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Prince Xun’s Mansion

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Prince Xun’s Mansion is located at No. 110 Xidan North Street. The residence faces south with its back to the north, and its western boundary borders Xidan North Street. The wall on the north side of the current road and a group of courtyard houses are all well-preserved. The residence faces south with its back to the north, with the mansion’s western edge extending to what is now Xidan North Street, its northern side adjacent to present-day Lingjing Hutong, and its eastern edge along the current mansion wall. The mansion buildings are distributed across three routes, with all structures featuring flush-gable roofs and overlapping ridges. The scale can no longer compare with the princely mansions of the early Qing Dynasty. During the Republican era, Zaixun sold parts of the mansion to the Confucianism University and Fengtian warlord Wan Fulin. After several changes of ownership, some buildings were demolished—the site of the Confucianism University has since been replaced by a government office building, leaving only an eastern courtyard house. Parts of the eastern and southern mansion walls still remain. The eastern route consists of a three-courtyard complex with a front hall, middle hall, rear hall, wing rooms, and side rooms, connected to the rear hall via a floral-pendant gate and corridors. The central route includes two main buildings and east and west wing rooms and side rooms in the front courtyard. The western route has a two-courtyard layout with main rooms, east and west wing rooms, and side rooms, all interconnected by corridors. There are currently 72 preserved cultural heritage structures, with some main buildings still retaining exquisitely crafted wooden decorations. The total floor area is approximately 2,407 square meters.

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Prince Xun’s Mansion is located at No. 110 Xidan North Street. The residence faces south with its back to the north, and its western boundary borders Xidan North Street. The wall on the north side of the current road and a group of courtyard houses are all well-preserved. The residence faces south with its back to the north, with the mansion’s western edge extending to what is now Xidan North Street, its northern side adjacent to present-day Lingjing Hutong, and its eastern edge along the current mansion wall. The mansion buildings are distributed across three routes, with all structures featuring flush-gable roofs and overlapping ridges with tube tiles—its scale can no longer compare with the princely mansions of the early Qing Dynasty. During the Republican period, Zaixun sold portions of the mansion to the Confucianism University and Fengtian warlord Wan Fulin. After multiple ownership changes, some parts were demolished; the site of the Confucianism University has been replaced by a government office building, leaving only an eastern courtyard house. Parts of the eastern and southern mansion walls still stand. The eastern route’s three-courtyard complex includes a front hall, middle hall, rear hall, wing rooms, and side rooms, with a floral-pendant gate and covered walkways connecting to the rear hall. The central route contains two main buildings and east and west wing rooms and side rooms in the front courtyard. The western route has a two-courtyard layout with main rooms, east and west wing rooms, and side rooms, all linked by corridors. A total of 72 cultural heritage buildings remain, with some principal structures still preserving finely crafted wooden ornaments. The building area is about 2,407 square meters.

Prince Xun’s Mansion — Zaixun was the seventh son of Prince Chunxian, Yixuan, and the younger brother of Regent Zaifeng. In the 28th year of the Guangxu reign (1902) during the Qing Dynasty, Zaixun was adopted by Prince Duan, Yixun, as his heir, inheriting the title of Beile (Prince of the Second Rank). In the 34th year of Guangxu (1908), he was granted the honorary title of Junwang (Prince of the First Rank). In the early years of the Xuantong reign, he assisted his elder brother, the Regent Prince, serving as the Minister of the Navy. In the second year of Xuantong (1910), he traveled to the United States to inspect military and political affairs but survived an assassination attempt by overseas Chinese patriot Kuang Youzhi upon landing in San Francisco. After the Xinhai Revolution, he resided in Tianjin for many years until his death. When Zaixun inherited the title, the original Prince Duan Mansion on Ping’anli West Street had been burned down by the Eight-Nation Alliance, so he established his residence in Donghuaili.

Source: Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development