Former residence of Wang Tongzhao

Wang Tongzhao, a famous writer who emerged in the new literature movement, has lived here since he settled in Qingdao in 1926. Poetry "this era", short story "sound", "Yinlong collection", prose collection "pianyunji", "qingshazhang" and famous novel "Shanyu" came out here.

Former residence of Wang Tongzhao

No. 49 Guanhai 2nd road is the old residence of Wang Tongzhao, a famous writer who emerged in the new literature movement. Mr. Wang has lived here since he settled in Qingdao in 1926. Poetry "this era", short story "sound", "Yinlong collection", prose collection "pianyunji", "qingshazhang" and famous novel "Shanyu" came out here. In 1929, Wang Tongzhao, together with his colleagues, published Qingdao's first literary periodical "Qingchao". Wen Yiduo, Lao She, Zhu Ziqing, Hong Shen, Wu boxiao and other famous scholars also gathered here to exchange views on literature, and published a literary supplement "summer record".

brief introduction

Since 1923, Wang Tongzhao has been traveling between Xiangzhou and Qingdao. Since 1927, it has been under construction and renovated

No. 19, Guanhai 2nd Road, became his former residence in Qingdao. Later, it was changed to No. 49. Guanhai No.2 road is a ring road around Guanhai mountainside. There are a large number of houses in each number, and only one door can be found tens of meters or even hundreds of meters apart. But because the house is built on a steep hillside and the road surface is lower than the bottom of the building, visitors have to look up to see the rooms behind the courtyard walls and trees.

Architectural features

architectural composition

At gate 49, there are two walls and columns made of rough white stones, simple, childish, dignified and quiet. The entrance was a high and steep stone staircase with red painted wooden handrails on both sides. Walk up the stone steps and there are three bright guest rooms on the right. From the stone steps up, there are three groups of houses, with a total of 14 rooms. Like a fish ridge across the courtyard, there are a series of bedrooms, including the bedrooms of Wang Tongzhao and his wife, the bedrooms of children, the bedrooms of servants, and the kitchen, warehouse and toilet with water pipes in the West. From the bedroom of Wang Tongzhao and his wife in the middle, another line protrudes longitudinally, forming a curvilinear pattern, which is similar to the "tiger tail" created by Lu Xun himself in Badaowan, but smaller than the "tiger tail"

Ba "is much more generous, which is Wang Tongzhao's special study.

Interior display features

There are paintings and calligraphy hanging in the study. There are ancient Japanese paintings with ancient temples in deep mountains and old monks in patchwork clothes. There are running script banners written by Deng Shiru. They are natural and elegant and have good taste. Several tall bookcases are full of books in various Western styles and thread styles. In the lower cabinet, there are his diary, manuscripts, pictures, rubbings and other literati's "soft". A simple writing desk, followed by a huge catalpa long table, covered with a tufted carpet, is still the style of Xiangzhou's old home. When writing articles and translating manuscripts, it's natural to write banners and naves, inscribe plaques and couplets in front of the desk. It's easy to spread them on the long desk. There are large inkstones and penholders on the desk. After coming back from Europe, there are also frames decorated with windmills from Holland, bronze warriors from Rome and delicate clocks from Switzerland. In the other room, there are many thread bound ancient books brought from Xiangzhou's former residence, and various versions of Liaozhai and Yijing collected over the years. Apart from the main rooms interspersed vertically and horizontally are the smaller houses scattered under the wall beside the rock. Because they are mostly sunless and inhabited by fewer people, they are mostly used as warehouses for storing old things. There are many kinds of flowers and trees planted in the stone path of the house, one of which is specially planted with various colors of chrysanthemum. Golden season, yellow and white, showing a quiet and elegant taste. He sometimes invited friends before the flowers, drank chrysanthemums and tasted the unique chrysanthemum hot pot. Wang Licheng once described the courtyard of their former residence as not only realistic, but also full of family affection and Poetry: "my father likes flowers and trees very much. Although he didn't care to search for them, he cultivated them freely and prospered very much. There are pine, cypress, Begonia, peach, plum, apricot, pear, pomegranate, fig and other trees in the hospital. Every spring, pear like snow, because the location of towering, pedestrians can see the street.

I remember that one year, my friend gave him a small cherry tree and planted it in the yard. But I didn't know that it grew very fast. It was full of clouds and clouds, overpowering the fragrance. It was lined with red pomegranate and light rose, which added a lot of color to the yard. My mother also planted a few clusters of jasmine, every summer night, the yard will be floating with a faint sweet. In 1936, my mother also planted two elms, Tingting standing in the center of the courtyard. On the stone steps, a purple vine with twisted roots hangs upside down with a string of lavender flowers, brushing the shoulders of visitors. " In 1953, Li Chengzhi, former vice governor of Shandong Province, visited here to take photos of his old friend Wang Tongzhao against the background of his former residence. Wang Tongzhao specially printed an enlarged poem and sent it to his son Licheng in Beijing. The poem says:

After thirty years of settlement, Qiuhui has been living in the fence.

Shuangyu is still alive and the sea is calm.

Wind and rain, dreams of the past, children and grandchildren are happy today.

The setting sun is gorgeous and the sky is moving.

A few old poems can prove the poet's deep love for his former residence.

Wang Tongzhao

brief introduction

Wang Tongzhao (1897-1957) was named Wang xunru after his three character sword. His pen names were Xi Lu and Rong Lu. Writers.

He is from Zhucheng, Shandong Province.

Character experience

He graduated from English Department of China University in 1924. In 1918, Wang Tong, the creator, complied with the book dawn. In 1921, he founded the literary research association with Zheng Zhenduo and Shen Yanbing. He was a professor and director of Publishing Department of China University. In 1934, he went to Europe to investigate ancient literature and art. After returning to China in 1935, he was editor in chief of Literature Monthly, Professor of Jinan University and Shandong University in Kaiming bookstore. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he successively served as chairman of the Shandong Federation of literary and art circles, director of the Chinese Department of Shandong University, director of the Cultural Bureau of Shandong Province, first director of the China Writers' Association, first and second members of the China Federation of literary and art circles, and second member of the Central Committee of the Democratic League of China. He is a deputy to the first and second National People's Congress. Wang Tongzhao founded the first literary journal in the history of Qingdao: Qingchao monthly.

work

He has written novels such as mountain rain, spring flowers and a leaf, and short stories such as night of spring rain and Huating crane. There is a collection of Wang Tongzhao's works (six volumes).

Address: No.49, Guanhai 2nd Road, Shinan District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province

Longitude: 120.324473

Latitude: 36.066814

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