Mengzi Wangyun Museum (Zhou Family Residence)

Wangyun Museum is an old building located on the shore of Nanhu Lake in Mengzi. Originally the Zhou Family Residence, it was built in 1916 by local businessman Zhou Baizhai and is a representative work of the fusion of Chinese and Western architectural styles in southern Yunnan. In 1938, when the National Southwest Associated University moved to Mengzi, the Zhou family lent the residence to the university for use as a student dormitory. In 2013, the Zhou Family Residence was announced as a national key cultural relic protection unit. The museum has a large collection of ancient plaques and is the place with the most preserved antiquities among the exhibition halls around Nanhu Lake. It is worth a visit.