[1][2][3] It has an area of about 4,000,000-square-metre (43,000,000 sq ft) and a building area of about 20,000-square-metre (220,000 sq ft), embodies buildings such as the old houses, the Liu Shaoqi Memorial Hall, the Bronze Statue of Liu Shaoqi, the Cultural relics Exhibition Hall.

[5] In May 1961, Chinese President Liu Shaoqi and his wife, first lady Wang Guangmei returned to Hunan and they lived here.

During the Great Leap Forward, Liu Shaoqi handed out their own daily necessities to farmers.

[5] In 1982, China's leader Deng Xiaoping wrote "Liu Shao-qi's Former Residence" on the horizontal tablet.

[6][5] In January 1988, it was listed as a "Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level" by the State Council of China.