Jiang Jiong’s Residence

Jiang Jiong’s Residence

Jiang Jiong’s Residence is a cultural relic protection unit of Changshu City.

Jiang Jiong’s Residence

It is situated at No. 30 Xinfeng Lane in the urban area, next to Yanyuan Garden. This Qing Dynasty building faces south and has two courtyards. The rear building spans seven bays (23.4 meters) in width and 8.3 meters in depth, with lower eaves 3.25 meters high. The structure includes robust moon beams, wooden bases under the eave pillars, and bluestone bases for the rest. Ding Zuyin’s Chronicles of Changshu and Zhaowen (Revised Edition), a Republican-era text, records: “The residence of Jiang Jiong, Vice Minister of Land Reclamation, lies west of the Bingling Gong Temple, where his nephew, Yuan Shu, Magistrate of Taiwan, also lived.” Jiang Jiong, courtesy name Kaisi, was the second son of Jiang Chenshi, Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou during the Qing Dynasty. He became a Jinshi (advanced scholar) in the 52nd year of the Kangxi reign (1713) and rose to the position of Shanxi Provincial Administration Commissioner with the honorary title of Vice Minister. It was designated as a cultural relic protection unit of Changshu City in November 1982.