Former Residence of Lu Xun

The Former Residence of Lu Xun is situated near Fuchengmen in the Xicheng District in Beijing. Lu Xun bought this courtyard with the help with some friends in Feburary 1923 and spent the next two years and three months here when he was teaching in Peking University. Lu Xun was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province in 1881. He was a very famous and great writer, ideologist, thinker and revolutionist in the contemporary China and has widely regarded as the father of modern Chinese literature and was a revered scholar and teacher. Many scholars dream to travel to and visit the Former Residence of Lu Xun to pay respect and research. During his years in this small courtyard, he wrote Tomb, Wild Grass, Aureole Anthology, Aureole Anthology Part II and the famous short stories collections entitled uncertainty, as well he completed a large number of translations.

His wife, Xu Guangping donated his former residences to the country after his death. Since then, it has been converted into Lu Xun's Museum and classified as one of the Protected Buildings. The Museum was officially opened to the public in 1956 on the 20th Anniversary of the scholar's death. It is a great exhibition that presents the life of the famous scholar in an interesting and entertaining way. It will be easy to see why Lu Xun is regarded as the "General of Chinese Literature Revolution". The Museum houses an impressive 30,000 cultural relics, the majority of which actually belonged to Lu Xun, including manuscripts, letters and diaries. Also on display is Lu Xun's personal collection of antique books, paintings and bricks from the Han Dynasty, not to mention his epitaph rubbings. The eastern rooms in the north of the Former Residence of Lu Xun belonged to his mother

and the western room to his wife. The southern rooms of the courtyard were sitting room and library. A small room known as the “Tiger Tail” in the north of the Former Residence of Lu Xun was his study and bedroom. Lu Xun planted a thorny plum tree and a lilac tree in the front courtyard. The exhibit of the first section which attracts the most attention is the facsimile of the diary that Lu Xun wrote the day before he passed away. The second section are a collection of pictures of Chinese and foreign memorial activities held on the occasion of his death. The collections on display in the Former Residence of Lu Xun basically show the whole life of the great warrior in Chinese literature revolution. Here's some guide information of the Former Residence of Lu Xun
Location: No.19 Fuchengmen Gongmen Ertiao, Xicheng District, Beijing, China         Tickets: CNY5         Contact number: 86 10 66156549/8          Opening hours: 09:00 -15:30, closed on Mondays