Chiang Kai Shek's official residence

Chiang Kai Shek's official residence

Chiang Kai Shek married four women in his life. Mao Fumei's first wife was married by Jiang's mother in Xikou, Zhejiang Province in 1901. On December 1, 1927, Chiang Kai Shek and Song Meiling married at Dahua hotel in Shanghai. Since then, Soong Mei Ling has been Chiang Kai Shek's official wife. Before the marriage of Chiang Kai Shek and Song Dynasty, Chiang Kai Shek also married two women. One was Yao Yecheng, who was born in a poor family and was a maid of the senior prostitutes of "qunyufang" in old Shanghai. Another is Chen Jieru, formerly known as Chen Feng, whose nickname is ah Feng. After Chiang and Chen got married in 1921, Chen went to Guangzhou in the name of the president of Chiang Kai Shek's military academy and the wife of the commander in chief of the Guangdong army. Their marriage lasted seven years.

introduction

Historical development

On May 16, 1922, Chen Jiongming, a warlord, defected. Later, Chiang Kai Shek often went to Sun Yat Sen's residence and told the truth that he wanted to share the hardships with Sun Yat Sen, thus gaining Sun Yat Sen's trust. At the sun mansion, Chiang met the intelligent and Beautiful Song Meiling. In order to realize his ambition of prosperity in the future, out of political considerations, Chiang Kai Shek proposed to marry Song Meiling, but Song Qingling and Song Ziwen strongly opposed it. After years of painstaking pursuit, in May 1927, when the Northern Expedition army recovered Nanjing, song ailing set up Chiang Kai Shek and Song Meiling to visit Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang for ten days. In October 1927, accompanied by Zhang Qun, Chiang Kai Shek went to Japan to visit Song's mother Ni Guizhen, and promised her face-to-face that she would follow the Song family to convert to Christianity; formally divorce her original wife Mao; remove her second wife Yao Yecheng to Suzhou to end her cohabitation; and send her third wife Chen Jieru to the United States to "travel" and break away from her husband wife relationship. Jiang song's marriage was finally approved by his mother. On December 1, 1927, Chiang Kai Shek formally married Song Meiling.

When Chiang Kai Shek and Song Meiling got married, they couldn't find a satisfactory house for a while. They were busy travelling between Nanjing and Shanghai. They didn't have a fixed residence when they came to Shanghai. They often stayed in hotels temporarily. The year after his marriage, Song Ziwen, the eldest brother of Song Meiling, finally found a garden house on jia'erye'ai Road (now No. 9 Dongping Road) in the French concession. At that time, the owner was about to sell it and bought it as a dowry for Song Meiling. Later, Chiang Kai Shek and song Meiling lived here, which became Chiang Kai Shek's official residence in Shanghai.

The main house of Chiang Kai Shek's official residence has four rooms, three false floors, and faces south. It is a French style building with mengsha style roof, gentle slope, red tiles, stone facing and tiger windows. On the east side is a large living room, which can accommodate more than 40 people. At that time, Soong Meiling often showed American movies here. On the second floor are Jiang and song's bedrooms and bathrooms. The bedroom is inlaid with small teak strips, and the wall decorations are very exquisite. There is a secret passage at the door of the bedroom. In case of emergency, you can go directly to the door from the secret passage. There is a balcony outside the bedroom, where Jiang and song used to overlook the garden in front of the house. In the middle of the main room is the living room, dining room and study. Another staircase on the west side is the residence and studio of the attendants and guards.

In front of the official residence was a large garden covering an area of more than 30 mu. According to Wang Rizhang, the Secretary of Chiang Kai Shek, there is a small stream running through the lawn in the south of the grand garden. The stream is 3 meters wide, and there are rocks and stones in the stream, which can jump across on foot. On the east side of the garden, there are ponds, rockeries and small bridges, with cobblestone paved paths around. It is a classical Chinese garden. Now another building has been built on the west side of the garden, and the lawn and pond on the east side retain the original style. In particular, a tall cedar on the edge of the lawn is still vibrant, and the two rockeries around the pond are still so small and exquisite. On the rockery, there are stone benches and tables. The character "Ai Lu" engraved in Chiang Kai Shek's handwriting still stands in them.

Chiang Kai Shek called the Guling villa of Guanyin bridge on Lushan Mountain "Meilu", the villa of Xizi Lake in Hangzhou "Chenglu", and the garden house here "AILU", which shows his deep love for the residence here.

Now "Ai Lu" is still the same as it used to be. It has become the teaching building of the middle school affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of music, and has been renamed "No.9 building" of the middle school affiliated to Shangyin.

address

9 Dongping Road, Xuhui District

Address: mojingtai scenic area in Hengshan scenic area (near mojingtai)

Longitude: 112.703165

Latitude: 27.266962

Chinese PinYin : Jiang Jie Shi Guan Di