Miniature Wonders Art Gallery (Life In Ancient China), Ipoh.

From the Concubine Lane, we walked over to the next road to the Miniature Wonders Art Gallery. The moment we entered, we were greeted with a vast display of miniature figurines. We were told that the figurines were made from flour. They are all beautifully decorated and painted to resemble the traditional Chinese people in ancient China.

The miniature figurines are all placed in glass casings and they are arranged in such a way to show the everyday life, traditional culture, and history of the Chinese people. The exhibits on the ground floor is free for viewing. In this post, I will share some of the exhibits on the ground floor before moving on to the 2nd floor in the next post. I apologize for the reflection in some of the photos.

 Chinese History - Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) was established by Mongolian Genghis Khan.

 The Mongolian Royal Banquet

 Wrestling between soldiers during the feast showed the bold and heroic nature of the Mongolian.

Genghis Khan at the Horse Banquet.

The yurts (circular tents) were built on the grassland.

Everyone was seated on the ground with small food table in front of them. Beef and mutton were eaten in big pieces.

 The Sycee Bridge

Built in Ming Dynasty. Located on the Chichahai which connects the Qianhai (Front lake) and Houhai (Rear lake). "Viewing mountains on the Sycee Bridge" has been listed as one of the Eight Scenery of Yanjing (Beijing).

 Busker / Playing Long Handled Broadsword

Buskers make a living by performing variety show, martial art, cross talk and etc. Some of the popular performances are with broad swords, spears, and breaking of big stone on their chest.

 Selling Tanghulu

Tanghulu is a type of sugarcoated haws on a stick (red arrow). According to an old folklore, a concubine of the Emperor (Song Dynasty) was healed of her illness by eating hawthorns fried with black sugar as suggested by the doctor. The Tanghulu were arranged on bamboo sticks with the bigger ones on the top. It is a favourite among children and the tradition is kept alive until today. 

 Grog Shop

Mostly patronized by laborers, coming together to relax after a hard day's work. Chatting over some alcoholic drinks and cheap snacks such as peanuts, shred of salty vegetables and pig's head meat. 

 Grain Shop

Grain shop sells rice, millet, beans, corns, vermicelli and etc.

 Noodle Shop / Breakfast Shop

The varieties sold consist of bean curd jelly, deep fried dough sticks and cakes, steamed stuffed buns, millet congee, noodles, drinks, etc.  

 Tramcar

Tramcar built by Siemens Co. emerged in Beijing during the Qing Dynasty. The tramcars were equipped with carpet, electric fans and rattan seats.

 Toilet

The toilets in the old days are usually with four clay or brick walls with thatched roof. The men and women toilets are only separated by thatched wall. Some of these simple toilets still exist in many remote areas. 

 Wrestling

This sport "jueli" may be traced back to Qin Dynasty. It was called "xiangpu" (sumo) in Tang Dynasty. It was a popular competitive sport and training for royal martial competition and army in the ancient time. Later wrestlers make a living performing in street competitions.

Cart Driving

Horse cart has a long history in China and the carts were made by the officials and nobles to serve them and their families. 

 Qing was the last imperial dynasty of China.

 Qing Royal Banquet.

 Chinese Song Dynasty ( 960-1279)

A period of development for economy, culture, science, technology and science. 

 Song Palace Banquet

 Chinese style gazebo and musicians

 View of the stone bridge.
From here, we paid RM 5 to view the exhibits on the next level.
And that will need to be shared in another post. 

Linking to Happy Tuesday, Image-in-ing and Tuesday's Treasures.

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even from God's point of view, but keep it to yourself;

don't flaunt your faith in front of others who might be hurt by it.

In this situation, happy is the man who does not sin

by doing what he knows is right.

(Romans 14:22, The Living Bible-TLB)