Quanxiangge Coin Museum

　　The Tianjin Quanxiangge Coin Museum was founded in 1991. It officially opened as a museum in 1999 (open to the public free of charge), becoming the first family-owned private collection museum in Tianjin. The museum is a crystallization of corporate, social, and family culture, systematically showcasing over 3,000 types and more than 10,000 pieces of Chinese currency from various dynasties, along with items and historical materials related to coin culture. Quanxiangge combines collection, research, appreciation, exchange, and leisure, dedicated to promoting and spreading Chinese national culture. It has become an educational base for minors in the community.

　　Wang Dingxiang, born in July 1946 in Shanghai, graduated in 1966 from the Shanghai Mechanical Installation Secondary Technical School. A senior engineer, he once served as the Party Branch Secretary of the Line Equipment Factory of the Transmission and Substation Engineering Company under the Tianjin Electric Power Industry Bureau, and is now retired. He is a member of the China Numismatic Society, the China Collectors Association, a council member of the Tianjin Numismatic Society, and the deputy secretary-general of the Folk Collections Professional Committee of the Tianjin Cultural Relics and Museums Society. He began collecting in his youth, specializing in coins and stamps, and currently owns over 3,000 types and nearly 10,000 pieces of coins from the Yin-Shang period to the present, including charms, modern commemorative coins, and medals—many of which are rare pieces included in the book "Treasures of Chinese Folk Coin Collections." His collection also includes calligraphy and paintings, ceramics, ancient jade, fans, and inkstones. In recent years, he has studied ancient coins under numismatists such as Qiu Sida, published numerous papers in newspapers and magazines, and written a series of articles titled "Coin Chitchat" for the "Tianjin Electric Power News." In 1992, he held the first personal coin collection exhibition in Tianjin during the Great Wall Mountain Goods Festival in Jixian. He participated in the first and second Cultural and Art Expos organized by the Tianjin Electric Power Bureau, winning first prize in the collections category both times and was honored with the title of "Cultural Celebrity" at the second festival. In 1995, he held a special exhibition titled "Exhibition of Chinese Historical Coins from the Quanxiang Collection in Tianjin" at the Tianjin Yuancheng Art Center. His collection of fine "Chinese Historical Coins" was displayed at the ’97 Hong Kong Handover Celebration and the third, fourth, and fifth Tianjin Folk Collections Exhibitions. He founded Tianjin’s first family-run coin culture collection museum—"Quanxiangge" Art Garden—which has been open to the public free of charge since the end of 1998. Major media outlets such as CCTV, Tianjin TV, "China Electric Power News," "Tianjin Daily," "Tonight News," and "Ta Kung Pao" (Hong Kong) have featured special reports on his story. His biography has been included in reference works such as the "Contemporary Numismatic Collectors Dictionary," "China Collectors Circle Celebrity Dictionary," and "Who's Who in the World."

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　　Address: No. 163 Weiguo Road, Hedong District, Tianjin

　　Opening hours: 9:00–11:00, 13:00–17:00

　　Transportation: Take bus routes 30, 35, 42, 47, 48 (section), 516, 605, 608, 639, or 656, and get off at the Weiguo Road station.