Anren Ancient Town in Dayi County, Chengdu, has a long history of thousands of years, and its profound cultural heritage has attracted a large number of tourists to visit.
Crowded with tourists every holiday season, it's a great weekend destination for many.
From Chengdu to Anren Ancient Town, it takes more than an hour by bus and the highway mileage is about 41 kilometers.
It is a national 4A-level scenic spot.
The ancient town is not big, but has a strong commercial atmosphere.
It is the only ancient town in China named after a museum.
For example: Liu Family Mansion, Jianchuan Museum, Republic of China Mansion Old Street, Old Mansion Furniture Museum, etc.
There are also many teahouses in the town, scattered throughout the streets and alleys.
The teahouse was packed with people.
They were sitting leisurely on bamboo chairs, drinking bowls of tea, setting up the dragon gate array, and holding melon seeds in their mouths.
This scene is a bit smaller than Chengdu.
Speaking of teahouses, Chengdu people also have a saying: "There are few sunny days above, but there are many teahouses in front of you."
In Sichuan, it has become a habit for men, women and children to sit in teahouses.
In addition to drinking tea, there are also opera performances in the teahouse, which change faces from time to time.
Drinking a bowl of tea, hiccupping and humming a tune while listening to a play, crossing one's legs and picking one's ears are true portrayals of Basi's leisurely life in Sichuan.
Anren Ancient Town is also famous for its food.
For example, You Xue Wang, Huang Ji Mung Bean Hua, Qi Ha Luo, Liu Xue Wang, Huang Ji, etc.
In the town, Tongqing Hotel is the most famous.
Traveling through the ancient town, fashionable young brothers and sisters; around the theater, handsome boys and beauties were playing and singing, adding a lot of vitality to this ancient town.
The quaint stone streets, gray tiles and blue bricks, and elegant oil-paper umbrellas all reveal the long history of the ancient town.
The architecture and mural characters with the characteristics of the Republic of China seem to take you back to that turbulent era.
The ancient town was built in the Tang Dynasty, and most of the existing old neighborhood buildings were built in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, especially the buildings of the Liu family.
In addition, there are Anren Middle School, Anren Theater, Paoge Building, Wanchengyan Monument, etc.
Among the Liu family buildings, the most representative one is the Liu Mansion.
When you visit the Liu Mansion, the heavy gates and deep alleys are like entering a maze and twists and turns; enclosed courtyards, blue brick houses, high-walled courtyards, jewelry bowls, jade and silver plates, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, red sandalwood
Wooden furniture and a large number of bronzes all show the luxury and ostentation of wealthy families in western Sichuan.
Rented houses and water dungeons tell people the story of that era.
When visiting Anren Ancient Town, in addition to the Liu family’s residences, there is also the Jianchuan Museum, which is also worth a visit!
Local specialties here include sugar factory tofu curd, Liu's Manor wine, etc.
The transportation is also very convenient. There are two ways to get there: you can transport passengers at Chengdu Chadianzi Passenger Terminal, which takes about an hour; you can also take a high-speed train in Chengdu and get to Dayi County in about 25 minutes.
Then transfer to a bus to reach the ancient town.