Former Residence of Zhu Xianyi

Former Residence of Zhu Xianyi

The former residence of Zhu Xianyi is a cultural tourism attraction.

The former residence of Zhu Xianyi is located at No. 100, Chengdu Road, Heping District, now known as Heping District. It is an ordinary three-story row house in a lane-style building. In February 1950, Zhu Xianyi purchased it from the United Bank, also known as one of the “Four Northern Banks.” Built in 1934, the house was designed by the renowned Chinese architect Yan Ziheng from the China Engineers Ltd. The residence is a three-story brick-and-wood structure facing southeast, with reinforced brick walls, a cement roof, wooden flooring, triple-sash windows, and is equipped with heating and sanitation facilities. It also has front and rear small yards. The entire building has 16 rooms, covering a construction area of 254 square meters and occupying a land area of 114 square meters. Although the rooms are not luxurious, they are compactly and rationally laid out, spacious, bright, and comfortable to live in. This former residence has been listed as an immovable cultural relic in Tianjin that has not yet been announced as a protected cultural heritage site.

Zhu Xianyi (1903–1984), a native of Tianjin, was a renowned endocrinologist and medical education expert in China. He entered Peking Union Medical College in 1922. In 1930, he graduated with a doctoral degree and was awarded the Winthrop Scholarship for being an honor student who ranked first for five consecutive years or more. After graduation, he stayed on at Peking Union Medical College as a resident physician in the internal medicine department. In 1934, he began systematic research on calcium and phosphorus metabolism. In the autumn of 1936, he went to the Department of Biochemistry at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, for advanced studies, where he completed research projects such as the determination of intracellular fluid electrolytes in muscle cells and serum calcium ion levels. In the autumn of 1937, … For more detailed information about Zhu Xianyi, ++