Former Site of the National Mongolian and Tibetan School

Former Site of the National Mongolian and Tibetan School

The former site of the National Mongolian and Tibetan School is a municipal-level cultural heritage protection unit in Beijing.

The former site of the National Mongolian and Tibetan School is located

at No. 33 Xiaoshihu Hutong, Xicheng District, and is listed as part of the sixth batch of municipal-level cultural heritage protection units in Beijing.

In the second year of the Yongzheng reign (1724), the Qing government established separate schools for the left and right wings to educate imperial clan members, with the Right Wing Clan School situated here. In 1913, the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission opened a specialized school for Mongolian and Tibetan studies on this site. In the autumn of 1923, Li Dazhao, Deng Zhongxia, and others came to the school to carry out revolutionary work. Between 1924 and —, a group of young students including Kui Bi and Ji Yatai became the first group of Mongolian members of the Communist Party of China in history, and they established the first Mongolian Party branch here.

Source: Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage

Further Reading:

· Sixth Batch of Municipal-Level Cultural Heritage Protection Units in Beijing

· Sixth Batch of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in China