Shanghai Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall

Shanghai Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall

The Shanghai Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall is a patriotic education base.

The Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall is located in Huaxia Cultural Park within the Huaxia Cultural Tourism Zone in Pudong New District, Shanghai. The building is modeled after Wu Changshuo’s former residence on Jiqing Lane, North Shanxi Road, Shanghai. It is a two-story Shikumen-style structure with a floor area of 972 square meters.

The Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall features an exhibition room titled “The Artistic Life of Wu Changshuo,” divided into four sections: “Rooted in Fertile Soil,” “Enduring Hardships,” “Fame in Shanghai,” and “Establishing a Legacy in China.” The exhibition displays 79 photographs, over 20 collections of paintings and publications, as well as calligraphy and painting works by Wu Changshuo, his disciples, successors, and art researchers. It also includes the Four Treasures of the Study (writing brushes, ink sticks, inkstones, and paper), letters, poetry drafts, and other personal items used by Wu Changshuo during his lifetime.

Address: No. 15, East Lujiazui Road (near Century Avenue)

Type: Memorial Hall

Phone: 021-58787252, 021-58786863

Admission Fee

10 RMB

Opening Hours

Winter: 08:00–11:30, 13:30–17:00

Summer: 08:00–11:30, 14:00–17:30

Wu Changshuo (August 1, 1844 – November 29, 1927), originally named Jun and also known as Junqing, with the courtesy name Changshuo and aliases such as Cangshi and Cangshi, had many other sobriquets, the most common being Cangshuo, Laocang, Laofou, Kutie, Dalong, Fadaoren, and Shipenzhe. He was from Zhangwu Village, Xiaofeng County, Zhejiang Province (now Anji County, Huzhou City). A renowned traditional Chinese painter, calligrapher, and seal carver during the late Qing and early Republican periods, he was a representative figure of the “Later Haipai” school and the first president of the Xiling Seal Art Society in Hangzhou. Together with Ren Bonian, Pu Hua, and Xugu, he is known as one of the “Four Great Masters of the Late Qing Haipai School.” Wu Changshuo integrated the “Four Arts” of poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal carving, merging epigraphy with traditional ink arts… More information about Wu Changshuo ++