Wu Zixiong Glass Art Museum

Wu Zixiong Glass Art Museum

The museum serves as a patriotic education base at both the Taizhou and Jiaojiang levels. Located on the west side of Taizhou Civic Square, it covers a construction area of over 7,000 square meters. It was personally founded by Wu Zixiong, a renowned Chinese master of arts and crafts, and is unique in its use of grinding wheels as brushes to paint on glass.

The museum emphasizes three distinctive characteristics: the blend of motion and stillness, the integration of shopping and tourism, and the fusion of education and appreciation. It combines modern civilization with ancient traditions, and brings together Eastern and Western cultures. The glass artworks in the museum are treasures of Chinese ethnic arts and crafts. As China’s first glass art museum, it will become a window for Taizhou to open up to the world and promote itself, as well as a top destination for tourism and sightseeing in the city.

The museum houses over a thousand precious glass art pieces crafted by Wu Zixiong during his more than 40 years of dedication, as well as invaluable photographs of him with party and state leaders such as -, -, -, -. Stepping into the museum is like wandering through a dreamlike crystal art world, where one can fully enjoy the pleasure of “sunlight and cloud shadows dancing together,” an absolutely breathtaking experience. Its establishment marks a new starting point for the glass carving art uniquely created by Wu Zixiong, which enjoys fame both at home and abroad.

Related knowledge: Wu Zixiong’s glass carving works organically blend the soft and delicate art of ink painting from the East with the bold and vigorous strokes of oil painting from the West, forming his own unique style of glass carving. He has been invited to visit, perform, and exhibit in over 30 countries including the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, where he has been warmly welcomed everywhere. On the eve of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland in 1997, Wu Zixiong meticulously carved a glass artwork titled “The Dragon Celebrates the Return in ’97,” which was presented by the Zhejiang Provincial Government to the then Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Tung Chee-hwa. Tung expressed great delight, saying, “I truly appreciate this precious gift from my fellow countrymen.” In 1999, when Macao returned to the motherland, Wu Zixiong and his son created a uniquely designed crystal glass carving piece called “Awakening Lion and Lotus,” which once again captured worldwide attention and was widely reported by major media outlets in China. "Song of Life" won the Gold Award at the 2000 West Lake Expo, and "Spring Comes Early in the South" claimed the top prize at the 2001 Hangzhou West Expo, standing out among over 700 competing masterpieces... These artworks can all be admired in the Premium Gallery within the Glass Museum.