Former Residence of Shen Jiaben

Shen Jiaben's former residence, located in Jinjing Hutong, Xuanwu District, was in Guangxu 26 years (1900) of the Qing Dynasty. Shen Jiaben lived here after he entered Beijing. Now the basic pattern of the former residence has not changed, and it has become a residential house.

Shen Jiaben's former residence is located in No. 1 Jinjing Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing. Shen Jiaben lived here until his death in 1913 after he entered Beijing in 1900. Many of his works were completed here. Shen Jiaben, a famous jurist in the late Qing Dynasty, presided over the formulation of a series of codes such as "Civil Law of the Great Qing Dynasty", "Commercial Law of the Great Qing Dynasty", "Draft Law of Criminal Procedure", "Draft Law of Civil Procedure", which is an unprecedented revolution in the history of Chinese law. His manuscript "Mr. Shen Jimin's suicide note" is a necessary reading document for modern research on ancient Chinese law. Shen Jiaben's former residence is situated in the north facing the south. Its plane is rectangular. It is 56 meters long in North and south, 29 meters long in East and west. It is a three-storey and four-storey courtyard. Its main building is located on the North-South central line in the west. The front row of the small building in the courtyard is Shen Jiaben's library "Pillow Blue Tower". There were more than 50,000 volumes of books collected here. Now, the small building can hardly see what it looked like at that time. Shen Jiaben's former residence has now become a residential courtyard, where many families can enter the courtyard to see the appearance.

This is the former residence of a famous jurist in modern China who "opened his eyes to see the world". There is not only a place where he lived, studied, wrote, and worked in the past, but also a text, pictures, and real objects reflecting his life.

In the hutong near Xuanwumen, the former residence of a celebrity who was renovated last year ～ It is a comprehensive introduction to the life of Shen Jiaben, the first person in modern China to rule of law, and the history of the rule of law at the end of Qing Dynasty, ancient rule of law figures in China, etc. ～ The exhibition is mainly on the exhibition board, and there are not many physical exhibits. But there is multimedia assistance, adding some fun, after all, it is cold content ～ exhibition is free ～

It is best to see the former residence of celebrities. Beijing has a strong cultural resources.