Jianchuan Museum, Historical museum cluster in Anren Town, China.
Jianchuan Museum is a large museum complex in Anren with dozens of exhibition halls displaying millions of objects from different phases of Chinese history. The collection spans items from wartime, traditional folk goods, personal mementos, and evidence of natural disasters.
The complex was founded in the 2000s by a private collector and became one of the largest non-government historical collections in China. The museum focuses on major events like resistance against Japanese invasion and the impact of the major earthquake in 2008.
The collection displays everyday objects and personal mementos that trace China's modern story across different eras. You can walk through spaces that show how ordinary people lived during wartime, through political change, and in times of natural disaster.
The site is located about an hour from Chengdu and is open daily. Visitors should plan to spend several hours exploring the various exhibition halls, as the complex is quite sprawling.
The complex houses many nationally ranked objects and preserves handprints from thousands of veterans displayed on a special square. These handprints form a quiet tribute to those who lived through important historical times.
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