Former Residence of Tian Junliang

　　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 shop, a west wing room, an east wing room (no longer extant), and a main house covering an area of 370 square meters. All the buildings are of wooden construction with through-tenon beams and hanging gables. The front eaves of the main house are adorned with carved floral moon beams, lintels, and decorative patterns symbolizing blessings, longevity, and transformation. The main house has five bays across, spanning 15.75 meters, and is 8.55 meters deep, with eaves 3.7 meters high and a front porch. The west wing room has three bays across, spanning 7 meters, and is 4 meters deep. The hallway has five bays across, spanning 15 meters, and is 6.75 meters deep. Currently, the beam frame of the main house is deformed and tilts slightly toward the southwest, but the rest of the structure 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 in this house 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 Party led by Sun Yat-sen and participated in democratic revolutionary activities. He once served as the Academic Dean of Guizhou Law and Politics 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)　　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 studying at Guiyang Government-run Higher Elementary School and Guiyang Model Middle School. In 1915, he went 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 Law and Politics Specialized School. In early 1923, he became the Magistrate of Pingtang County; in 1930, he left office to focus on education. For over twenty years, he successively taught at Guiyang Provincial Normal School... Details+