▲The handmade porcelain experience area "Chongqing Cichang" next to the museum will also be open during the Spring Festival.

▲Facial makeup on the wall of museum entrance.

▲Chongqing Memory Museum will open before Spring Festival.

▲Miniature tea house.

▲Xiaolongwang helmet to be exhibited.

▲The staff is arranging exhibitions.

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- According to a spokesperson from Ciqikou ancient town, Chongqing Memory Museum, which is located at Ciqikou back street, will open before the Spring Festival. From now on, visitors can not only explore the historical memories of old Chongqing, but also experience the production of coarse porcelain.

Both sides of Ciqikou Street are bustling. While in the Ciqikou backstreet, Maanshan top has a special atmosphere of quietness. Through the streets and up the stairs, Chongqing Memory Museum awaits your visit.

Within the exhibition hall, miniatures of stilted buildings and old teahouses are ingenious and unique. The museum staff said that the story-telling house and teahouse are the best places to enjoy folk art from the past. The old theater has evolved from the story-telling house and teahouse. According to research, there were more than 100 teahouses in Ciqikou during the Anti-Japanese War period. There are many varieties of plays shown in teahouses, Sichuan opera sit singing (playing drums), Chuanqu Qingyin and Sichuan Zhuqin (Daoqin).

Ciqikou is also famous for porcelain. The Jiang family is the originator of Shapingyao porcelain. Jiang's bowl factory in Qingcaopo has lasted eight generations from Kangxi years. By the old photographs of former porcelain pieces exhibited in museum, audiences can feel the long history of the family art.

Currently, the museum is finishing preparations for the exhibition so it will be ready before the Spring Festival. Next to the museum, the handmade porcelain experience area "Chongqing Cichang" will also be open during the Spring Festival. (Translated by Shi Yali, Fathom Language Limited)