Jiangning Imperial Silk Manufacturing Museum

From the reign of Emperor Kangxi to that of Emperor Qianlong, Jiangning Imperial Silk Manufacturing Government Office became a temporary palace for the emperors during their southern tours and was the largest such structure in the country. The ruins are now home to the Jiangning Imperial Silk Manufacturing Museum, spread over 8,700 square metres and six floors, in which one will now find permanent exhibitions that include Jiangnan Imperial Silk Manufacturing, Celestial Cloud-pattern Brocade, Chinese Qipiao dresses and one devoted to that seminal piece of Chinese literature “Dream of Red Mansions” in which one can experience settings where many events in the novel happened.