traditional Chinese medicine
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in the late 19th and early 20th century. Its site at 95 Dajing Lane () in central
Hangzhou
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China
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, is now a TCM museum and drugstore with a prestigious reputation at the same level as the
Tongrentang
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Beijing
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Site
The Hu Qing Yu Tang was established by Hu Xueyan in 1874. Its main buildings were designed in the
Jiangnan
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architectural style
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. Its drugstore opened in 1878 at a cost of more than 200,000
his own nearby mansionand operated on the principle of ''Taiping Huimin and the Bureau agents'' (). It made more than four hundred types of drug by collecting secret prescriptions, proved recipes and combining clinical practice.
Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicines
Hu Qing Yu Tang is now the site of Hangzhou's Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicines. In 1988, its site became a national key cultural relics protection unit. There are five parts:
#The exhibition hall, which introduces celebrities in Chinese medicine history, the origin of medicine, the development of pharmaceutics, the exchanges of China and foreign countries in medicine and the contributions of Zhejiang Province in the development of medicine.
#Chinese medicine manual mill hall, where experienced pharmaceutical workers show visitors traditional pharmaceutical process and visitors can experience by themselves.
#Patient room of traditional Chinese medicine health care
#The hall of medicated food
#Business lobby, where visitors can use the pharmaceutical tools and buy Chinese drugs.
Hu Qing Yu Tang participated in World Leisure Expo for a healthy life in September 2011.
See also
* Hu Xueyan Mansion, a nearby museum preserving Hu Xueyan's Jiangnan-style mansion and gardens