Anren Ancient Town 安仁古镇Ānrén Gǔzhèn

About Anren Ancient Town

Anren is a market town on the western edge of the Chengdu Plain, listed among China's historic towns in 2005, with well-preserved streets of traditional western Sichuan architecture. Its main sights are the Liu Family Manor, a sprawling landlord estate built by the Liu Wencai family from the late Qing onwards and now a national heritage site, and the Jianchuan Museum Cluster, a large private group of museums on 20th-century Chinese history. Between them they easily fill a full day.

How to get to Anren Ancient Town

About 42 km west of central Chengdu, roughly an hour by road.

Nearby

• Du Fu Thatched Cottage 杜甫草堂 40 km
  Bamboo groves and plum blossom where Du Fu, China's 'Poet-Sage', once lived
• Mount Qingcheng 青城山 40 km
  A cradle of Taoism, where forest stairways climb past temples and cave shrines
• Wuhou Shrine & Jinli Street 武侯祠与锦里 40 km
  Cypress-shaded halls honouring Three Kingdoms heroes, with a bustling snack lane next door
• Kuanzhai Alley 宽窄巷子 40 km
  Three restored Qing-era lanes of courtyard gateways, teahouses and Sichuan snacks
• People's Park & Heming Teahouse 人民公园与鹤鸣茶社 50 km
  Bamboo chairs, jasmine tea and roving ear cleaners in Chengdu's favourite park

Also within 20 km: Tianfu International Slow City, Chongzhou 天府国际慢城 (10 km), Yanhua Pond 罨画池 (10 km), Baodun Site 宝墩遗址 (10 km), Daoming Bamboo Village 道明竹艺村 (20 km), Xinchang Ancient Town 新场古镇 (20 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)