Former Home of Kang Youwei

Former Home of Kang Youwei

Kang Youwei's former residence is located in Sucun village, Yinhe village committee, Danzao Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province. Kang Youwei was born here on March 19, 1858. By the time he was born, the Kang family had lived here for five generations. Kang Youwei called it "a hundred year old house".

Kang Youwei's former residence in Qingdao, located at No. 5, Fushan Branch Road, Shinan District, Qingdao, was built in 1899. It is a three story German brick and wood structure building. It is the official residence of the governor's office during the German occupation.

In 1996, Kang Youwei's former residence was listed in the list of the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

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Introduction to former residence

Kang Youwei, also known as Zu Yi, is Guangxia, Changsu (from March 19, 1858 to March 31, 1927). He is male and about 1.7 meters tall. He is a Chinese politician, thinker and educator. He is from danzaosu village, Nanhai City, Foshan City, Guangdong Province. He is also known as Kang Nanhai or Mr. Nanhai. He believed in Confucius' Confucianism and devoted himself to transforming it into a national religion that could adapt to modern society

He served as the president of the Confucius Association. His main works include Kang Zi Pian, Xin Xue Dai Jing Kao (compiled with the assistance of Chen Qianqiu and Liang Qichao), Dong Shi Xue in spring and Autumn period, Confucius system reform Kao, political change Kao in Japan, Datong Shu, travel notes of eleven European countries, etc.

Kang Youwei was born in a feudal bureaucratic family. His grandfather, Kang zanxiu, was a Juren during the reign of Daoguang. His father, Kang Dachu, was a magistrate of Jiangxi Province. Kang Youwei studied Confucianism when he was young and began to contact western culture in 1879.

In 1882, Kang Youwei went to Beijing to take part in the Shuntian rural examination, but he didn't get it. When he returned to the south, he passed through Shanghai, bought a large number of Western books, absorbed the evolutionism and political views from the west, and initially formed the ideological system of reform.

Treaty of Shimonoseki

In 1888, Kang Youwei once again went to Beijing to take part in the Shuntian rural examination. He took the opportunity to write to Emperor Guangxu for the first time, asking for political reform, but he was blocked. After 1891, he set up WanMu thatched cottage in Guangzhou, where he received apprentices, including Liang Qichao and Chen Qianqiu.

In 1895, he went to Beijing to take part in the conference examination. He learned that the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed. He joined more than 1300 people and wrote tens of thousands of words, that is, "the letter was sent by bus", but it was not reached. At the end of May that year, he wrote for the third time, which was praised by Emperor Guangxu. In July, he and Liang Qichao founded the Chinese and foreign chronicles, and soon organized a strong society in Beijing. In 1897, when Germany occupied Jiaozhou Bay, Kang Youwei wrote again for reform. In January of the next year, Emperor Guangxu ordered Kang Youwei to state his views on the political reform. He submitted his "book of responding to the imperial edict and coordinating the overall situation". He also submitted his two books, "a study of the Meiji political change in Japan" and "the great Peter political change in Russia". In April, he and Liang Qichao organized the National Defense Conference, calling for national salvation and strength. On June 16, Emperor Guangxu summoned Kang Youwei in the qinzheng Hall of the summer palace, appointed him as the premier's Yamen Zhangjing, and allowed him to perform special activities to prepare for the reform, which is known as the reform movement of 1898 in history. Later, because of the intervention of Empress Dowager Cixi, the reform movement failed, and its specific details are still controversial.

After the failure of the reform, Emperor Guangxu was put under house arrest, Kang Guangren, the younger brother of Kang Youwei, was killed, and Kang Youwei fled to Japan, claiming to hold the emperor's imperial edict, organizing the royalist Association, advocating enlightened autocracy and opposing the revolution. In order to gain international support, he has traveled to various countries and met with European monarchs.

After the revolution of 1911, Kang Youwei returned to China in 1913 and edited the magazine "can't bear" to promote the restoration of Confucius. As a leader of the royalist party, he opposed the republican system and had been planning to abolish emperor Puyi in the Qing Dynasty. In 1917, Kang Youwei and the Northern Warlord Zhang Xun, who were loyal to the former Qing Dynasty, launched a restoration and left Puyi to ascend the throne. Soon after, they were defeated by Duan Qirui, the then Prime Minister of the northern government.

In his later years, Kang Youwei always claimed to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty. After Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City by Feng Yuxiang, he went to Tianjin in person and visited Zhang Yuan, where Puyi lived. In 1927, Kang Youwei died of illness in Qingdao.

Yanxiang ancient house

Kang Youwei's former residence, also known as "Yanxiang ancient house", was built in 1858. Kang Youwei was born in the ancient house. The former residence is a blue brick wok ear house with one living room, two rooms and two corridors, which is a typical Qing Dynasty residence in the Pearl River Delta. Yanxiang ancient house is made of blue brick wall and citron wood structure, which is antique. The hall of the ancient house is built with a loft made of black wood. There is a patio in the middle of the two corridors. The ancient house has sufficient lighting, good ventilation, warm in winter and cool in summer, and the environment is very comfortable. Yanxiang ancient house is a well preserved Qing Dynasty building with good ornamental and research value. In this former residence, Kang Youwei read Chinese and Western books, initially formed a reform ideology, and wrote the first draft of Datong book, which is still famous at home and abroad.

Kang Youwei's former residence is located in Yinhe Su Village, Danzao Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City. It is the forefront of the reform and the cradle of the reform. Kang Youwei, a famous patriotic thinker, politician, educator, literary artist and leader of the reform movement of 1898, was born here. Kang Youwei's former residence is a national key cultural relic protection unit, and also a national and overseas scenic spot. Kang Youwei's former residence is composed of Kang Youwei memorial hall, Kang Youwei's former residence, Kang's ancestral hall, danrulou, songxuan, Hetang and other major buildings and scenic spots, covering an area of more than 20000 square meters. Kang Youwei memorial hall is composed of two exhibition halls. It shows Kang Zi's magnificent life, such as studying hard in his youth, aspiring to serve the country in his youth, writing in his middle age, asking for reform and reform to save the national crisis, failing in reform and exiled overseas, and building a strong society and writing books. From this, we can learn the great man Kang Youwei's struggle for truth, which has great significance Deep cultural and historical deposits. In 1983, Nanhai county government funded the restoration of Kang Youwei's former residence according to its original appearance. In October of the same year, it opened to the outside world to receive domestic and foreign tourists. In 1983, Nanhai county government funded the restoration of Kang Youwei's former residence according to its original appearance. In October of the same year, it opened to the outside world to receive domestic and foreign tourists. In June 1984, Kang Youwei's former residence was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Foshan City.

New memorial

In 1986, a memorial hall of Kang Youwei was built beside his former residence, covering an area of 599 square meters, with an exhibition of Kang Youwei's life story in both Chinese and English. In June 1989, Kang Youwei's former residence was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit of Guangdong Province by the people's Government of Guangdong Province. In November 1996, it was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council. It was also listed as a patriotic education base in Foshan City and Nanhai District.

With the acceleration of the construction of Foshan as a famous historical and cultural city and the in-depth implementation of the strategy of strengthening Nanhai Cultural District and Danzao cultural town, Kang Youwei's former residence and memorial hall are attracting more and more Chinese and foreign tourists with new image, convenient transportation and profound historical and cultural heritage. Kang Youwei's former residence, located in Su Village, Danzao Town, Nanhai City, is one of the only two national key cultural relics protection units in Foshan City (the other is Foshan ancestral temple).

Kang Youwei's former residence "Yanxiang old house" is a green brick "wok ear house" with one hall, two rooms and two corridors, covering an area of 8 square meters. When you enter the main hall of this old house with a history of more than 100 years, mahogany furniture of Qing Dynasty such as Shenan and baxiantai chairs will appear in front of you. On the wall are hung "photos of Emperor Guangxu, Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao during the reform period" and "photos of Kang Youwei's 70th birthday in front of his residence in Shanghai" "Kang Youwei took a picture at his home in Qingdao two days before his death" and "the oil portrait of Kang Youwei painted by Xu Beihong in 1926". Zhang Guohui, director of the Publicity Office of Danzao Town, took the author to the main room next to the hall and said that according to the memories of Kang's older generation, the place where Kang Youwei was born is where he has a big bed carved with flowers and trees. In this old house, Kang Youwei read Chinese and foreign books, spent the most important youth stage in his life, initially formed his reform ideology, and wrote the first draft of Datong book, which is still famous at home and abroad.

Layout of the new museum

In 1987, the Nanxian county government allocated special funds to build a new chengkangyouwei memorial hall next to Kang Youwei's former residence. Wang Xuezhong, Kang Youwei's grandson and vice chairman of the all China Book Association, was invited to inscribe the name of the hall. The "exhibition of Kang Youwei's historical relics" in the museum is divided into "Youth", "exploring the road to save the country", "Bu Shang Shu", "lecture in Wan Mu Cao Tang", "bus Shang Shu", "organizing society and publishing newspapers" and other parts, which objectively and comprehensively introduces his life of seeking the road to save the country and the people. Apart from Kang Youwei memorial hall, there are a number of antique buildings, such as danrulou, Jiuqu bridge, Kang's ancestral hall, songxuan and so on. Du Zhigang, director of Danzao radio and television station, said that these scenic spots were built in 1998 with the donation of Kang Youwei's niece and Hong Kong compatriot Ms. Chen kangjingyu. She generously offered more than 4.5 million yuan and personally participated in the site selection, design and engineering supervision of the buildings. On the second floor of Danru building, you can see Kang Youwei's reading room, which was restored as it was, with Sir's seats and six sets of tables and chairs for students. Duan Zhu Shuo Wen (printed in the third year of Guangxu), Da Qing Tong Li (printed in the ninth year of Guangxu), Kangxi dictionary (printed in the Qing Dynasty) and Quan Tang Shi (printed in the ninth year of Guangxu) are displayed in the bookcase. They are rare ancient books.

Follow up construction

Due to the influence of infrastructure, few visitors paid homage to the former residence of the leader of the 1898 Reform Movement, and the surrounding atmosphere was cold and quiet. According to the staff of Kang Youwei's former residence, last year, there were only a few people here

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