Xiao Hong's former residence

Xiao Hong's former residence was built in 1908 (the 34th year of Guangxu). The former residence is a traditional eight flag style house in the late Qing Dynasty, with green bricks and tiles and civil structure. It is a typical northern residence with Manchu style. Xiao Hong's former residence has a green brick courtyard wall. The front of the courtyard opens to the East. There are five main rooms in the courtyard. Xiao Hong was born in this house. After restoration, it became Xiao Hong Memorial Hall.

Xiao Hong is a famous Chinese female writer in the 1930s. Her representative works include biography of Hulan River, life and death, Ma bole, March in a small city, and Shangshi street. In 1942, he died in a small hospital in Hong Kong. He was only 31 years old. In less than ten years of her writing career, this young woman writer has left more than one million words of literary treasures to the treasure house of Chinese literature. Xiao Hong's former residence is a typical northern rural building.

Xiao Hong's former residence retains the architectural style of Manchu folk houses, with five purlins and five doves, soft mountain, Ming ridge and semi Ming column. On the doors and windows, the windows are split from top to bottom, with the pattern of plate intestine lattice, a piece of glass is inlaid in the middle, and the unique window paper of the north is pasted around. The door in the middle adopts the "Suzhou gate". As the name suggests, it is the product of Jiangnan Water Town. We can see the fusion of Chinese culture. The back door of the room is the traditional panel door in the north. Indoor is the Kang of northern people's life. Another feature of Manchu folk houses is also reflected in the old house of Xiao Hong's former residence, which is the chimney parallel to the main house, made of green bricks, built by four sections, 7 meters high, and connected with the fire Kang in the house. The connected part is commonly known as chimney bridge.

Today, the exhibition room of Xiao Hong's former residence is located in the main room. There is a sand plate model in the middle of the hall, which reproduces the original form of the former residence. Two rooms in the east room display some of the items used by Xiao Hong's grandmother; two rooms in the west house are used as exhibition rooms. On the walls are the photos of Xiao Hong before she died, the photos of Chinese and foreign celebrities visiting Xiao Hong's former residence, and the ink treasures of the old writers Xiao Jun, Duanmu Hongliang, Shu Qun, Seke, Luo Feng and Bai Lang who fought with Xiao Hong. There is a 2-meter-high statue of Xiao Hong in white marble in the courtyard, and a milling house in the west of the back garden.

Xiao Hong's former residence

Xiao Hong's former residence, located in Hulan District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, is the birthplace of Xiao Hong, a famous Chinese left-wing female writer. It was built in 1908. Covering an area of 3500 square meters, it is a national 2A scenic spot. The former residence is a traditional eight flag style house in the late Qing Dynasty, with green bricks and tiles and civil structure. It is a typical northern residence with Manchu style.

It is now a memorial hall of Xiao Hong and was designated as a provincial cultural relic protection unit in 1986.

Overview of former residence

Xiao Hong's former residence is located at 204 nan'erdao street, Hulan District, Harbin city. It's 25 kilometers from the center of the city. It is a historical and cultural tourist area. It was founded in 1908. It is a cultural relic protection unit in Heilongjiang Province and the birthplace of Xiao Hong, a famous left-wing female writer in China.

Xiao Hong's former residence was renovated and opened to the outside world on June 11, 1986, when Xiao Hong was 75 years old. So far, it has received more than 2 million Chinese and foreign tourists from 23 countries, and more than 4800 Chinese and foreign celebrities alone. More than 600 poems, calligraphy and paintings and other ink treasures left by celebrities to praise and cherish Xiao Hong's former residence, and more than 2400 visiting societies at home and abroad have received them. The gradual restoration and improvement of Xiao Hong's former residence has won the deep love and support of people of insight at home and abroad. It is not only a monument shining with the glory of patriotism in the north, but also a symbol and witness of people's love for peace and respect for civilization and progress in the world.

Brief introduction to Xiao Hong

Xiao Hong is a famous female writer in the 1930s. She was born in Hulan District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province on June 1, 1911. Her original name was Zhang xiuhuan, later changed to Zhang naiying. She published her works under her pen name Xiao Hong,

Xiao Hong is known as the "literature God of the 1930s". In 1935, with the support of Lu Xun, he published his famous work the field of life and death. In 1936, in order to get rid of the spiritual distress, he went to Japan and wrote prose "lonely life" and long poem series "sand". After arriving in Hong Kong with Duanmu Hongliang in 1940, he published the novella Ma bole and the famous novel Hulan River biography.

Xiao Hong had a profound influence on Chinese and foreign literary circles. His representative works include biography of Hulan River, life and death field, Ma bole, March in a small city and Shangshi street. In 1942, he died in a small hospital in Hong Kong. He was only 31 years old. In less than ten years of her writing career, this young woman writer has left more than one million words of literary treasures to the treasure house of Chinese literature.

Cultural Holy Land

Xiao Hong is well-known in the literary world both at home and abroad for her novel biography of Hulan River, which reflects the folk customs in northern China. From the former residence, we can not only explore Xiao Hong's growing environment and life track, but also appreciate the northern people's lifestyle and customs in the 1930s. It is an important place to study and study modern Chinese literature.

Xiao Hong is an influential woman writer in the history of modern Chinese literature. Although Xiao Hong has only 31 years of short life, she has left behind a number of excellent works, such as life and death field, biography of Hulan River, Ma bole, etc. many of them have been translated into English, French, Russian, Japanese, Korean and other languages, which has become a hot spot for scholars at home and abroad, and is known as the unique symbol of Heilongjiang regional culture.

Xiao Hong's former residence has won the general praise of visitors for its simple and elegant appearance and constantly enriched "exhibition in memory of Xiao Hong". Since the opening of the Dragon Boat Festival in 1986, Xiao Hong's former residence has received tens of thousands of Chinese and foreign tourists, and international friends alone have visitors from 15 countries. It has become a civilized window for cultural exchanges in northern China and a cultural holy land for domestic and foreign experts and scholars and literary lovers.

Furnishings of former residence

The exhibition room of Xiao Hong's former residence is located in the main room. There is a sand plate model in the middle of the hall, which reproduces the original form of the former residence. Two rooms in the east room display some of the items used by Xiao Hong's grandmother; two rooms in the west house are used as exhibition rooms. On the walls are the photos of Xiao Hong before she died, the photos of Chinese and foreign celebrities visiting Xiao Hong's former residence, and the ink treasures of the old writers Xiao Jun, Duanmu Hongliang, Shu Qun, Seke, Luo Feng and Bai Lang who fought with Xiao Hong. There is a 2-meter-high statue of Xiao Hong in white marble in the courtyard, and a milling house in the west of the back garden.

In the middle of yingmen hall is the original sand plate model of Xiao Hong's former residence. There are two exhibition rooms in Westinghouse. On the wall, there are more than 30 photos of Xiao Hong before she died and photos of celebrities from home and abroad visiting Xiao Hong's former residence. There are also inscriptions by Mr. Howard Goldblatt, an American scholar who studies Xiao Hong, Ms. suko Maeno of Japan, Ms. Zhao Shuxia, a famous Swiss woman writer, and Ms. Chen Ruoxi, a Canadian woman writer; there are also inscriptions by famous domestic writers Xiao Jun, Duanmu Hongliang, Shu Qun, Luo Feng, Bai Lang, Fang Bing, Fang weiai, and famous calligrapher Liao Jingwen who miss Xiao Hong's inscriptions and poems. In the bookcase of the exhibition, there are Xiao Hong's works, biographical novels, "Zhang's Genealogy" and essays on Xiao Hong; Beijing "Yinhong society" collects famous works presented by famous artists, writers and poets to Xiao Hong's hometown, books presented by Swiss female writer Zhao Shuxia, tomb worship poems of old poet Liu Yazi and letters from Qiu Minglun, counselor of Chinese Embassy in Pakistan. In the display cabinet are the commemorative medallions given to Xiao Hong's former residence by the Soviet writers delegation headed by Yuri sulovzev and some representative works of writers.

There are five main rooms in the east courtyard: the two rooms in the East are the houses where Xiao Hong was born and her parents lived. In the houses, there are small dining tables, dressing tables, lying boxes and tea tables that Xiao Hong used. Yingmen Hall: in the middle is a model of the original appearance of Xiao Hong's former residence. On the walls of the two Westinghouse rooms are inscriptions by famous Chinese and foreign figures such as Xiao Jun, Duanmu Hongliang and Liu Yazi, and photos of visiting their former residences. Main room: in front of the south gate, there is a 2-meter-high white glass steel statue of Xiao Hong. Behind the main house is a garden of nearly 2000 square meters, which is called "a mysterious back garden" by Xiao Hong in the biography of Hulan River.

Layout structure

It is a typical rural architecture in northern China, retaining the style of Manchu residential architecture. In structure, it has five purlins and five doves, soft mountain, Ming ridge and semi Ming column. On the doors and windows, the windows are split from top to bottom, with the pattern of plate intestine lattice, a piece of glass is inlaid in the middle, and the unique window paper of the north is pasted around. In the middle of the door, using the "Suzhou gate", is the product of Jiangnan water. The back door of the room is the traditional panel door in the north. Indoor is the Kang of northern people's life. Another characteristic of Manchu houses is the chimney parallel to the main house. It is made of green bricks and is built by four sections. It is 7 meters high and connects with the fire Kang in the house. The connected part is commonly known as chimney bridge.

The original area of 7125 square meters, now covers an area of 4181 square meters, the former residence building structure is: green brick, green tile, civil construction.

The former residence is divided into two courtyards: the east courtyard is for Xiao Hong's own use, and the gate opens to the south. There are 30 houses in the two courtyards, 8 in the east courtyard and 22 in the West courtyard. There is a vegetable garden of nearly 2000 square meters behind the five rooms in the east courtyard, which is the back garden mentioned by Xiao Hong in her novel.

The West courtyard is rented to house owners. On the East and West Mountains of the five main rooms in the east courtyard, there are four 4-meter-long thin wind boards inlaid with embossed patterns of yunzijuan flowers and Panchang. There are four regular characters "Ji", "Xiang", "ru" and "Yi" on the outside of the building.

There is a 2-meter-high statue of Xiao Hong in white marble in the courtyard, and a milling house in the west of the back garden.

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