The Pinglin Tea Museum is one of the area's newest and best landmarks. When approaching the tea museum the first thing you notice is its Fujian-style architecture, with a large circular courtyard along with long halls and round doors. In many ways, it seems like a small version of the mountain streams that are common south of the Changjiang River. The main purpose of the museum is to give visitors a chance to learn more about the tea industry by understanding its history through tea fields visits and an exhibition area. The knowledge they gain adds substance to subsequent tea culture experiences they partake on their visit to Pinglin. On the second floor is a "plant clinic" that provides local tea growers with accurate knowledge about growing techniques. Outside the courtyard gives visitors a traditional southern Chinese setting where they can go for a stroll, admire the carp pool and manmade waterfall, or sip tea in the pavilion. Behind the museum there is also an ecological park which features a tea flower forest and Taiwan's only Matsu statue built in a tea-growing area. Many locals come here to pray and ask for good fortune.