Former residence of Xu Xilin

Former residence of Xu Xilin

Xu Xilin's former residence is located in sunjialou, Dongpu town, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, about 15 li away from Shaoxing City. Architecture in Qing Dynasty. The building, which faces south from the north, is a typical folk house in Jiangnan in the Qing Dynasty.

Architectural features

Xu Xilin's former residence is located in sunjialou, Dongpu town, Shaoxing City. It was purchased by Xu Xilin's grandfather, Mr. tongxuan, from a family surnamed Zhu, and then rebuilt and expanded. The building faces south with thick materials. Except for the door, it is surrounded by three stone walls, which are very solid. The general layout of the courtyard is three bays and three entrances. The front and back doors form an axis. The enclosed courtyard is composed of the door bucket, the hall, the block building, the library and the Tongying library.

Xu Xilin's former residence is a Qing Dynasty building with the characteristics of Jiangnan Water Town, which has brick and wood structure, pink walls and dark tiles, and closed appearance.

Composition of former residence

Door bucket: when you enter the black painted door, you will be placed in the door bucket. There is an ear room on each side. It is the place where the assistant workers and drummers work and rest during the wedding and funeral celebrations of the Xu family at that time. The instrument door in the door bucket is composed of six crab blue wooden doors with a horizontal plaque of "Xu Xilin's former residence" inscribed by Wang Kunlun, the former vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee. The entrance is a rectangular patio with eaves on both sides. There is a Shikumen in the middle of the west corridor eaves. On the lintel is engraved with the word "Meishu", commonly known as "Meishu wall gate". The entrance to Shikumen is a long courtyard from north to South and narrow from east to west.

Hall: from the ear rooms on both sides of the door to the eaves. This used to be the place where martyrs used to talk with revolutionaries. The hall is also known as "Yijing hall". The hall's name comes from "Yizi man Ying Jin, how can we teach Yijing" in "child prodigy poem". The plaque of "Yijing hall" is hung on the door of the hall, and the huge oil portraits of three martyrs Xu Xilin, Chen Boping and Ma Zonghan are hung below. On both sides, there is a couplet of Sun Yat Sen's memorial to martyr Xu Xilin, which reads "a little sacrifice for the remaining meat, three years after the death of bones". Around the hall and in the Exhibition cabinets are displayed the life story of the martyr Xu, his manuscripts, objects and other cultural relics, which represent the brilliant achievements of the martyr.

Block building: it is a five Bay building, and the first two in the West are owned by Xu Xilin's two younger brothers. The first three rooms in the East form an axis with the hall and the door. The second is in front of the hall, which is basically arranged according to the original appearance of the martyrs. The third is Xu Xilin's mother's bedroom, where Xu Xilin was born. There is a small escalator in the second room of Xishou. You can get to the library by stepping on the escalator and going through Zoumalou. Each room on the upper floor is separated by the original board wall, with a small corridor, which is not suitable for entering and leaving the room. It is now a restored display.

Library and TONGYING Library: located on the west side of the hall, it has its own courtyard. Upstairs is the library, which has a large collection of books. Downstairs is the "Tong Ying bookstore". In his early years, Tongying bookstore was the bookstore of Xu Xilin's grandfather, Tong Xuangong. When Xu Xilin was six years old, his father, Mr. Xu Fengming, established it as a family school and taught for his son himself. The desks, chairs and inkstones in the study were arranged according to the pattern of Xu's family school at that time.

Historical sites of former residence

In December 1873, Xu Xilin was born in sunjialou, Dongpu town, Shaoxing City, where he spent his childhood and adolescence, and later engaged in revolutionary activities, leaving many precious cultural relics and historical sites.

In 1987, Dongpu town, Xu Xilin's hometown, raised funds to build a bronze statue of Xu Xilin, and his former residence was opened as Xu Xilin Memorial Hall. There are Xu Xilin Memorial rooms in the recheng primary school and Datong school. Xu Xilin's former residence is now open to the public as an exhibition room of Xu Xilin's life story.

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Xu Xilin, 1873-1907) was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. He was born in a merchant family. He joined the restoration society in 1904. In 1905, he established the Sports Association and Datong normal school with Tao Chengzhang in Shaoxing. He trained the backbone of the party and plotted an armed uprising. In order to seek military power, he donated the title of Taoist. In 1906, he went to Anhui Army Primary School Association office and donated money to serve as anqing patrol office and school supervisor. In July 1907, he and Qiu Jin launched the Anhui Zhejiang uprising. The uprising failed and died at the age of 35.

Tour guide

Address: Sunjia village, Dongpu town, Shaoxing City

Opening hours: 8:00-17:00

Ticket price: 5 yuan (free for the elderly over 70 years old)

Address: No.26 Xilin Road, Yuecheng District, Shaoxing City

Longitude: 120.540555847

Latitude: 30.0567110307

Tel: 0575-85199127

Ticket information: adult ticket: 5 yuan; free for the elderly over 70 years old.

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