Liu's Manor

Liu's manor is the largest group of Tunpu style landlord and warlord buildings in China. It is the former residence of Liu Xianshi, the governor of Guizhou Province, the commander of guerrilla forces and the governor of Yunnan Guizhou border affairs. It was first built in the Qing Dynasty and became the largest private manor in the whole province in the Republic of China. The main building has basically maintained its original appearance.

There is a "Guizhou Ethnic wedding custom museum" in the manor, which is the only ethnic minority wedding custom museum in China, displaying many interesting exhibits of Buyi, Miao and other ethnic wedding customs.

Liushi Manorial Museum

synonym

Liu's manor generally refers to the Museum of Liu's manor in Dayi

Dayi Liushi manorial Museum, located at No. 15, Jingui street, Anren Town, Dayi County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, is one of the important historical sites and representative buildings in modern China. The museum was founded in October 1958. In 1958, the exhibition hall of Dayi landlord manor was officially established. At the beginning of 1997, the exhibition hall of Dayi landlord manor was officially renamed as "Dayi Liu manor Museum".

Liu's manor Museum in Dayi covers an area of more than 70000 square meters, with a building area of about 21055 square meters. It is built in the style of Bazi in Western Sichuan. The buildings, collections, clay sculptures and remains of the museum are important objects for understanding and studying the politics, economy and culture of China's semi colonial and semi feudal society, as well as the history of Sichuan warlords, folklore and modern residential buildings. They are also a section of the development history of China's modern society.

In 2001, it was rated as a national AAAA tourist attraction by the National Tourism Administration, and in 2009, it was rated as a national three-level Museum by the National Bureau of cultural relics. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit, an excellent patriotism education base of the national cultural relics system, and a national youth education base.

Historical evolution

Liu's manor complex was built in the late Qing Dynasty and completed in the late Republic of China.

In 1932, Liu Wencai built the southern part of the manor.

In 1942, Liu Wencai built the northern part of the (new residence) estate for himself and his brother Liu Wenhui.

In 1932, Liu Wencai, who was the director of the general tax office of Xufu (Yibin) and the Bureau of tobacco and wine sales, returned home and built a manor.

In 1958, the exhibition hall of Dayi landlord manor was officially established. In October of the same year, the exhibition hall of Dayi landlord manor was officially established. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the museum was on the right track of development.

In 1982, the museum began to collect and sort out the literature in the museum and compile the "Museum records".

In 1984, the exhibition hall of landlord manor was transferred from Chengdu to Dayi County.

In May 1993, the landlord manor was named the third batch of patriotic education bases in Chengdu by Chengdu municipal Party committee and government.

On August 30, 1995, it was named as the patriotic education base of Dayi County.

In November 1996, as one of the important historical sites and representative buildings in modern China, it was announced as one of the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

At the beginning of 1997, the "exhibition hall of landlord manor in Dayi" was officially renamed "Museum of Liu manor in Dayi". In May of the same year, Liu manor was awarded the title of "excellent patriotic education base of national cultural relics system" by the State Administration of cultural relics.

In 1999, Liu's manor Museum in Dayi was listed as one of the six priority scenic spots in Sichuan Province by Sichuan Provincial People's government.

In May 2000, the Museum of Liu's manor in Dayi was named the national youth education base by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.

In November 2001, Dayi Liu's manor was rated as a national AAAA scenic spot by the National Tourism Administration.

In May 2009, Liu's manor was announced as a national third-class Museum by the State Administration of cultural relics.

architectural composition

Liu's manor Museum in Dayi is built in the style of Bazi in West Sichuan. The Museum covers an area of more than 70000 square meters, with a construction area of 21055 square meters. It is the two major building groups with a distance of 300 meters from north to south.

The old manor is irregular polygon, surrounded by more than 6 meters high brick walls, 7 gates, 27 patios, more than 180 houses and 3 gardens.

In the manor, there are heavy walls with alleys, thick doors with iron locks, secret rooms with multiple paths, and the layout is messy. The whole manor is like a dark labyrinth building. There are various shapes such as rectangle, square, trapezoid and diamond, and there are hundreds of decorations such as carved door. The interior of the manor is divided into hall, living room, reception room, accounting room, employment house, rent collection house, granary, secret Treasury, water prison and Buddhist hall, moon watching platform, carefree palace, garden, orchard and other parts.

Exhibition

The basic exhibition of Liu's manor Museum in Dayi is composed of preface Museum, employment courtyard, Liu Wencai's living scene, large clay sculpture "rent collection courtyard", manor cultural relics museum, etc.

The Museum of Liu's manor in Dayi has formed five basic exhibitions

1. The restoration display of Liu Wencai and his family's living scene in the old mansion of the manor, and the large-scale clay sculpture "rent collection courtyard" group sculpture.

2. The exhibition of Western Sichuan Folk Custom Museum held at the former site of the manor new residence reproduces the folk customs of Western Sichuan people in production and life.

3. The exhibition of the collection of the manor Cultural Relics Museum held in Liu Wencheng residence.

4. In 2003, the restoration exhibition of Liu's ancestral home was held at the original site of Laowuji, the birthplace of Liu's family.

5. The sculpture of Western Sichuan folk houses and the exhibition of modern calligraphy and painting held at the former site of Liu Wenzhao residence.

Main attractions

My husband's house

When Liu Wencai was alive, his husband's house was not open to ordinary people. On the left side of the manor gate is the "employment yard", and on the right side are the "western style living room" and "Chinese style living room". Walking forward is Liu Wencai's inner garden. Inside is Liu Wencai's inner courtyard, in which there is a longevity hall dedicated to the spiritual throne of Liu's ancestors. On the right side of Shoutang is a room with one entrance and two entrances. There is a magnificent golden dragon bed in it. The Golden Dragon bed covers an area of 9 square meters and is composed of four columns, four doors and a bed.

Rent Collection House

"Rent collection courtyard" is a large-scale modern clay sculpture group in China, which was displayed in Liu Wencai manor, Dayi County, Sichuan Province, and created from June to October 1965. The author is a folk artist of Sichuan Academy of fine arts.

According to the situation of the landlord's rent collection in that year, seven groups of images were created: paying rent, checking rent, wind Valley, fighting, settling accounts, forcing rent and resisting. The whole process of rent collection, the main means of landlords exploiting peasants, is shown in the form of continuous plots. A total of 114 life size characters are created.

Rent collection house was reproduced and exhibited in Beijing from 1965 to 1966, which caused great repercussions. Later, he exhibited in Albania and Vietnam. In 1988, he toured Japan with copies of the new copper plated FRP materials.

Miss building

Miss building, also known as "xiulou", is located in the north of the rent collection courtyard and the east of the main entrance of the husband's house. Miss building is the courtyard in the courtyard. The pillars on both sides of the gate are cinnabar. The rectangular white porcelain plate inlaid above the lintel has the four characters "Xiang Cheng Wu Fu". At the top, a white peony in relief shape appears elegant. It is of brick and wood structure, all of which are framed by black brick and white line column wall, especially the exquisite and unique style. The six side pointed roof reveals the Chinese and Western architectural style of the specific historical period of the semi feudal and semi colonial in the 1920s and 1930s.

Cultural relic value

The Museum of Liu's manor in Dayi witnessed the social and historical changes, showing the architectural skills and rural folk culture of Western Sichuan in modern times. The buildings, collections, clay sculptures and remains of the museum are important objects for understanding and studying the politics, economy and culture of China's semi colonial and semi feudal society, as well as the history of Sichuan warlords, folklore and modern residential buildings. They are also a section of the development history of China's modern society.

The whole manor is a group of Integrated Chinese and western buildings. It not only has the legacy of Chinese feudal mansion, but also embodies the closed social characteristics of feudal society, reflects the feudal order and the hierarchical relationship between the superior and the inferior, and absorbs the characteristics of Western castles and churches, especially in the new residence. The main style of manor architecture reflects the orientation of traditional Chinese aesthetics, and integrates western aesthetic characteristics in details. This Chinese and Western Manor building complex is mainly of brick and wood structure, reflecting the development process of modern residential buildings in Western Sichuan in 1920s and 1930s. It is not only a typical form and style of modern Sichuan landlords' manor buildings, but also a group of residential buildings with typical Western Sichuan local characteristics formed by absorbing Western architectural civilization and combining with Chinese traditional architectural culture, It has high historical, artistic, cultural relics and scientific and technological value.

Collection

As of March 2015, the Liu's manor Museum in Dayi has more than 27000 cultural relics and collections, and 1848 cultural relics above the third level, including 15 national first-class cultural relics, 21 second-class cultural relics and 1813 third-class cultural relics. Including a set of Qing Dynasty red sandalwood inlaid marble tables and chairs, 8 of which are 108 cm high, 99 cm wide and 60 cm deep. They are inlaid with 27 jewels of various colors and surrounded by flowers and plants decorated with mother of pearl.

There are many cultural relics in the museum, such as Taiping

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