Kunming Wenlin Street Alley Art Gallery

#ChinaTravel #Kunming #WenlinStreet Walking through the red brick alleys built in the 90s, the landscapes and portraits painted on the walls catch your eye. The Tianjun Hall Alley and Minjiang Alley across from Xian Sheng Po on Wenlin Street have been transformed into ‘alley art galleries’, and have become special cultural spaces and popular photo spots. Wenlin Street was formed during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and was named after the ‘forest of literati’ due to the large number of test takers who gathered to take the imperial examinations, located near the park. At that time, the Cultural Alley was a road leading to several prestigious schools in the area, and was a place where teachers and students often came and went. Although the Cheonjunjeonhang connecting Wenlin Street and the Cultural Port is only a hundred meters long, it was an essential route for professors and students of Southwest United University to return to school. Fu Si-nian, Hua Luo-geng, Yuan Yide, Liang Sicheng, Lin Huiyin, Liu Wendian, and Wang Zengqi, all cultural luminaries of the time, passed through here. Officially, the quiet atmosphere and convenient transportation of the red brick alleys of Cheonjunjeonhang were fully utilized to create the “alley art gallery.” Now, when you visit Cheonjunjeonhang, you can stroll through a unique space where history and culture come together and appreciate works of art. This small alley harmoniously blends traces of the past with art of the present, giving visitors a new experience.