The Former Residence of He Shuheng or He Shuheng's Former Residence () is a museum and tourist attraction created from the house formerly owned by the Chinese communist revolutionary, He Shuheng. The house was built in 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) and it is located in

Shatian Township Shatian Township () is a rural township in Ningxiang City, Hunan Province, China. It is surrounded by Longtian Town and Xiangzikou Town on the west, Huangcai Town on the northeast, Liushahe Town on the southeast, and Qingshanqiao Town on th ...

in Ningxiang,

Hunan Province Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi t ...

. The building covers an area of about .

History

The house was built by He Shuheng's forebears in 1785, which was the fiftieth year of the Qianlong era (1736–1795) of the

(1644–1911). On May 27, 1876, in the second year of the age of Guangxu of Guangxu Emperor, He Shuheng was born in here. He lived there for about 26 years. In 1917, when

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ...

and Xiao Zisheng did social research, they lived here for three nights. In 1972, the People's Government of Shatian township rebuilt the house and on September 1, it was listed as a " Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the Provincial Level". Later, Liao Mosha wrote "The Martyr's Former Residence of He Shuheng" () and

Hu Yaobang Hu Yaobang (; 20 November 1915 – 15 April 1989) was a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China. He held the top office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1981 to 1987, first as Chairman from 1981 to 1982, then as Genera ...

wrote "He Shuheng's Former Residence". On May 30, 2006, the Vice Secretary-General of Changsha Municipal Committee of the CPC Yi Fengkui () attended the unveiling of a statue of He Shuheng.

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