Former Residence of Zhu Qiqian

　　    The former residence of Zhu Qiqian is situated at No. 164 Machang Road, Hexi District. After moving to Tianjin, and because his wife was ill and needed a good environment for rest and recovery, in 1922 he bought a plot of land opposite Niji Garden (the private garden of the powerful warlord Ni Sichong, now the Tianjin Children's Hospital) and built a courtyard-style villa. It is a three-story Western-style building with a rather unique design. The main structure is a two-story Western house with a basement, surrounded by corridors on all floors. The architecture is elegant, the courtyard is spacious, and it features rockeries and pavilions, named "Huoyuan" (the Garden of the Inchworm). This residence has been listed as an immovable cultural relic in Tianjin that has not yet been officially designated as a protected cultural heritage site.

　　

　　Zhu Qiqian (1872~1964)　　    Zhu Qiqian (1872–1964), courtesy name Guixin, was also known in his later years as Huogong, and was commonly referred to as Old Man Gui. He was originally from Kaizhou, Guizhou (now Kaiyang), born in 1872 in Xinyang, Henan, and passed away in Beijing on February 26, 1964, at the age of 92—living nearly a full century. His life spanned five major historical periods: the late Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang Government, the Republic of China, the Japanese puppet regime, and New China. A government official of China’s Beiyang Government, an arts and crafts master, and the founder of the Chinese Society for the Study of Chinese Architecture. He was a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations (Juren) during the Guangxu era. In 1903, he served as the supervisor of the Translation Bureau at the Imperial University of Peking. Later, he held positions such as Police Commissioner of Beijing, Director of the Mongolian Affairs Bureau in the Three Eastern Provinces, and Chief of the Northern Section of the Tianjin–Pukou Railway, among others... Details+