I visited the Chengdu Zhu Cheng Stone Carving Art Gallery on a sweltering weekend in August, and I was pleasantly surprised to discover this still exists in the noisy, industrial North City, now surrounded by machinery markets. The museum’s raw, untouched state made me think of an “ecological museum”—a living museum without walls, free from fixed patterns, and growing organically. In a breeze coming from an electric fan, Zhu Cheng shared with us the original intentions, the journey, and the vision behind the establishment of the museum. 

Hidden in Chengdu’s Jinniu District, the Chengdu Zhu Cheng Stone Carving Art Museum has enjoyed support from many discerning individuals since its inception. Traditional Chinese architecture, a creation that mirrors the heavens and follows the earth, possesses immense vitality. Over the past thirty years, Zhu Cheng’s life path has become intertwined with the thousands of artifacts in his collection, forming an inseparable cultural heritage—an irreplaceable witness and testament to history, as well as a medium for him to realize the vastness of his own existence. 

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