Changyu Wine Museum -- Numerous Bygones

On the eastern side of the Square, the author of Changyu -- Mr. Zhang Bishi's bronze statue is standing on the grass lawn, dressed in official attires, looking far and deep. Zhang was born of a humble family, and went to South Asia at 18. At his heyday of career, his personal wealth reached 80 million teals of silver, ranked the first in the area, and making him the undisputable leader of overseas Chinese there. He was once Qing Dynasty's consul general in Singapore, was given an audience three times by the then empress dowager Cixi and emperor Guangxu, and was promoted to the first rank in the official hierarchy. As a commercial delegation leader, he went to USA for the World Exposition, with Huang Yanpei, another outstanding figure in Chinese history, as his secretary. It was at this Exposition that Changyu was awarded four gold prizes. He was also a bosom friend of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and a staunch financial supporter for Sun's revolution.... A legendary life in short. The winery he created with 3 million teals of silver has grown to be the largest in China and even in Asia. Today's bronze statue expressed the admiration and love for him of his followers.

The atmosphere in the Square urges every visitor to the inside of the Museum, which was originally build in 1992, and was renovated in 2000 on the spot of the old winery, designed by architecturers from Qinghua University, immitating what the company looked like a century ago. This is now China's first world-class wine museum, and also an AAA National Tourist Site, National Tourism Demonstration Site, Patriotism Education Base, and was named the "Most Popular Museum" in 2005.