If we define the basic meaning of a museum as a place where paintings are hung and books kept, then the embryonic form of a museum in China can be traced back to the early Song dynasty and the Taiqing Pavilion built by the second Song emperor.
如果我們把博物館的基本定義看做藏書掛畫的場所，那麼中國博物館的雛形還可以追溯到宋初皇室所建的「太清樓」。