Tianyi Hall is a pretty structure to begin with but what is more fascinating is the garden in the back, with hundreds of potted plants all used for Chinese medicine.
Tianyi Hall
Zhejiang
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This old hall houses a traditional Chinese medicine museum with lots of jarred specimens. Unfortunately there's no English.
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