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Shijia Hutong Museum

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Open Open 09:30-16:30
Recommended sightseeing time:1-2 hours
Address:
Shijia Hutong, DongDan, Dongcheng Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 100005Map
Phone: 010-85175790
What travelers say:

"One Hutong, half China" is really not a false statement. Shijia Hutong starts from the east to the south of the small street in the east, and the west to the south of the East Fourth Street. It is more than 700 meters long. It is a traditional Hutong block with a good historical style. I used to work in the Jinbao Building on the south side of the hutong for three years. I walked through the whole hutong countless times. I knew that there were famous Shijia Elementary School, "Good Garden", some art compound, and women's publishing house in the hutong. I also felt that this hutong was the standard Beijing old hutong. It is very similar to the hutong where I lived when I was a child, but I really haven't seriously explored what glorious historical memories this historian hutong has. Until recently, I kept seeing the travel notes written by others, and I knew that there was a "Shijia Hutong Museum", so I was surprised why an alley was worth building a museum to display, carefully checked the relevant information, and finally understood that this alley contains so rich History, humanistic spirit, literary feelings, so hurry up to make an appointment to visit this museum in the alley. Shijia Hutong has existed since the era of Yuandadu, and the name "Shijia Hutong" has been used for hundreds of years since the Ming Dynasty. It is said that it is due to the history of the Hutong, but the time is not right. Shi Kefa is the hero of the anti-Qing Dynasty at the end of Ming Dynasty, but the name of Shijia Hutong is historical materials in Jiajing years. The name of the hutong is probably derived from another "history" family that once lived here. The museum is at No. 24 Shijia Hutong, which was once the former residence of Ms. Ling Shuhua, one of the three talents of the Republic of China. Later, Ms. Chen Xiaoxu, Ms. Ling Shuhua's daughter, transferred the house to the street for public welfare and established this Hutong Museum, which is also the first Hutong theme museum in China. This is a two-in-one courtyard house, with an area of more than 1,000 square meters, and there are eight exhibition halls in the room. The museum is designed very reasonably. You can see all the exhibition halls in order, without going back. The first exhibition hall should be the main exhibition hall, introducing the ancient Beijing city planning, the historical evolution of Shijia Hutong, and the current situation of Shijia Hutong. There are several miniaturized landscapes here. One of the oversized landscapes restores the whole picture of the old Shijia Hutong. It is very fine and shocking. I believe that residents who have lived here since childhood will have a deep feeling. The second exhibition hall is the "cradle of human art", which introduces the establishment, development, and celebrity and famous dramas of human art in Shijia Hutong. The theme of the third exhibition hall is modern education. The Qing Dynasty "left wing Zongxue" was once located in Shijia Hutong. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the organization, assessment, management and other matters of "going to the United States to study" were also carried out here. This exhibition hall specially introduces celebrities who go to the United States to study. The fourth exhibition hall "Lan Xufang" is a special introduction to the life and main works of the former owner of the residence Ling Shuhua. In addition, this courtyard has received celebrities in the cultural world such as Tagore, Hu Shi, Ding Xilin, Xu Zhimo, Lin Huiyin, Landa and other cultural circles. The exhibition also introduced the scene at that time. The fifth exhibition hall introduced the famous people who lived in Shijia Hutong. The portraits of celebrities from all walks of life were filled with the entire exhibition hall. In addition to the former owner of the residence, Ling Shuhua, there were also the eunuch Li Lianying, the chairman of the Chinese and French Bank in the late Qing Dynasty, Liu Fucheng, the foreign minister of the late Qing Dynasty, Hong Jun, and so on.

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