Former Residence of Zhang Xiyuan

　　Zhang Xiyuan went into retirement in 1924 and took up residence in Tianjin. His home was located on Bakeda Road in the British Concession (present-day No. 4, Tongdali, Baoding Road, Heping District). This residence is a three-story building with a basement, constructed with alternating red and blue bricks. It was originally the property of the father-in-law of Puyi, the last emperor of China, before being sold to Cao Kun and later transferred to Zhang Xiyuan. The residence remains well-preserved to this day.

　　Zhang Xiyuan (1870~1940)　　Zhang Xiyuan (1863–1940), courtesy name Gamín, was from Hexicun Village, Miyun County, Shuntian Prefecture (now part of Beijing), Zhili Province. He was a military leader during the late Qing and early Republican periods, and a figure in the Beiyang Government and the Zhili clique. Born in 1863, the second year of the Tongzhi reign during the Qing Dynasty. He came from a poor family. In 1879, at the age of 17, he went to Gubeikou to enlist under Ye Zhichao’s command in the Zhengding Army. In 1881, the seventh year of the Guangxu reign, he was selected to attend the Yuguanguan Military Preparatory School affiliated with the Zhengding Army, where he studied alongside classmates such as Bao Guiqing and Tian Zhongyu. In 1891, the seventeenth year of the Guangxu reign, he transferred to the Beiyang Military Preparatory School in Tianjin. Due to his outstanding academic performance, he was assigned... Details+