2025 Hangzhou, Zhejiang China Knife, Scissors and Sword Museum Travel Guide

China Sword and Knife Museum

Ticket information: Free (closed on Monday)
Visiting method: Public reservation or on-site reservation
Transportation Route (East of Gongmei Museum)：
Metro Line 5, Grand Canal Station, Exit D, 270 meters south along Tongyi Road, 400 meters east along Hang Yin Street.
No. 1, No. 15, No. 58, No. 65, No. 98, No. 129, No. 543 Gongchenqiao West Station, 150 meters south along Xiaohe Road.

China Knife, Scissors and Sword Museum is located in the historical and cultural neighborhood of Gongchenqiao Qiaoxi, with Gongchenqiao as the landmark, and Hangzhou Museum of Arts and Crafts, China Umbrella Museum, China Fan Museum as a whole to form a museum cluster full of rich history and culture, which has become a new humanistic landscape in the northern part of Hangzhou city. The museum introduces and shows the unique culture of sword and cutter through multiple angles and diversified ways, “the object opens a measure for the sword, the two sides open the edge for the sword, and the two knives intersect for the cutter”. The “Knife and Sword” section introduces the history of the knife, the daily function of the knife, Chinese sword culture, the manufacture of knives and swords, the world of sword art; the “Scissors Story” section introduces the origin and evolution of scissors, scissors in the life of scissors, China’s famous scissors origin, Zhang Xiaoquan and his scissors, the manufacture of scissors. His scissors, the manufacture of scissors.
The museum is converted from an original souvenir warehouse, and is a special museum focusing on the collection, display and research of swords and scissors. The museum is divided into two parts: “Swords” and “Scissors”, with scissors on the first floor and swords on the second floor.
Scissors Museum introduces the history of scissors, manufacturing techniques, showing the process of scissors manufacturing, scissors from the Han Dynasty has begun to serve mankind, daily life is simply inseparable from the scissors. The exhibition hall shows Beijing’s Wang Ma Zi scissors store, Shandong Qingzhou’s shear alley, the West Lake at the foot of Wu Shan Zhang Xiaoquan scissors store, and so on, these old brands are the industry’s leader.
There are swords of all ages in the Sword Exhibition Hall. Swords of the Qin Dynasty feel full of killing power, swords of the Tang Dynasty are also good, and the whole thing is like a work of art, while swords of the Ming Dynasty seem to have become a collector’s item. There are also foreign ones, such as Swiss army knives and Japanese samurai swords.
The museum displays a lot of things, a careful look down to spend half a day, a comprehensive understanding of the history and culture of knives and swords. The museum’s overall display and popular science education significance is still very good, feel the unique charm of the Chinese sword cutter culture, bring your child to visit is a good choice.