Usher in the Year of the Snake with Memor Museum’s new exhibition, The Path to Wealth: A Traditional Chinese Fortune Culture Exhibition. Worshipped and invoked during Lunar New Year as a bestower of prosperity, Caishen, the God of Wealth, has permeated all corners of folk society and religion in China for centuries.  

Combining various contemporary and Republican Era (1911-1949) artifacts, this exhibition fuses historical interpretation with popular customs in the storytelling of Caishen as a folk deity and emanation of legendary figures like Zhao Gongming, Guan Yu, Bi Gan, and more. Moreover, reflective of traditional Chinese values, it also explores the culturally-embedded views on wealth in China, such asConfucius’ emphasis on the “right ways” to obtain riches.

The Path toWealth remains the most comprehensive exhibition thus far inChina that explores the origin and culture of Caishen, having been previously showcased in Xiamen Museum, Chengdu Museum and Shenzhen Museum. Transcending cultural and religious borders—with wealth deities venerated by worshippers of many faiths, including Buddhism and Hinduism—this exhibition is open to all. It will be on view at Memor Museum until February 20th, 2025.

In conjunction with the exhibition, visitors can enjoy the simultaneous Cultural Heritage Museum Market (located on site), which brings together cultural products from across museums in China in celebration of Asian culture. The Cultural Heritage Museum Market will also be showcased at this year’s Travel & Adventure Show in New York on January 25th-26th.

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