Former Residence of Martyr Zhuo Lanfang

The Former Residence of Martyr Zhuo Lanfang

The Former Residence of Martyr Zhuo Lanfang is a cultural relic protection unit of Fenghua District, a classic red tourism site, and a patriotic education base.

The Former Residence of Martyr Zhuo Lanfang is located in Haiyan Village, Song’ao Town, Fenghua City. In February 1987, it was designated as a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit in the third batch by the Fenghua Municipal People’s Government.

Zhuo Lanfang (1900–1930) was a native of Song’ao, Fenghua. Born in 1900 into a poor family of a private tutor, he... In 1914, he was admitted to Zhejiang Provincial No. 4 Middle School. Due to his dissatisfaction with the feudal and reactionary education system, he was expelled from school. He later worked as an elementary school teacher in Fenghua, Zhenhai, and Ningbo. Influenced by the May Fourth New Culture Movement, he began to embrace Marxist ideology. In 1924, he joined the Chinese Socialist Youth League, and in 1925, he became a member of the Chinese Communist Party, thus beginning his revolutionary career. He served as Secretary of the Yinfeng Party Committee, mobilizing peasants to march into the city, where they beat and drove away the magistrate of Fenghua County. He subsequently held positions such as member of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee, Provincial Committee Secretary, Provincial Party Secretary, and Central Party Inspector. He organized armed uprisings in Zhuji, Jiande, and western Zhejiang. In September 1930, he was unfortunately arrested in Hangzhou and was executed heroically in the Army Prison at the age of 30.

The former residence of Zhuo Lanfang is a high-rise wooden structure with an attic, facing east. It spans three bays in width, measuring 10.26 meters, and five bays in depth, measuring 8.05 meters. It features a post-and-lintel construction with front and rear courtyards. The house was built by the martyr’s grandfather about 130 years ago and was renovated in 1992.