Lu Xun Museum in Beijing

Lu Xun Museum in Beijing

The Lu Xun Museum in Beijing is a national AA-level tourist attraction and a patriotic education base.

Destination Introduction

The Lu Xun Museum is located on Xierhao, Fuchengmennei, Beijing. It is the earliest "biographical literary museum" established after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The museum was formerly the former residence of Lu Xun at Xisanhao. In 1954, the museum was built next to the residence and officially opened on October 19, 1956, the 20th anniversary of Lu Xun’s death. In 1994, the newly expanded exhibition hall, featuring traditional quadrangle-style architecture, was built adjacent to the residence. The museum covers an area of 13,000 square meters.

Lu Xun (1881–1936), from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, was a modern Chinese writer, thinker, and revolutionary. The residence houses the "Exhibition of the Former Scene of Lu Xun’s Residence," which is a delicate small quadrangle courtyard with three rooms each on the north and south sides, and one room each on the east and west sides. It has been preserved just as it was when Mr. Lu Xun lived there. The southern room served as a reception room, the eastern and western rooms of the northern house were the living quarters of Lu Xun’s mother and his wife Zhu An, respectively, while the middle room was the dining room. The middle room of the northern house extends slightly northward into a small 8-square-meter space, which was Lu Xun’s bedroom and study—famously known as the "Tiger’s Tail." Lu Xun himself called it the "Green Forest Study," and the furnishings were very simple. The eastern wing room was turned into an exhibition space for the “Lu Xun at No. 21, Xisanhao, Beijing” exhibition.

In 1993, the museum was designated by the Xicheng District People’s Government as a youth education base for “Two Histories and One Reality” (Chinese modern history, Chinese revolutionary history, and national conditions).

The exhibits are arranged chronologically to present Lu Xun’s life, experiences, and intellectual development. Thematic sections focus on Lu Xun and children, Lu Xun and youth, Lu Xun and fine arts, and Lu Xun’s international exchanges, showcasing the glorious life of Lu Xun—with special emphasis on his major activities in Beijing. The basic exhibit, “The Life Exhibition of Lu Xun,” vividly and comprehensively displays the brilliant life of Lu Xun, the “commander of China’s cultural revolution.” The museum also houses approximately 21,100 cultural relics and over 13,000 books related to Lu Xun.

Transportation Information

Transportation: Take bus routes 13, 42, 101, 102, 103, 603, 739, 812, 814, 823, 846, or 850 and get off at Fuchengmennei Station, then walk north.

Address: No. 19, Gongmenkou Erhao, Fuchengmennei, Xicheng District, Beijing

Type: Museum / Exhibition Hall / Exhibition

Telephone: 010-66156548

Opening Hours:

9:00–16:00 (Ticket sales stop at 15:30)

Admission:

Free admission

Opening Hours:

Tuesday–Sunday (09:00–16:00)

Lu Xun (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936), originally named Zhou Zhangshou and later changed to Zhou Shuren, with courtesy names Yushan and later Yucan. "Lu Xun" was the pen name he used when publishing "A Madman’s Diary" in 1918 and is the most widely recognized. A native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, he was a renowned writer and thinker, a key participant in the May Fourth New Culture Movement, and a foundational figure in modern Chinese literature. Mao Zedong once remarked, “The direction taken by Lu Xun is the direction of the new culture of the Chinese nation.” [1-6]

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Further Reading:

· National First-Class Museum of China