Site of the Former Residence of Weng Liangyu

Site of the Former Residence of Weng Liangyu

The site of the former residence of Weng Liangyu is a classic red tourism attraction.

The site of the former residence of Weng Liangyu is located at No. 55, Yadao Lane, Yijinfang, Fuzhou City.

Weng Liangyu (1905–1926), courtesy name Zizhuo and alias Yichi, was a native of Min County (now downtown Fuzhou).

In the 10th year of the Republic of China (1921), he was admitted to the Provincial Fuzhou Normal School. In the 12th year of the Republic, he went to Shanghai and received guidance from Li Dazhao. That autumn, the "Min Dao She" (People’s Guidance Society) was established in Fuzhou, publishing the *Min Dao Bao* (People’s Guidance Newspaper). Based at the Provincial Fuzhou Normal School, he actively participated in editing hand-printed pamphlets to promote Marxism-Leninism, becoming a key member of the Fujian Students’ Federation.

In the 13th year of the Republic of China, he founded a workers’ and peasants’ primary school, specifically enrolling children from working-class and poor farming families.

In the 14th year of the Republic of China, he was elected vice-chairman of the Fujian Students’ Federation. He organized students from various schools to launch a movement against Japanese goods, smashing shops selling such items and punishing traitorous merchants. In March of that year, he joined the Chinese New Democratic Youth League. In July, he was elected organizational committee member and workers’ and peasants’ committee member of the Fuzhou branch. That same month, he opened the “Fuzhou Bookstore,” which sold progressive publications and also served as an underground liaison point for the Youth League. In September, the Fujian Students’ Federation established the “Committee for the Recovery of Educational Rights Movement,” and Weng Liangyu published articles denouncing imperialist aggression. Warlord Zhou Yinren deployed spies and agents to monitor progressive youths at the “Fuzhou Bookstore” and placed surveillance around Weng Liangyu’s residence. On December 23, Weng Liangyu was arrested while attending a meeting at the Fujian General Labour Union, and the “Fuzhou Bookstore” was shut down. Weng Liangyu was imprisoned for ten full months but remained resolute and unyielding throughout.

In September of the 15th year of the Republic of China, he was executed with composure at Jiaojiulo Execution Ground, outside Fuzhou’s West Gate.

The original construction area of Weng Liangyu’s former residence was 212 square meters. The main gate faced east, the main building faced south with a northern orientation, and it was surrounded by walls — a typical Fuzhou-style “four-panel three-bay” single-story house. It had a single bay, a post-and-lintel wooden frame, a double-sloped roof, and saddleback gables. The hall was fronted by a courtyard, with the main gate located in the northeast corner of the courtyard. During the development of the “Three Lanes and Seven Alleys” in the early 1990s, it was demolished by Fujian Minchang Real Estate Co., Ltd., with some structural components preserved for potential relocation and restoration. Its former site is now within the residential compound of the Yangqiao Road residential complex. In January 1992, it was designated by the Fuzhou Municipal People’s Government as a protected heritage site under public signage.

Weng Liangyu

(1905–1926)

Courtesy name Zizhuo, alias Yichi, a native of Min County, residing in Yadao Lane in the city. In the 10th year of the Republic of China (1921), he was admitted to the Provincial Fuzhou Normal School. In the 12th year of the Republic, he went to Shanghai and received guidance from Li Dazhao. That autumn, the “Min Dao She” was established and published the *Min Dao Bao*. Weng Liangyu, based at the Provincial Fuzhou Normal School, actively participated in editing hand-printed pamphlets to promote Marxism-Leninism, becoming a key member of the “Fujian Students’ Federation.” The following year, he founded a workers’ and peasants’ primary school, specifically enrolling children from working-class and poor farming families. … Weng Liangyu detailed information ++