Friday, July 17, 2009

Anren: Western Sichuan Folk Museum



Shaking off the writing block on this blog to post my visit to Anren, which is a museum town about an hour out of the city. This year the tourism bureau is issuing panda cards which will get you free admission to many sights in the province so I wanted to make the rounds while I still could. The first museum I stumbled into was the free West Sichuan folk Musuem. I loved the buildings.



The descriptions were quite critical of the feudal and patriarchal customs being depicted. Bridal chair:


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