The Former Residence of Ding Richang () was built in 1878, during the late

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

(1644–1911). It was the mansion of

Ding Richang Ding Richang (; 1823–1882) was a Chinese government official, who is remembered for his "indomitable" if not "prodigious" reform efforts, skill in foreign diplomacy (or "foreign-matters expert"), and supervision of the judicial administration ...

, a senior official in the Qing court.

History

The former residence was built in memory of Ding Xianba (), the father of

, in 1878 after his retirement. Ding died there on 27 February 1882. It was designated as a municipal level cultural heritage in 1993 and then a provincial level cultural preservation unit in 2008. In March 2013, it was listed among the seventh group of "

Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Guangdong Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

" by the

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Architecture

It has an area of about , consists of 99 rooms and halls.

Gallery

References

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