Former Residence of Tian Junliang

Former Residence of Tian Junliang

The former residence of Tian Junliang is a cultural tourism attraction.

Located at No. 45 Jiefang Road in the old city area, this is a late Qing Dynasty building. The layout features a courtyard-style platform, with a street-facing hallway that also serves as a shopfront, a west wing room, an east wing room (no longer extant), and a main house covering an area of 370 square meters. All the structures are wooden buildings with through-tenon construction and hanging gabled roofs. The front eaves of the main house are adorned with carved moon beams, lintels, and decorative patterns symbolizing blessings and longevity. The main house stone structure spans five bays at 15.75 meters wide, 8.55 meters deep, with an eave height of 3.7 meters, and includes a front porch. The west wing room stone structure spans three bays at 7 meters wide, 4 meters deep, while the hallway stone structure spans five bays at 15 meters wide, 6.75 meters deep. Currently, the main house’s beam frame is deformed and tilts slightly toward the southwest, but the rest is relatively well preserved. This house was the ancestral home of Wu, the mother of Tian Junliang, a renowned cultural figure in Guizhou. Tian Junliang was born here in 1894. Tian Junliang (1894–1987) studied in Japan in his early years, graduating from Waseda University with a degree in Political Economy. While in Japan, he joined the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance led by Sun Yat-sen and engaged in democratic revolutionary activities. He once served as the Academic Dean of Guizhou Political and Legal School and as a professor at Guizhou University. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he held positions such as President of Guizhou University, Vice Governor, and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Congress. In his later years, he joined the Communist Party of China.

Tian Junliang (1894–1987), originally named Tian Jingqi, was from Pingzhou (now Pingtang) County, Guizhou Province. Born in August 1894, he was a member of the Communist Party of China and a well-known educator in Guizhou.

Biography

At the age of eleven, he attended a private school, later enrolling in Guiyang Government-run Higher Primary School and Guiyang Model Middle School. In 1915, he traveled to Japan and was admitted to the Department of Political Economy at Waseda University. After returning to Guizhou from Japan, he was hired as a teacher of politics and finance at Guizhou Political and Legal Specialized School. In early 1923, he became the County Magistrate of Pingtang County; in 1930, he left office to focus on education... More details about Tian Junliang ++