The Pan Family Mansion

　　The Pan Family Mansion is situated on Guhuai North Road, originally on the west side of Beimen Street. Built in the 1920s, it was the largest private bureaucratic residence in Jining at the time. The Pan Family Mansion is not a single standalone building but a complex of traditional Chinese courtyards arranged in four sets of interconnected quadrangles. The main structure is a three-story enclosed building that connects from east to west and north to south. The site is situated against a mountain and beside water — with Mount Yu as the mountain and the Grand Canal as the waterway — making it the highest point in the city.

　　The owner of the mansion, Pan Hongjun, courtesy name Zihe, also known as Bolì, was the commander of the Central First Brigade under the warlord Wu Peifu of the Zhili Clique.