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Mei Lanfang Memorial
Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), the outstanding exponent of Beijing Opera, was the great master of China's dramatic art. With patriotism and a deep love for his people, Mei Lanfang dedicated his whole life to the art of Beijing Opera.During his stage career over half a century, he showed great skill inheriting the best traditions of the past and adapting them to alnew stage To enrich and ameliorate the Chinese stage he constantly and conscientiously sought to improve his art and created many lively ... View Detail
Former Residence of Lu Xun
What was originally Hongkou Park (1905), once a foreigners' park opened to the Chinese only in 1928, has been renamed for China's best-known 20th-century writer, Lu Xun (1881-1936), who lived in this neighborhood from 1927 until his death. Known as the "father of modern Chinese literature" because of his role in developing the modern style of Chinese prose as well as in helping simplify the Chinese script, Lu Xun was a prolific writer who translated science-fiction novels into ... View Detail
Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall
Cao Xueqin, the author of the world famous novel A Dream of Red Mansions, gave us the most wonderful literary work in the Qing Dynasty. Having gone through the changing from prosperity to depression, Cao Xueqin also tasted the bitter of the coldness of people. The novel is remarkable not only for its huge cast of characters (most of them female) and psychological scope, but also for its precise and detailed observation of the life and social structures typical of 18th-century Chinese aristocracy ... View Detail
Former Residence of Li Dazhao
The former residence of Li Dazhao was designed under a very typical Chinese traditional architecture designs with overall area of about 550 square meters. There are three rooms on the north with two side rooms each on both ends, and three rooms each on the east and west of the yard. The east room of the north building was the bedroom for Li Dazhao couples, the east side room of the north building was the room for Li Xinghua, the eldest daughter of Li Dazhao while the north room of the east ... View Detail
Former Residence of Soong Ching Ling
Soong Ch'ing-ling (27 January 1893 - 29 May 1981), also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the three Soong sisters-who, along with their husbands, were amongst China's most significant political figures of the early 20th century. She was the Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China. She was the first non-royal woman to officially become head of state of China, acting as Co-Chairman of the Republic from 1968 until 1972. She again became head of state in 1981, briefly ... View Detail
Former Residence of Lao She
Former Residence of Lao Sheis Located on the north side of West Dengshikou Street, the Former Residence of Lao She (renowned modern novelist and playwright) is a traditional quadrangle home with two central courtyards. Lao She bought the house in 1949 upon his return from the United States and spent most of his last 13 years at this house. It was here he wrote 23 works including a famous drama Fang Zhenzhu. Lao She' s wife moved out of the house and donated it to the state together with ... View Detail
Former residence of Mao Dun
Like other residences of famous Chinese, the former residence of Mao Dun is among the lucky ones which have been well-preserved in the process of modernization of Beijing. Situated in the old Beijing alley, the former residence of Mao Dun is also the typical Beijing Siheyuan. The famous Chinese writer Mao Dun stayed here from 1974 until his death.Mao Dun, a prestigious writer, art theoretician and translator, was born in 1896. He began his career as a writer in 1916, and in 1920, he translated ... View Detail
Former Residence of Qi
The Former Residence of Qi Baishi, a well-known Chinese artist, is located near the western entrance of Picai Lane in the West City District.Artists and VIPs from all over the world converged at Qi Baishi' s home in the seven or eight years before his death in1957. Though the government had given him another house on the east side, he preferred his own garden, full of the more mundane crops, such as towel-gourd, peanuts, pumpkins, grapes and morning glory. His famous works"Towel-Gourd and a Bee ... View Detail
Xu Memorial
Beihong(1895-1953)was an outstanding modern Chinese painter and art teacher.The memorial hall was originally located in his residence.but was moved to its present location when the house was demolished as part of Beijing's subway construction.His studio has been reconstructed just as it was when he worked in it.Xu was particulary renowned for the way he could capture images of horses.As well as displays of his workesthe new hall contains a pictorial summary of Xu's life and career.There ... View Detail