Jianchuan Museum Cluster

The museum was founded by, and named after, Fan Jianchuan (1957), a local real estate billionaire native to Yibin, and a collector of Cultural Revolution Era memorabilia. Before starting his investments in real estate, Fan was the deputy major of Yibin. In 2003, he started investing his real estate earnings in the museums. Fan bought millions of historical items and bought 33 hectares of land in Anren, Dayi County. The first five museums within the cluster opened to the public in 2005. As of 2015, Fan had invested RMB 2 billion in the museums. The museum cluster began operating at a break-even point in 2010. ==Exhibits==

The complex features more than two million historical and cultural artefacts, mainly from the founder's personal collection, and has been hailed by the Los Angeles Times as an example of "the increasing openness about the way recent history is viewed in China." With a total area of , the museum cluster is made up of 26 museums, as of 2015. • Hall of the Frontal Battlefield, dedicated to the Kuomintang efforts in fighting the Japanese Chinese folk culture theme • The Memorial Hall of Yangtze River Rafting • Old Mansion Furniture Exhibition Hall • Three-inch Golden Lotus Cultural Relics Gallery • National Defense Weapons Museum • Liu Wenhui Former Residence Exhibition Hall Other • Jianchuan Art Exhibition Hall • Reform and opening heroes plaza == Gallery ==

File:Jianchuan Museum Cluster Entrance 20161123.jpg|Jianchuan Museum Cluster Entrance File:Jianchuan Museum Cluster - 中国壮士群雕广场 20161123.jpg File:Jianchuan Museum Cluster - 正面战场馆 20161123.jpg File:Jianchuan Museum Cluster - 川军抗战馆 20161123.jpg File:汶川地震館.jpg|Exhibit of relief portraits of 1,812 people who died during the Wenchuan earthquake File:不屈戰俘藝術雕塑.jpg File:美國援華館.jpg File:敲鐘.jpg File:援華外國義士.jpg|Foreign Volunteer Supporters of China Plaza File:不屈戰俘館.jpg File:紅色年代鏡面館.jpg File:Type 59-1.jpg|Type 59-1 130mm Field gun in Jianchuan museum File:Type 59 anti air.jpg|Type 59 100mm anti air gun ==See also==