Landlord Liu Wencai died before land reform reached him, his manor became a museum of his crimes, and in 1988 its "water dungeon" was relabelled an opium store

Liu Wencai's father had two hectares and a liquor distillery. Liu became a liquor merchant in Yibin in 1920 and grew rich alongside his brother Liu Wenhui, a warlord, and his cousin Liu Xiang. He took a share of salt, opium, shipping and banking, and held posts with the power to tax. He came home to Anren in 1932, bought thousands of hectares, built dozens of manor houses, and paid for roads, a dike and a school. He died of tuberculosis in 1949. His brother joined the Communists, became a central government minister in 1959, and died in 1976. The Anren peasant association confiscated Liu Wencai's land and goods and divided them. His manor became an exhibition hall by 1959. In 1965 artists made more than 100 life-size clay figures, the Rent Collection Courtyard, showing his tenants paying rent. A "water dungeon" where he supposedly held tenants became part of the tour. Historians Denise Ho and Jie Li report that the journalist Xiaoshu found a 1964 directive that real people and real events were not required. In 1988, with provincial permission, the museum turned the water dungeon into an "opium storage room" and painted over the bloody handprints. His grandson Liu Xiaofei, a retired oil worker, campaigns to clear his name and pays for a ticket to enter the house. Liu Wencai's grave was dug up for construction and is unmarked.