Former Residence of Lao She Beijing Tourist Complaint Complaint Phone :010 -65,130,828 State Tourism Tel :010-65275315 Complaint Lao She's old home that is, "Dan Persimmon yard" in the Hutong, Xicheng District, Little Yang 8 (the original small sheep pen alley 5). Lao Yang was born in a small alley on the 8th Middle East, facing the South 3 a head. Yard from east to west, north and south narrow, remained intact. Lao She in the "Four Generations" has been written about this novel alley. Lao She (1899-1966), formerly known as Shu Qingchun, homes for the word, from Beijing. Famous modern writer, a former school principal, school teachers, university professors. During the war, presided over literature and art against the enemy-China Association of work for the unity of the majority of writers and artists to participate in the anti-Japanese propaganda made a positive contribution. After the liberation, he served as Vice President CFLAC, vice chairman of China Writers Association, Beijing Literary Federation President and other duties. December 1951 by the Beijing Municipal People's Government awarded the "People's Artist" in the title. Lao She lives created many popular literary works, such as "Four Generations", "Rickshaw," "Teahouse", "Dragon Beard Ditch" and so on. "Dan Persimmon small courtyard," Lao She's living in America in 1950 after returning to the acquisition, which is a small courtyard of old Beijing, a small black door sat the east, the door is a small courtyard, only the two south rooms. The west is a traditional courtyard houses, which is the former residence of the main parts: things have three rooms, now turned into galleries, from the first story, "Little Bells" to the last one unfinished autobiographical novel "is red flag Under the "Lao She works in various different versions of the meta-period during which depicts the life of the creative achievements of Mr.. Beifang three, so each one penthouse, now the original display, showing the original life of the year, Mr.. Inter-and West plays out between the living room, living room in this small, has many cultural celebrities parties, Premier Zhou also three times this guest to sit on the sofa by the west, a cordial conversation with the President. East meeting room for the bedroom. Lao She's study is the West penthouse and studio, the study is small and simple, hardwood inlaid marble desk has also placed a few pieces of paper Lao She loved to play: a carved seal of his Qi, General Feng Yuxiang to tell him a jade inkpad boxes, one in the Qing Dynasty, "Weng Li Yan Li Yu painting." It is in these small house, from 1950 to 1966, 16 years, Lao She wrote "Dragon Beard Ditch", "Teahouse" and a lot of ballads, essays, articles, poetry, prose. Lao She loved gardening, writing tired, went to the hospital in the flowers, the hospital is in his own hands planted a persimmon tree, green leaves speckled with tomato, do not have a poetic, a small hospital hence the name. This is the Lao She Memorial Hall, which is born in Beijing, long in Beijing, Beijing, Lao She wrote a lifetime home.
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1 Lao She (1899 ~ 1966), modern Chinese writer, dramatist. Formerly known as Shu Qingchun, homes for the word. Beijing, the Manchu. People came from poor family, his father died young, was raised by his mother. In the tenements in through a difficult childhood and youth, which makes a child, he knew the lives of the urban poor and are subject to the influence of tenements in the traditional arts. 1906 read private school, then transferred to new schools. 1913 admitted to the Beijing Normal School, hobbies, poetry, and poetry and prose with classical training. Graduated with honors in 1918, has 17 of the Beijing Primary School, northern suburb of the capital of Student Affairs Office of the urge to persuade school students, Tianjin Nankai school teacher and other staff. By the "May Fourth" movement. Get rid of the feudal began, secular fetters, and began writing in plain language. Went to Britain in 1924, he served as lecturer at the Chinese University of London Institute of Oriental Studies. Here read a lot of literary works, and inspired his strong interest in literature, began his literary creation. 1926 to 1929, worked in "Novel Monthly" published three novels: "Zhang's philosophy", "Zhao Master said," and the "horse race", these works full of Beijing's local color, good characterization of living and psychological, satirical humor showed artistic talent, which immediately attracted the attention of the reader. In 1926, joined the Literary Research Society. 1930 home via Singapore to stay for six months. After returning to the University Qilu has Ren Jinan, Qingdao, Shandong University, and had _set_ up "Literature", "European Literature," "History of Foreign Literature," and so on. After class, writing novels one after another, with the fable form of writing, "Cat City", the ideological orientation is complex, but focusing on exposing corruption in old China, and commented on the national conservative ignorance and slave mentality; a mediocre life, describing a group of civil servants The "divorce"; have described scenes of living "cow heaven-sent pass." At the same time created a great novella, "Crescent Moon", and short story collection, "country fair", "Sakura Sea Collection", "clam algae collection", and the poems of the "humor of the poems of Lao She." The most important outcome of this period is his masterpiece, the novel "Rickshaw Boy" come out, in modern literary history had a great impact. War broke out, by the Jinan to Wuhan, China hosted the National Association of literary and art circles against the enemy, engaged in war literary movement. June 1939, the National Federation of North condolences to reward corporations, military and civilian war condolences. To meet the war situation, also using the old form, write a lot Guci, the old opera, folk songs and other popular literary works publicity war. During this period, creating a script "residual fog," "saving face" and other novels "cremation", short story collection "train _set_", "anemia _set_" and so on. Between 1944 and 1947, created a description of Peking, after the fall of the suffering people of all walks of life and struggle of the novel, "Four Generations." In 1946 the United States to give lectures and to create. Summoned back to New China in 1949, served as CFLAC Vice-Chairman, Vice Chairman of Chinese Writers Association, Beijing Literary Federation President and other staff. Glow of his new life a new creative passion, he wrote a large number of complaints of the old society, praised the new society works. 1950 wrote five-act play "side of Pearl" and the three-act play six games, "Dragon Beard Ditch." "Dragon Beard Ditch" creative success that he won in 1951, Beijing municipal government awarded the "People's Artist," the glorious title. In 1953, the DPRK condolences to volunteer to participate, and literature written in the report "unnamed hill with names." Visited the Soviet Union, India, Japan and other countries. During this period a large number of new works published. How-act play "Fruitful", "Youth Commando," "Review Of Chang", "saleswoman" and so on. The most successful works the late Qing Dynasty to victory in reflecting the social life of nearly half a century changes in the drama "Teahouse", there is unfinished autobiographical novel "is under the red flag," wrote the novel demise of the Qing Empire is about to when the bright lights of the social landscape, especially as the pillars of the Qing Dynasty Manchu rule, the special social disintegration and decline. In 1966, he was the "Cultural Revolution" initially was persecuted to death. He has a unique style of modern China, accomplished novelist and playwright, contribute to a fullness of modern Chinese literature and a unique world full of vivid public image of the public system, while created to promote the development of modern Chinese novels do out an important contribution. Now are being published by People's Literature Publishing House, "Lao She Collection." Lao She lived until the age of 50 where at least there are hundreds, but does not claim to large numbers of their own home was out. Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Lao She dongqian westward, vagrant. After the war, a man living in the United States 4, 1949, Lao She returned home from the United States in Beijing, Chongqing, returned to Beijing from small aggregates, the Government has put him at the Beijing Hotel. Opened a room, where room and board, writing. Premier Zhou Lao She first met, asked whether the money to buy a small private room, another that he can endure, except noise not, could not do it. Premier Zhou answered without hesitation, of course. Into the gate, there is a brick screen wall, two small south room, is the gatekeeper of the workers live, winter is also a pomegranate tree, oleander cold place. Lao She later moved. Wall Street, relying on the gate planted date trees, brick screen wall, the Lao She ask for a peaceful transfer of the flower, this is only the name of the Forbidden City Imperial Garden flowers. But not precious, still thriving in people's homes, leaves Grateloupia Mao. Little Southern house also stood under the eaves of a large pan of Silver Star Begonia, is a tall and often wore a round flowers, Lao She sent out when the guests, often pointing to it said: "This is my family treasure!" Behind a small brick screen wall outside the hospital, self-contained, with gray top three small rooms, one for toilets, two for the storage room, three for the two main house. Main house faces south. The boy lived, Lao ancestors doubles as the office of private secretary during the day, Mr. Nan Renzhi, also doubles as a temporary foreign guest rooms. The hospital just outside the hospital is located in the south room in the position, will be in the hospital barely make up in the shape of a quadrangle. There is a street outside the hospital doors leading to this Dengshikou West Street, but never used. After modification in the hospital look like also, there are five facing the South, East and West rooms of the three, all from the ridge tile-roofed house, in the middle is a square-shaped courtyard, into the door around the Pacific to spend a "two "Leading in the hospital, into the two have a wooden screen wall, painted green. A cross-corridor through the east, north, west room. South Road outside the land, planting trees can grow flowers. Lao She was seen this, he loved life, flowers, but few opportunities to practice, with this open space can be tested completely with the letter of pace, and to nurture, to beautify, to create. There are two things in the bedroom is worth mentioning, first, Mr. Lao, a large clo_set_ own design, please hit the workers in the wall, feet six or seven cubic meters. His calligraphy and small antique storage place. The second was by Mr. Lao bed, it is an old mahogany bed, large and heavy, inlaid marble bed still help, bed drawer is coir rope's. His illness prevented him back to sleep soft beds, specifically to buy the line from the old wood this hard bed. Mahogany furniture, large wooden bed and the other with the "Cultural Revolution" when the raid was confiscated, but the identification of cultural relics department has high heritage value, fortunately there is no casual, the "Cultural Revolution" and later returned as is, became the only preserved by Lao She off antique furniture. Furnished living room furnished in strict accordance with Lao She intentions, have demonstrated his interest, hobbies and personality. Furniture, in addition to a double sofa, two single sofa and a small round coffee table is modern, the rest was the old mahogany furniture, including full-length mirror is a wife's dowry, while others are moving into new homes after having to buy , and a bookcase, antique frame, narrow table, large round table, chairs, etc., Lao She loves the furniture. They wipe their daily compulsory. Desktop display is small, but there are two things essential, one vase, the second is fruit. Apart from spend more than the living room to where paintings. The total wall hanging ten or so Chinese painting to Qi, Fu, Huang, Lin's paintings based, both Chen Shizeng, Changshuo, Li Keran, non-Court, Shen Zhou, Yan Bolong, Hu Peiheng replacement. Turns the living room paintings at the Western Wall is designed, like a small art gallery, to the Lao She homes, painting to become an essential element. Is recognized as a great pleasure. Autumn, Mr Lao She would frequently invite friends over to Shangju. Lao She's home is the height of oriental culture and dazzling colors. It is indeed lovely, is a very flavor home. Mutations in the political situation in 1966, August 24 morning, Mr. Lao covered with scars, With the feelings of grief left this house. His 3-year-old granddaughter to the solemn farewell: "Grandpa said, and then again ...... see ......!", hesitate to taken the house, never leaving, since the sink in the Taiping Lake. So cute and funny he is also immediately destroy the family. July 1997 paid the families of the Lao She Lao She donated to the State House. Donation ceremony held at the Beijing Municipal Government, Party Secretary Jia Qinglin and other city leaders to attend the Beijing Bureau of Cultural Relics Shan Xiang, wife of Hu Lao She brought young children to attend burnish. Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage in 1998 down to the former residence of the aircraft repair. May 18, 1998 "to build at the former residence of Lao She," began to build, 4 June 1998 preparatory meeting will be the first Lao She Memorial Hall. Then enter the intense preparatory work. October 24, 1998 CPC Central Committee and State Council instructions, "agreed former residence turned into Lao She Lao She Memorial Hall." February 1, 1999, the 100th anniversary of Lao She, Lao She Memorial Hall officially open society. At present, the former residence of Lao She has been identified as "key cultural relics protection units in Beijing." Established a marble plate, to long keep the world, are not allowed to Chaigai. 2, Qingdao City, former residence of Lao She Huangxian Road is located in Qingdao City, 11, face south back north, Lao She downstairs to the family home. Lao She in 1934 and employed in Qingdao, Shandong University, Qingdao leave until 1937, most of the time living here, this is his in Qingdao, one of three by the apartment house, the other two one in Laiwu Road, a road in Chrysostom . In this wrote many novels, essays, and essays, including the famous novel "Rickshaw Boy." Qingdao is now a famous scenic spots and cultural heritage site. 3, Chongqing, the former residence of Lao She Beibei District, located within the city limits, is a small villa of Chinese and Western, the West Room of a room. The housing department in June 1940, Lin returned to _set_tle in to buy, in July by Japanese aircraft bombed, repaired and was ordered to go abroad just before leaving Lin to presented to "The National Association of literary and art circles against the enemy" for office use. Mr. Lao She later _set_tled the meantime, since we had a lot of house mice, in groups, not only eating rotten furniture, eating food, but also often towed manuscript, poker and other objects, so called "multi-Mouse Studios." Lao She has 6 years resident here, creating the famous "Four Generations" and other war novels, plays, prose, essays, folk art, poetry and memoirs of various works of hundreds of articles, almost two million words. The same time, the "multiple mouse fast" in the title in a row, "the evening edition of the Western Arabian Nights Hsin Min Pao" published a "multi-mouse fast essay," 12. Lent is now more mouse _set_ by the Chongqing municipal conservation units, Beibei District, intends to "cultural management" located here. In 1982, Madame Wu Jieh Lao Youth return visit, the time to visit his old home, that this is the former residence of Lao She in the protection of the country's best one, wrote "1892 Tour Beibei poems", a poem: Do not take a Beibei World, three years before home. Old house old friends still in shock, Metro boast fresh air laugh worthy. Jialing smoke stream fishing boat, Jinyun Bamboo Mu glow. Every king after the robbery, then do not hurt, burning the midnight oil earnest fine tea. 4, the London residence of Lao She London, early winter, the weather there is always depressed. The 25th day of the wet morning fog, I came to St James Garden, 31 (see above). Ricky is now the owner of the house one, get busy early, ready for guests to attend the ceremony. Ricky was 6 years ago, they moved to a here, and Lao She is not met. In accordance with British laws and customs, they can thank-behind closed doors. But when they know that the great Chinese writer Lao She later, they made an exception to that day as the open day, not only for the guests made a fine tea, also open to visit all three homes, and even Ricky primary school children of two-side a tape hot heart for all services. Rich warm and friendly family, to winter depression, swept away. Under the guidance of his wife in the Rich, I came to 3 bedroom floor, she said, pointing, Lao She and his friends lived in Edgerton this layer, Edgerton couple living in a big room, Lao She live in a small room. Although the room has made a few changes to the structure, furnishings are brand new, but still to imagine that Lao She in "a few of my landlord," that period of life described. Opening ceremony small, but very solemn. English Heritage Committee, the blue card Lloyd Grossman, Chairman of the Committee presided over personally. Chinese Ambassador to Britain Zha Peixin made a speech. In the House To attend the ceremony, the Chinese and British people as a special kind of intimacy. Lao She Oriental Institute, University of London in the UK where teaching and writing, where he thought the invasion of literature by Dickens, one of his British students later became Graham Greene's famous British writer. Dean Hawkes of the Institute, Professor of Chinese deliberately brought "Golden Lotus" in English, the book's title page specifically shown to reporters that read: "To my friend Shu Qingchun (Lao She names)." He is like "home people" as Lao She describes the life and literary achievements. On this day, personally inaugurated the blue card is the son of Lao She, Mr Shu Yi curator of the Chinese Modern Literature. He made a special trip from Beijing came on behalf of the Lao She's family, also expressed the wish of Lao She. His speech was very moving. He began writing here in Lao She's novel "two horses" for example, he said, "two horses" is described as one of the themes of poverty and backwardness, the Chinese people in seventy or eighty years ago was looked down upon everywhere in the world, like in order to encourage Chinese people to self, to stand straight man. Lao She wrote such a sentence in the book: "China does not have a shocked world, scientists, writers, explorers and even nations --- end of the pool games are not, you think, how people can look up to we." Read this sentence, and then take a look at this brand today is really like Geshi, it is filled with emotion. The face of British tolerance and love and respect for world culture, the face of China over the past century of progress in the modernization process, especially in the past 20 years in the economic and cultural advances made, I seem to feel that Mr. Lao She soul in heaven can be relieved smile. Lao She is missed and the Oriental Institute in London, he said with deep feeling: "I hope Duozan children have the opportunity to go to London, then in the library to write two novels!" Today's listing ceremony to make his dream come become a beautiful aria without pause. Former Residence of Lao She left when the days are still cold, but my mind was full of warm passion, it comes from Ricky, a good will, from the British Sinology sincere and friendly, from the British on the respect of Lao She, more from Because of the country strong and be proud of equal respect.