Former residence of Chen Shaobai

Chen Shaobai's former residence is located in Nanhua Li, WAIHAI Town, Jianghai District, Jiangmen City. Designed by Chen Shaobai. The former residence is divided into two places, facing each other across the river, with self bridging as one. On one side of the bridge is the white garden, and on the other side is a courtyard house. Founded in 1929 and completed in 1931, it covers an area of about two mu. Since Shaobai's death, most of his family have lived in other places, and their buildings have been in disrepair for a long time. In the spring of 1991, the government of Waihai town appropriated a large sum of money to renovate the white garden, the buildings in the garden, such as saluoping, conguoting, zhanyuntai, the courtyard and yazilou. A museum of Chen Shaobai's deeds was set up in the former residence to display a large number of celebrity paintings and historical relics. Make the former residence return to its original appearance and radiate youth. Chen Shaobai (1869-1934) is a native of Jiangmen. He entered Guangzhou Gezhi Academy in 1888 and met Sun Yat sen in Hong Kong the next year. In January 1890, Sun Yat Sen recommended him to the Hong Kong Academy of Western medicine. He often talked with Sun Yat Sen and you lie. Yang Heling talked about the anti Qing Dynasty together and was known as the four bandits. In 1895, together with Sun Yat Sen and Yang quyun, the headquarters of Xingzhong society was set up in Hong Kong to plan the Guangzhou Uprising. After the abortion of the uprising, he fled to Japan. In 1897, he went to Taiwan to set up the branch of Xingzhong society. In 1899, he returned to Hong Kong to establish (China Daily), served as president and editor in chief, and organized the publication of (China Daily), actively publicizing the revolution and debating with (business newspaper) of the royalists. In 1900, he contacted with Bi Yongnian, Pingshan Zhou and other leaders of the Yangtze River Valley brotherhood, Guangdong and other triad societies, set up the Xinghan society in Hong Kong, and promoted Sun Yat Sen as the general president; in October, Huizhou Sanzhoutian uprising broke out, and was responsible for the relief work in Hong Kong.

Former residence of Chen Shaobai

Chen Shaobai's former residence is located at No.1 Nanhua lane, Waihai street, Jiangmen City, which is a modern building. It is divided into two places, facing each other across the river, with "White Bridge" as a whole, namely "saluoping" and "white garden". There is a pond on the right side of the white garden. The former residence covers a total area of about 4000 square meters.

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Baiyuan is a closed courtyard. Because the beams, sealing boards and interior walls of all buildings are painted in white, it is called Baiyuan. This is the main living place of Mr. Chen Shaobai. It was built by his father, Mr. Chen ziqiao, and rebuilt twice from 1927 to 1932, covering a total area of about 1040 square meters. There are front door, back door and side door in Baiyuan, each side of which is equipped with holes for defense. On the left side of the courtyard is the living room with an attic, which is 35 meters long and 4 meters wide on the ground floor, 16 meters long and 4 meters wide on the attic. On the right side is the main building of the former residence, which is 8.4 meters long and 7 meters wide. The building is made of green brick and cement, with two floors high. In front of the second floor, there is a small balcony, overlooking the whole scenery of Baiyuan Yazilou was Chen Shaobai's main living place when he lived in the countryside. In the room on the second floor, there is a big bed of sour wood that Chen Shaobai had slept in. The back buildings of Yazi building are toilet, bathroom and kitchen;

Behind the former residence is an antique building, with a width of about 18 meters and a depth of 5 meters. In front of the left side of the building, there is a Milan tree with a diameter of about 13 cm. It was planted by Chen Shaobai himself, but it withered in April 1987. All the buildings in the courtyard are connected by eaves. In front of the door of Chen Shaobai's former residence, there is a concrete masonry stone bridge built by Chen Shaobai in the spring of 1934, which is called "White Bridge". The white bridge connects with Sha Luoping. Saluoping is not only adjacent to the former residence, but also adjacent to the field. There is running water in front of the door, fish pond beside the house, trees whirling, pool reflection and quiet environment.

Introduction to Chen Shaobai

Chen Shaobai, formerly known as Wenshao and named Kuishi, was born on July 20, 1869 (the eighth year of Tongzhi) in a Christian pastor's family in Haizhen, a suburb of Jiangmen City. Under the influence of his Christian Uncle Chen MENGNAN, he had read many versions of Western learning when he was young. Only in this way could he know the international trend and accept the Enlightenment of western advanced ideas. When he was young, he studied at Gezhi Academy (the predecessor of Lingnan University), which was founded by American missionary Reverend Haba in Guangzhou. In 1890, he went to Hong Kong West Hospital and met Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who was studying medicine at that time. They were like-minded and had the same idea at first sight. Sun Yat Sen invited Chen Shaobai to study in Hong Kong West Hospital, get along day and night, and comment on current affairs. Later, they got to know you lie (from Shunde county) and Yang Heling (from Zhongshan County). They shared the same interests and aspirations. They vowed to "expel the Manchu people, practice great harmony, unite as one, restore the country and strive for success until death". At that time, the Qing court called them "four bandits". Chen Wenshao actively followed Sun Yat sen in his democratic revolutionary activities. In order to facilitate his work, he changed his name to "Shaobai", which means admiring Chen Baisha. In the autumn of 1894, Sun Yat Sen founded the Xingzhong society in Honolulu. He instructed Chen Shaobai to set up the general organ of the Xingzhong society in Hong Kong and plan the revolutionary activities to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. In 1895, the Guangzhou Uprising failed. Sun Yat Sen and Chen Shaobai fled to Japan to win the support and assistance of international friends and do a good job in ideological mobilization of overseas Chinese living in Japan. Chen Shaobai successively established Xingzhong society in Japan and Taiwan Province The club branch. In 1900, Chen Shaobai founded China Daily, the first newspaper of China's democratic revolutionaries, in Hong Kong. He was the president and general manager of the newspaper. This newspaper has become an important position for publicizing the principles of democratic revolution. In 1905, the Chinese League was founded in Japan. Chen Shaobai and others used the China Daily as the site to establish the Hong Kong Branch of the Chinese League. Chen Shaobai was elected president. In October 1911, the Wuchang Uprising broke out and Guangdong declared its independence. Hu Hanmin served as governor and Chen Shaobai served as director of the foreign affairs department. After the founding of the Republic of China in 1912, Dr. Sun Yat Sen became the interim president. Chen Shaobai resigned as the director of foreign affairs. He devoted himself to the development of transportation, organized Guangdong airlines, and purchased ships to sail between Guangzhou and Hong Kong. In 1921, Sun Yat Sen took office as a great president, and Chen Shaobai was employed as an adviser to the presidential palace to participate in state affairs. Mr. Wang soon resigned and returned to his hometown, Waihai town. The villagers pushed him to be the chairman of the Rural Committee, the head of the Baojia branch of the militia, and the head of the Fourth District of Xinhui county. He devoted himself to the public welfare construction of his hometown, running many primary schools in Waihai, repairing bridges and roads, rectifying public order, advocating gambling, greening and beautifying the environment of his hometown, and doing a lot of good deeds for his hometown. On December 23, 1934, Chen Shaobai died of illness in Beijing at the age of 65. The national government escorted his coffin back to the open sea to hold a public memorial ceremony. Lin Sen, chairman of the Kuomintang, inscribed a tombstone. Juzheng, an important person of the Kuomintang, personally attended the ceremony. The scene was extremely grand and spectacular. Chen Shaobai's works include: a summary of the revolutionary history of xingzhonghui, a separate record of the revolutionary history of xingzhonghui, etc.

Chen Shaobai loved Sha Luoping very much. He lived in the countryside and spent most of his time here, getting up in the morning or practicing boxing or arranging flowers. The couplet written by Chen Shaobai, which stands outside Sha Luoping, is "such a life, ten mu of mulberry field is 100% rice, which is the true geomantic omen with three parts in the northeast and two parts in the South". In shaluoping, there is a single-layer building with a roof platform, named "zhanyuntai". In the park, there is a six column and six corner Pavilion, with a built-in iron pot, named "porridge pot Pavilion". The pot was once hidden when Chen Shaobai was pursued by the Qing Dynasty soldiers. The pond is close to the left side of the white garden, with dwellings in the west, stone foundations around the pond for protection, green brick flower beds in the north and East, and lotus plants all over the pond.

After the death of Chen Shaobai, most of his descendants lived in other places, and the buildings of his former residence were in disrepair for a long time. After 1950, Chen Shaobai's former residence was managed by the local government in the open sea as a nursing home and health center. When the second national cultural relics survey was carried out in 1983, Chen Shaobai's former residence was designated as a cultural relic site in Jiangmen City. In 1997, Jiangmen municipal government established Chen Shaobai's former residence as a memorial hall and transferred it to the museum under the Municipal Bureau of culture for management. In 1995, it was listed as the patriotic education base of Jiangmen City. In 1998, it was announced as a municipal cultural relic protection unit, and in 2002, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit of Guangdong Province.

Introduction to Chen Shaobai's former residence

Bai Yuan, Chen Shaobai's former residence, is a closed courtyard. Because the beams, sealing boards and interior walls of all buildings are painted white, it is named Bai Yuan. This is the main living place of Mr. Chen Shaobai. It was built by his father, Mr. Chen ziqiao. It was rebuilt twice from 1927 to 1932. The total floor area is about 1040 square meters. There are front door, back door and side door in Baiyuan, each side of which is equipped with holes for defense. On the left side of the courtyard is the living room with an attic, which is 35 meters long and 4 meters wide on the ground floor, 16 meters long and 4 meters wide on the attic. On the right side is the main building of the former residence, which is 8.4 meters long and 7 meters wide. The building is made of green brick and cement, with two floors high. In front of the second floor, there is a small balcony, overlooking the whole scenery of Baiyuan Yazilou was Chen Shaobai's main living place when he lived in the countryside. In the room on the second floor, there is a big bed of sour wood that Chen Shaobai had slept in. Behind the building are toilets, bathrooms and kitchens. Behind the former residence is an antique building with three rooms in width and depth, a hard mountain top, four columns and a hard mountain purlin. On the left front of the building, there is a Milan tree with a diameter of about 13 cm, which was planted by Chen Shaobai himself. Unfortunately, it withered in April 1987. All the buildings in the courtyard are connected by eaves. In front of the door of Chen Shaobai's former residence, there is a concrete masonry stone bridge built by Chen Shaobai in the spring of 1934, which is called "White Bridge". The white bridge connects with Sha Luoping. Saluoping is not only adjacent to the former residence, but also adjacent to the fields, with flowing water in front of the gate and fish ponds beside the house

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