[2025 Xi'an Attraction] Travel Guide for Anrenfang Heritage Museum (Updated Jan)

Xi'an, a city with a rich historical heritage, always brings unexpected surprises. This time, I came to the Anren Square Site Exhibition Hall in Xi'an to explore the historical relics of the Tang Chang'an City square system. Pavilion·Enter the Exhibition Hall The Anren Square Site Exhibition Hall is located in the southern suburbs of Xi'an, within the site of the Tang Chang'an City. The surrounding environment is quiet and distant. The architectural design outside the hall is simple and atmospheric, integrating Tang Dynasty architectural elements with modern style. As soon as you enter the hall, a strong historical atmosphere greets you. The exhibition hall presents the square system of the Tang Dynasty Chang'an City through various means such as cultural relics, pictures, and multimedia displays. As one of the important urban planning features of the Tang Dynasty, the square system demonstrated the order and prosperity of society at that time. Content·Exhibition Content Entering the exhibition hall, the first thing that catches the eye is a huge panoramic sand table of the Tang Chang'an City. The sand table reproduces the grand scene of Chang'an City in a miniature form, with a clear north-south central axis, and the palace city, imperial city, east and west markets, and squares are arranged neatly. Among them, Anren Square, as an ordinary square, appears low-key and unique on the sand table. Next, I visited the site protection area, where part of the real site excavation site is displayed through glass floors. From foundation relics to ceramic fragments, it seems that every brick and tile is telling a story from a thousand years ago. The explanatory board next to it provides a detailed interpretation of the purpose and historical background of these relics, allowing people to better understand the daily life of the Tang Dynasty city squares. Another exhibition area that attracted me was the Tang Dynasty street market scene restored through virtual reality (VR) technology. I put on VR glasses and instantly traveled to the streets and alleys of Chang'an more than 1,200 years ago. The shouts of vendors were in my ears, and the bustling crowds and dazzling stalls were in front of me, so real that I could almost touch the prosperity of that time. Come To Realize·Insights and Gains In the last area of the exhibition hall, some documents and historical materials of the Tang Dynasty city square system are displayed. Through these texts, I have a deeper understanding of the significance of Anren Square. It is not only a part of the Chang'an City square system but also a microcosm of Tang Dynasty social life. The Anren Square Site Exhibition Hall is a small and exquisite place that vividly presents the history of the Tang Dynasty Chang'an City to visitors. When I walked out of the exhibition hall, the ancient city wall under the sunset reflected the modern Xi'an, making me feel the integration of history and reality. If you also love history and yearn for the charm of ancient Chang'an, then the Anren Square Site Exhibition Hall in Xi'an will definitely be worth your visit!

Located at the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, this hidden gem museum is a must-see. It's free and not crowded! 🆓 Travel back in time to the Tang Dynasty and experience the vibrant culture. The Anrenfang Ruins Exhibition Hall is designed with two floors above ground and a suspended underground level. The original site is under the glass floor, spanning thousands of years. The first and second floors showcase the daily life of the Tang Dynasty. The poetry area is filled with literary charm. The music and dance area features exquisite instruments. 🪕 The makeup and hair area is artistically restored. The clothing area is colorful and diverse. 👘 All of these areas showcase the charm of the Tang Dynasty. ✨ 📍 Xi'an Physical Education University, Jianfu Temple Road, Beilin District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 🚇: Exit A, Nanshaomen Station, Line 2, walk 900m 📆: Monday to Sunday, 9:00–17:30 (closed on Tuesdays‼️) 🎫: Free, book on the official account

I was traveling to Xi'an and couldn't get a ticket to the Shaanxi History Museum, but a kind taxi driver recommended this underrated museum to me: Anrenfang. It is located in the first row east of Zhuque Street in Tang Chang'an City, south of the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, and covers an area of about 6,100 square meters. The Anrenfang Site Exhibition Hall is centered around the Tang Dynasty Anrenfang Residence Site, which was discovered through archaeological excavations. It presents the life of the people of Tang Chang'an City from multiple dimensions, including their homes, clothing, and music. Unlike the Shaanxi History Museum, which is heavy and overwhelming, it is full of more humanistic design and artistic installations. It is not only photogenic, but also has a stronger sense of space and artistic appreciation. It is suitable for literary and artistic youth, and you can wear Hanfu to take photos without being crowded. It is really a quiet and beautiful place. PS: Anrenfang is free to visit, but you need to make a reservation in advance. Generally, if there are no special exhibitions or holidays, you can make a reservation 2-3 days in advance. You cannot bring drinks or food inside, but there is a designated storage area at the entrance. It is recommended not to bring too much food to avoid losing it or it going bad due to the weather.

📍Attraction address: Anrenfang Ruins Exhibition Hall, Beilin District, 2 Tiyubei Road 🚗Attraction transportation: 🚃Metro Line 2, Tiyuchang Station, Exit A (next to Xi'an Museum) Attractions that can be combined: Xi'an Museum is very close, but you need to make a reservation in advance, and tickets may not be available. Shaanxi Art Museum: No tickets are required, free to visit near the Tiyuchang Metro Station, but generally not allowed to enter after 4:30 pm, and closes at 5 pm. Shaanxi Library: Next to the Art Museum, it's a good choice to go to the library to read a book when you're tired. There are relatively few seats on the first floor, but there are still seats on the second floor, and you can even sit on the floor if necessary. 🎟️Ticket information: 🎫Free, fill in your identity information at the entrance to enter. 💗Other tips: 1️⃣Remember it's [Anrenfang Ruins Exhibition Hall], not outside Chaoyang Gate, don't go to the wrong place. 2️⃣There are 4 bells in the small exhibition hall behind "Qin Wang Po Zhen Le", which explains Tang Dynasty musical instruments. It's great for photos, you can go inside, and take photos from below for a great atmosphere! 3️⃣There are multimedia displays on the walls near the musical instrument display from time to time, don't ignore them. 4️⃣Be sure to try taking photos from the opposite side of the atrium, it's very photogenic. 5️⃣You can take the metro to [Tiyuchang Exit A], and go through the stadium; or take the bus to [Xiaoyanta] or [Caochangpo] Station, and walk for about 10 minutes; if you drive, you can park at the west gate of Xi'an Museum, CNY 1.5 per half hour. 6️⃣It's very close to Jianfu Temple and Daxingshan Temple, and there are many places to eat near Xiaozhai, it's very suitable for shopping and eating. 7️⃣There are very few people in the morning, you can come in the morning to take photos, and the light and shadow start to change at noon, it's very beautiful, you can't help but marvel at how much the designer of this building loves light.

Anrenfang Ruins Exhibition Hall Admission: Free✅ Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 9:00-17:30 (last entry at 17:00), closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays)❗️ Stand on the ruins and feel the history. Let's walk into the ruins of Anrenfang and take a peek at the bustling marketplaces of Chang'an's 108 squares thousands of years ago. The ruins of the ancient people's lives are underground, and the exhibition hall is above ground. The entire venue is built on the original ruins, with a suspended glass floor. Underneath is the real ruins of the Anrenfang mansion. You can see the rammed earth and ruts from the Tang Dynasty, as well as the well-preserved patterned bricks. Walking on it is like walking through a thousand years of history on the streets of Anrenfang. It's really beautiful, open and well-designed, and very photogenic. The two floors display the clothing, food, housing, and transportation of the Tang people, as well as modules on poetry, wine, tea, and culture. It's rich and vivid.

Xi'an!! You're missing out if you don't promote this place!!! Anrenfang is really great for a stroll!! The calligraphy wall area is perfect for photos There are very few people, so you can stay all afternoon without queuing~ It's also great for taking photos in Hanfu here The Small Wild Goose Pagoda and Xi'an Museum are right next to it, so you can visit them on the way 9:00-17:30 (closed on Tuesdays) Free admission, on-site reservation available Address: Anrenfang Ruins Exhibition Hall

After the first sentence, make sure to start a new line. Visiting Xi'an, one must not miss this museum. I really like this very quiet feeling~ Taking pictures, observing the exhibitions, and watching the people passing by all feel so meaningful📷 The museum's space and lighting are just right, capturing the essence of history, listening to distant voices... - 📍Anrenfang Ruins Exhibition Hall 🎫Free admission, no reservation required ⌚️9:00-17:30 (Closed on Tuesdays) 🚇Take Exit A South of Xiaoyanta Station on Line 2 and walk 200 meters

Ever since coming to Xi'an, it has been raining continuously, and our original plans had to change, we switched to indoor activities on short notice. The landlord recommended the Anrenfang Site Museum, which wasn't in our initial plan, but if a local recommends it, it must be good, right? So we decided to go, and it exceeded our expectations! I thought it would just be a popular spot for social media check-ins, but it's actually really nice to walk around. The museum built on the site has several areas with glass floors, allowing you to see the ancient relics. Above the relics, you can learn about Tang Dynasty culture and life, as if traveling through time , it feels quite magical. The museum's environment is also very photogenic, with many spots perfect for taking pictures, attracting many young ladies with their photographers. The elders in the family also really liked it, saying it was worth the visit—and it's free! Up here is the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, the setting is absolutely stunning! Especially during a light rain, it's serene and pleasant.

📍 Anrenfang Site Exhibition Hall ♨ Based on the Tang Dynasty Anrenfang residential site, it uses Chinese aesthetics to display the market life of Chang'an City during the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Underground are the relics where ancient people lived, and above ground is the display of the Tang Dynasty people's clothing, food, housing, and transportation, combining the site itself with the cultural display area. . 🔆 The combination of light and shadow inside is also very clever, and it makes for great photography. . 🕹 Location: No. 2 Beilu Sports North Road, Beilin District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province 🚇 Transportation: About 500 meters west of the Sports Stadium North Road from Exit A of the Sports Stadium Station on Metro Line 2 Close to the Shaanxi Art Museum and the Shaanxi History Museum, you can visit them together ⏱ Opening hours: 9:00-17:30 (closed on Tuesdays) ✌ Take the chance to visit while it's less crowded.

🧐I have always been curious about whether the ancients would be bored without computers, mobile phones, and movies. ✈️It wasn't until I came to Anrenfang that I realized that the life of the Tang people was truly colorful. 📖Quick tour of the exhibition hall: The exhibition hall is mainly divided into modules such as poetry and music, costumes, food culture, and lanterns, presenting the market life of the Tang Dynasty from multiple angles. 🌞In the exhibition hall, you can see: ◾The hairstyles of girls in the Tang Dynasty at different times are different. The dress changes from elegant to simple and convenient, which is also the change from prosperity to decline. ◾The decoration craftsmanship of the Tang Dynasty is really fine, from small hair bun ornaments to large phoenix crowns and hats, you can see full details. ◾The boneless lanterns of the Tang Dynasty are unique, without a skeleton, made up of paper lantern pieces of different sizes and shapes. And the patterns on each side of the lantern are different, you can imagine how elegant the ancient garden parties and lantern festivals were. 📌After visiting the exhibition hall, I feel shallow. It turns out that in this ancient era without so many entertainment projects, our traditional aesthetics shines with proud light. ✅The ancient people's skillful and meticulous workmanship is in sharp contrast with the mechanized and standardized products of today. ✅The elegant, romantic and ceremonial life attitude is what is missing in today's impetuous society. 📍Location: Anrenfang Site Exhibition Hall 🚌Transportation: Bus Xiajiazhuang Station, five minutes walk. Metro Nanshaomen/Sports Stadium, about ten minutes walk ⌚Admission time: 9:00-17:30 (17:00 stop admission) 🎫Ticket: 0 yuan - 🎈My Xi'an trip continues to be updated, see you next time

Before the Spring Festival when I went to Xi'an, I took the time to visit the Anrenfang Site Exhibition Hall on the north road of the stadium outside Yongning Gate. The Xi'an Museum is located in the north, in the Jianfu Temple Site Park, and the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, which is as famous as the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, is located here. The exhibition hall is built on the site of the Tang Dynasty Anrenfang Mansion, where visitors can appreciate the original site and artistically restored related exhibits. The exhibition hall is divided into two floors. The first floor has sections reflecting the life of the Tang Dynasty market in a clockwise direction, including residence, clothing, makeup, music, dance, poetry, etc. The second floor is divided into sections such as lamps, festivals, food, wine, tea, etc., with pictures, texts and physical models, and sound, light, and electricity. Modern technology presents the market life of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty in all directions, allowing the audience to feel the cultural style of the Tang Dynasty. From entering to leaving, it was just lunch break, and I spent an hour here.

Did this year's Spring Festival Gala in Xi'an impress you?! My favorite part was the Hanfu display from various dynasties. Especially this Tang Dynasty Hanfu, fully enjoying the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. Now in Xi'an, you can find many Tang-style blocks, such as this Anrenfang Site Exhibition Hall. Anrenfang is one of the 108 blocks outside the city wall of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, only two blocks north of the imperial city, and separated by a wall from the Small Wild Goose Pagoda and the Xi'an Museum. According to literature and tomb inscriptions, at least more than 30 celebrities once lived here, such as the poets Yuan Zhen and Du Mu, the monks Yijing and Vajra Wisdom, Tang Xuanzong's daughter Princess Wanchun, Wang Xin and other royal relatives and nobles, and Yuan Zai and other high-ranking officials. The Anrenfang Exhibition Hall is built on the archaeological site of the Tang Dynasty Anrenfang Mansion. Entering the exhibition hall, the site of the Tang Dynasty neighborhood mansion is underground, and the traces of the ancients' lives are clearly visible. And above ground is a full presentation of the life in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty through sound, light, and electricity. The first floor displays the "lifestyle", divided into living, clothing, music, dance, and poetry. You can understand the living environment at that time through photoelectric murals, understand the differences and wearing differences of different Tang Dynasty costumes through on-site objects, and the playing methods and matching performance scenes of different musical instruments, etc. The second floor displays the "Five Flavors": festivals, tastes, tea, wine, multimedia, etc., especially the Tang Dynasty feast scene restored according to ancient paintings, to understand the dining habits and food styles at that time. After visiting up and down, you really feel all aspects of the prosperous life of the Tang Dynasty. Share a few shooting locations with everyone: 1. The stairs upstairs, the exhibition hall is very design-conscious, the light is the best. 2. Banquet display area, you can pretend to go to the banquet 3. Tang Dynasty clothing display area, it's fun if you wear Tang-style Hanfu like me 4. Lantern corridor, you can use telephoto, compress space, and make the lanterns look more. 5. On the protruding platform, looking forward, the characters are very prominent 6. In front of the calligraphy, you can choose to shoot from the side, or use the word as the background. 7. Poetry exhibition hall, you can stand in the display cabinet, or check in in front of the big screen. 8. Tang Poetry Bell, it is also a place where everyone will take pictures when they come to Anrenfang, you can use medium focus or wide angle Compared with other museums, the lighting and design of this exhibition hall are very good, very suitable for shooting portraits.