The Headquarters of General Du Wenxiu, National-level heritage site in Dali Ancient City, Dali, China

The Headquarters of General Du Wenxiu is a building in Dali featuring traditional Chinese architecture with a central courtyard surrounded by ceremonial and administrative rooms. The structure clearly reveals how the spaces were organized to manage military and government operations.

In the 19th century during the Panthay Rebellion, General Du Wenxiu established this location as a command center against Qing Dynasty forces. This conflict was a major uprising in southwestern China that lasted several decades.

The site is now the Dali City Museum, founded in 1986 after the army handed the compound to the local government. Its name recalls Du Wenxiu, whose headquarters stood here from 1856 until the uprising failed in 1872. A stele gallery was upgraded in 2012.

The site sits at No. 111 South Fuxing Road inside Dali Ancient City and now serves as the Dali Museum. Of the original complex only the council hall, the gate and about 100 metres of the south city wall survive; the second gate and main hall were rebuilt in 1986. The grounds were repaired in 1986 and the stele corridor upgraded in 2012.

The conference hall is the only original building still standing; the second gate and main hall were rebuilt in 1986, the same year the site became the Dali City Museum after the army handed it to local government.