Linked courtyards
A maze of rooms.
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The great house of the Gan family, built in the Jiaqing reign (1796–1820) on Zhongshan South Road, a maze of courtyards said to have «99 and a half rooms», though it really has more than 300; it is protected at national level and now houses the Nanjing Folk Museum. Through grey-walled lanes and gates you pass halls, small gardens with rockeries and ponds, and the rebuilt family library, and the halls show folk crafts: paper cutting, clay teapots, miniature engraving, painted opera faces, old clocks, velvet flowers, cloud brocade and Qinhuai lanterns, with craftspeople at work. Tickets are CNY 20, and it is open from 9 am to 5.30 pm, last entry 5 pm, closed on Mondays except public holidays and in summer, per visitor guides. Sanshanjie metro station is a short walk away.
A maze of rooms.
At work.
Rocks and a pond.
Zhongshan South Road, near Sanshanjie station
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Laomendong Old QuarterA historic quarter in the south of old Nanjing, east of Zhonghua Gate inside the22 minutes walk4.7Traditional crafts such as paper cutting, miniature engraving, cloud brocade and Qinhuai lanterns, plus old Nanjing customs, often with craftspeople working in front of visitors.