedicated to eastern Zhejiang's maritime history and local arts and crafts.
The EZMAFCM from across Jiangdong Rd
Thomson's photograph of the temple's Great Hall c. 1870
One of the performance stages
The entrance, with the character for luck above those for "Palace of the Empress of Heaven", surrounded by stone carvings
Yinzhou is a district of the major city of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China.
Clockwise from the top: Dongqian Lake, Hefeng Creation Plaza, Ningbo Museum, Ningbo South Business District, Temple of King Ashoka
The Hall of Skanda in Tiantong Temple.
King Ashoka Temple
Ningbo Southern Business District seen from a neighboring skyscraper.
