Bozhou Ancient Well Liquor Culture Museum (Bozhou Ancient Well Cultural Park)

Bozhou Ancient Well Liquor Culture Museum (Bozhou Ancient Well Cultural Park)

Bozhou Ancient Well Liquor Culture Museum (Bozhou Ancient Well Cultural Park) is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction and a patriotic education base.

A national 4A-level tourist attraction, located in Gujing Town, Bozhou, it includes four main sections: the Ancient Well Liquor Culture Museum, the Ancient Well Liquor Industrial Production Observation Area, Wei Well Garden, and Ancient Well Garden. In 2007, it was rated as a national 3A-level tourist attraction by the provincial tourism bureau, and in 2008, it was awarded 4A-level status by the National Tourism Administration.

The Ancient Well Liquor Culture Museum features architecture modeled after Ming and Qing dynasty palaces and is one of Anhui’s “Top Ten” industry-themed museums, as well as one of the earliest liquor culture museums in China. Along with the Gujing Distillery, Wei Well, and Song Well, it has been designated as an “Industrial Tourism Demonstration Site” by the National Tourism Administration. The museum was built in 1994, covering an area of 3,200 square meters with a floor space of 2,200 square meters, and a total investment of nearly 20 million yuan. The exhibits were arranged with the expertise of specialists from the Palace Museum in Beijing, and it opened to the public in 1996. The entire structure boasts a unique architectural style and ingenious overall layout. It features a Han-style que gate, Ming-style main buildings, and two stone jue vessels weighing 9 tons and standing 2.7 meters tall, modeled after Shang dynasty designs, which stand on the lawns on either side of the courtyard, lending a particularly solemn atmosphere. Particularly eye-catching is a pair of gold-leafed couplets on the main hall’s pillars: “Fine liquor passed down through millennia from Wei Well; Rich aroma wafts afar from Tang Capital,” inscribed by Mr. Qi Gong. The main hall is the principal building and exhibition area of the museum, designed as a double-eaved, glazed-tile structure modeled after Ming and Qing dynasty palace halls. The Han que gate and Ming-Qing style hall form the "Ancient Well characteristic" style: signifying that Gujing Tribute Liquor originated in the Han dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties (as a tribute), and is now thriving in today’s prosperous era.

Gujing Town: Located in the northwest corner of Bozhou, bordering Luyi and Shangqiu in Henan Province to the west and north, Gujing Town is the birthplace of China’s famous liquor — Gujing Tribute Liquor. The town covers an area of 32 square kilometers, governs 14 village committees, has 29,474 mu of arable land, and a population of 24,490, including 9,356 non-agricultural residents. The town area spans 3.5 square kilometers.

Gujing Town has a long history and was formerly known as Jian Dian Ji. It was established as Jian Dian Town in 1985, renamed Gujing Town in 1987, upgraded to a sub-county level town in 1992, and approved as one of Anhui Province’s hundred small… More details about Gujing Town++