The ancient town of Anren is named after its place name, which means "benevolence means benevolence". Built in the Tang Dynasty, most of the existing old style neighborhood buildings were built in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, especially in the heyday of the Liu family in the Republic of China. The combination of Chinese and Western styles, solemn, elegant, and generous courtyards have created the special architectural style of Anren Town, known as "Western Sichuan architectural culture boutique". At present, there are relatively well preserved historical blocks and ancient buildings of manor houses in Anren, covering an area of about 300000 square meters; There are 27 ancient residences, such as Liu's manors and Liu Xiang's residence, which were preserved in the Ming and Qing Dynasties; There are three ancient streets: Hongxing Street, Shuren Street and Yumin Street; Small western-style building (the former address of the Public Welfare Association), Anren Middle School (original color middle school), bell tower, etc.
Ancient Town Scenic Spots
Liu's Manor
The manor is composed of five mansions (Liu Wenyuan, Liu Wenzhao, Liu Wencheng, Liu Wencai, Liu Wenhui) built by Liu Wencai, the landlord of Sichuan's high-ranking officials and bureaucrats in modern times, and one ancestral home of the Liu family. It is distributed in two major building groups facing from north to south, covering a total area of more than 70000 square meters, building area of more than 21000 square meters, and a total of 545 houses, It is the largest modern landlord manor complex in China at present. The whole manor complex was built at the end of the Qing Dynasty. After several large-scale construction and expansion, it formed its current scale at the end of the Republic of China. Among them, the most representative Liu Wencai Mansion is a closed courtyard with high walls and deep courtyards. It is a typical combination of Chinese and Western architecture style, with gable roofs, heavy doors and deep lanes, winding and labyrinthine, which fully reflects the luxury and pomp of modern western Sichuan rich families.
jianchuan museum cluster
The largest folk museum in China, invested and built by Mr. Fan Jianchuan, consists of four themes: the Anti Japanese War series, the Red Age, the Wenchuan Earthquake and Chinese folk customs. At present, Jianchuan Museum has more than 8 million collections, including 153 national first-class cultural relics. The museum has the largest folk anti Japanese war museum and folk collection museum group in China. It is now a national cultural industry demonstration base, a national AAAA tourist attraction, a provincial and municipal patriotism education base, and Chengdu National Defense Education Center. Jianchuan Museum has condensed the 80 years of trials and hardships since the Anti Japanese War in China, from which we can intuitively understand the historical development of Chinese society and the changes of the times.
Anti Japanese War series: mainstay hall, front battlefield hall, unyielding prisoners of war hall, flying tigers hall, national defense weapons hall, Sichuan Army Anti Japanese War Hall, Anti Japanese Veterans' Handprint Square and Chinese Anti Japanese Heroes' Group Sculpture Square.
Red Age Series: Porcelain Exhibition Hall, Daily Necessities Exhibition Hall, Zhang Zhongyin Exhibition Hall.
Folklore series: Husband Museum Furniture Museum, Three inch Golden Lotus Cultural Relics Museum.
Earthquake series: Shaking 5.12-6.12 Diary Museum, Earthquake Art Gallery and Earthquake Science Popularization Museum, and the theme museum of earthquake relief.
Old Street of Minguo Mansion
Three old streets, Shuren Street, Yumin Street and Hongxing Street, were built in the Republic of China period, which were the core area and commercial center of Anren Town at that time. There were 14 distinctive residence buildings on the old street, including Anren Middle School, Anren Theater, Paoge Tower, Wanchengyan Monument, Tongqing Restaurant and other buildings with the characteristics of the Republic of China, It forms a vivid picture of the ancient town in western Sichuan during the Republic of China.
Recommendation of key tourism resources
Anren Theater: It is rebuilt from the original Xingting Theater. Every day, there will be wonderful singing and dancing performances.
Mingxuan Bookstore is a boutique cultural hotel with books as its characteristics rebuilt on the basis of Gaomingxuan Mansion, with 10 guest rooms in total.
Anren Mansion Club, originally Chen Yuesheng Mansion, was first transformed into a high-end cultural club with Chinese and Western characteristics. The wedding ceremony of Anren Mansion, which is the main venue, is also a feature landscape.
The tea room of Anren Mansion, formerly Liu Yuanhu Mansion, holds exhibitions of young and middle-aged artists all the year round and is open to others.
The Old Film Museum is located in Liu Yuanxuan Mansion, where a large number of projectors, copies, professional books, magazines, posters, letters, etc. related to films are displayed. Among them, the treasure of the museum is the German Krupp projector used by Empress Dowager Cixi to show films in Western Mirror, which is invaluable.
Zineng School Hall, formerly known as Le Zineng Residence. Le Zineng is Liu Xiang's cousin. He has a private school at home, where Liu Xiang studied when he was young. Now it is rebuilt into a cultural inn with the theme of Confucius' "Literary and Commercial Loyalty", with 39 guest rooms in total.
