Today was midterm exam day! Instead of having a full morning of class, everyone took their respective midterm exam before packing up and heading to the bus. Thus beginning a well deserved long weekend break. After an hour and a half bus ride, we finally arrived in the ancient town of Anren.
Our first stop, was the the largest private museum complex in China, the Jianchuan Museum Cluster. We visited three of the many museums on the premise: the Red Age Necessities museum, the Earthquake museum and the Flying Tiger museum. As this group of fifteen museums hold China's largest collection of artifacts, we were able to get a very in-depth view into China's past.
We were also fortunate enough to meet and ask the museum owner, Dr. Fan Jianchuan, questions about all of his museums. He took us into his large home and gave us a personal tour of other parts of the complex that we didn't have the time to visit during museum hours. He told us many stories about how the struggles he went through in order to collect so many artifacts, what famous people had visited the complex and his future plans to increase the number of museums he owns from fifty to one hundred before he passes away.
We then checked into our Red Age-themed hotel which is also owned by Dr. Jianchuan. Because the hotel is located in a "museum town" who's economy is highly dependent on tourists, most of the restaurants were closed by the time we headed out to get dinner. After finally finding an open restaurant, we were able to eat and head back to the hotel. No matter how long and exhausting the day was, everyone had fun and learned a lot!
Leah S.
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