Uncle Zhou’s Former Residence

　　Uncle Zhou’s Former Residence is situated at No. 129 Munan Road, Heping District. From 1954 until his death in 1984, Mr. Zhou Shude resided here for a total of 30 years. This residence is a two-story villa-style building with a red-brick sloped roof and brown textured exterior walls. The architecture is simple and unadorned, while the house and courtyard are compact yet spacious. The first floor houses the living room and dining room, and the second floor contains the bedrooms and office. In this modest yet charming little house, Mr. Zhou spent his fulfilling later years.

　　

　　Uncle Zhou (1891～1984)　　Zhou Shude (1891–1984), a renowned politician, industrialist, and collector, was from Zhikengshan in Dongzhi County and came from a feudal bureaucratic family. He spent his childhood in Yangzhou before moving to Qingdao. In the third year of the Republic of China (1914), he relocated to Tianjin, where he remained until his death. Zhou Shude began working in the eighth year of the Republic of China under his uncle, Zhou Xuexi (who served twice as Minister of Finance in Yuan Shikai’s government), co-founding the Huaxin Cotton Mill in Qingdao and serving as a managing director. He later held positions such as director, manager, and board member at the Huaxin Cotton Mills in Qingdao, Tangshan, and Tianjin, as well as director, deputy general manager, general manager, and chairman of the Qixin Cement Company, becoming a representative figure of China’s national industry in the north. Through his hard work and management, he contributed to resisting... Details+