Jinping Documents Museum
锦屏文书特藏馆
A drum-tower-style museum at the confluence of two rivers in the county seat, displaying hundreds of thousands of Qingshui River forestry contracts and the history of the timber merchants.
The Jinping Documents Museum stands where the Qingshui River meets the Xiao River in the county seat. Its architecture imitates the Dong drum tower style, and the complex consists of the Documents Museum, the Qingshui River Historical and Cultural Museum and a viewing tower. Inside, exhibits include mountain-forest contracts from the Qing to the Republican era, timber trade documents and rafting tools, telling the story of the Qingshui River as the 'Land of Miao Timber' and of the timber trade carried on by Huizhou and Hunan merchants. Admission is generally free. The museum is often closed on Mondays. Climbing the viewing tower gives you a view of where the two rivers meet and of the whole county seat.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 09:00–17:00