The Former Residence of Zhang Shiming (), also known as Hall of Yide () is located in

Nanxun Nanxun () is a historic town in Nanxun District of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China. As of the 2007 census it had a population of 119,300 and an area of . Name The name of Nanxun was coined by a combination of the initial Chinese characters of two place' ...

Huzhou Huzhou (, ; Huzhounese: ''ghou² cieu¹'') is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province (Hangzhou–Jiaxing–Huzhou Plain, China). Lying south of the Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinc ...

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

, China. It was the former residence of Zhang Shiming, grandson of Zhang Songxian ().

History

It was built between 1899 and 1905, during the ruling of

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in late

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(1644–1911). In 2001, it was inscribed to the fifth batch of "

Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Zhejiang 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 covers a building area of and consists of 244 rooms. It is influenced by the architecture style of

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in the

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and at the same time preserves the basic form of the residential houses in

Jiangnan Jiangnan or Jiang Nan (; formerly romanized Kiang-nan, literally "South of the River" meaning "South of the Yangtze") is a geographic area in China referring to lands immediately to the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, incl ...

region.

References

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