Fan Changjiang Cultural Tourism Park

Fan Changjiang Cultural Tourism Park

Fan Changjiang Cultural Tourism Park is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.

Fan Changjiang was a founding figure in China’s new-era journalism. He was born in Zhaojiaba, Tianjia Town, Dongxing District. In 1991, to promote the spirit of Changjiang, the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China established the highest award for journalists — the “Fan Changjiang Journalism Award.” In August 2006, with the approval of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee General Office, the restoration of Fan Changjiang’s former residence as a memorial museum was approved.

Centered around Fan Changjiang’s former residence and the Zhaojiaba New Rural Complex, the Fan Changjiang Cultural Tourism Park covers an area of 1.5 square kilometers. It is a rural tourism resort integrating “Changjiang Culture Exhibition, Homestead Countryside Scenery, and Fruit & Vegetable Farming Experience.” It is 12 kilometers from downtown Neijiang and 8 kilometers from Neijiangbei Station on the Chengdu-Chongqing High-Speed Railway. The S426 tourist expressway provides a direct 10-minute drive from the city center to the park, making travel extremely convenient.

Overlooking Fan Changjiang Cultural Tourism Park, the terrain is broad and undulating, with the Xiaoqinglong River flowing through it. The park is built around the core concept of inheriting and promoting Changjiang Culture, highlighting Changjiang news culture, southern Sichuan folk culture, and farming countryside culture, offering high recreational and tourism value.

— Fan Changjiang’s Life and Achievements Exhibition Hall. Viewed from above, its shape resembles a half-unfurled newspaper. The walls are made of sandstone material, with green bamboo planted outside, symbolizing Comrade Changjiang’s lifelong dedication to journalism and his perseverant, truth-seeking character. The hall has a construction area of about 860 square meters and its exhibition is divided into seven major sections: Childhood, Path of Learning, Journey to the Northwest, The New-type Journalist, Red Chronicler, Light of Science and Technology, and The Ever-flowing Changjiang. It displays over 50 precious cultural relics, more than 500 photographs, over 2,100 pieces of documentation, and two replicated scenes, vividly portraying Comrade Changjiang’s life of continuous pursuit of light and progress.

— Social Changes in Changjiang’s Hometown in the 20th Century Exhibition Hall. Fan Changjiang’s former residence, an old house with a history of over 100 years, features a post-and-lintel panel structure with a small blue-tiled roof, representing typical southern Sichuan residential architecture. With a construction area of about 530 square meters, it consists of one lobby and 16 exhibition halls, divided into two main parts: “Local Sentiment” and “Era Show.” These sections showcase the social life, changes, and cultural development of the time. The “Local Sentiment” section recreates the family scene of Comrade Changjiang and the social life of rural southern Sichuan during that era, including clothing, food, housing, transportation, weddings and funerals, scholarly farming, and seasonal festivals. The “Era Show” theme presents the profound, rapid, and intense social changes in Changjiang’s hometown in the late 20th century.

— Changjiang Grand Classroom. Its shape resembles Fan Changjiang’s bookshelf, and its name was inscribed by Shao Huaze, Honorary Chairman of the All-China Journalists Association. The classroom has a construction area of about 820 square meters. The theme wall features a backdrop of stacked books, and the floor is designed like the flowing Changjiang River, symbolizing that the spirit of Changjiang will be carried on by future generations. The hall introduces the establishment and evolution of the Fan Changjiang Journalism Award, along with information and works of past award winners, fully showcasing how contemporary journalists inherit and promote the spirit of Changjiang.

— Changjiang News Forest. With the theme “Image of Changjiang, Journalism Popularization,” it covers an area of about 20,000 square meters. At the entrance stands a large stone sculpture inscribed with “Fan Changjiang News Forest.” The forest was planted in March 2014 by journalists from over 20 major media outlets across the country. Today, the once-small trees have grown into a lush canopy, evergreen and thriving, continuing to flourish on the land of Changjiang's hometown.

— News Square. This approximately 2,000-square-meter arc-shaped square was completed and opened in December 2013. It is a popular gathering spot for tourists and can accommodate up to 5,000 people for performances, entertainment, and leisure. From the square, visitors also enjoy an excellent view of Fan Changjiang’s former residence behind the lotus pond.

— Former Residence Back Garden. Located behind the exhibition hall, it covers an area of about 18,000 square meters and includes a Grade 3A tourist restroom. The garden is planted with 25 types of flowers and trees such as willows, camphor trees, and nanmu wood, as well as 35 sets of landscape stones totaling 100 tons. It also features 3,000 meters of bluestone walking paths, four rest pavilions, and two sets of corridors, providing an ideal space for leisure and relaxation for visitors.