Lu Xun Museum

　　Destination Introduction
　　The Lu Xun Museum is located on Xierhao, Fuchengmennei, Beijing. It is the earliest established "biographical literary museum" after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Its predecessor was the former Beijing Lu Xun Residence on Xisanhao. In 1954, the museum was built next to the residence and opened to the public on October 19, 1956, the 20th anniversary of Lu Xun’s death. The newly expanded exhibition hall in 1994 is a quadrangle-style antique building adjacent to the residence. The museum covers an area of 13,000 square meters.

　　　　Lu Xun (1881–1936), from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, was a modern Chinese writer, thinker, and revolutionary. The residence features the "Exhibition of the Former Scene of Lu Xun’s Residence," which is a delicate small quadrangle courtyard with three rooms each on the north and south sides, and one room each on the east and west sides, all preserved as they were during Lu Xun’s time. The southern room served as a reception room, the two northern side rooms were where Lu Xun’s mother and his wife Zhu An lived, and the middle room was the dining room. The central room on the north side has a small protruding section of just 8 square meters to the north, which was Lu Xun’s bedroom and study—famously known as the “Tiger’s Tail.” Lu Xun called it the “Green Forest Study,” and the furnishings were very simple. The eastern wing room was turned into an exhibition space hosting the “Lu Xun at No. 21, Xisanhao, Beijing” exhibition.

　　　　In 1993, it was designated by the Xicheng District People’s Government as an educational base for youth focusing on “two histories and one condition” (modern Chinese history, Chinese revolutionary history, and national conditions).

　　　　The exhibits are arranged chronologically to present Lu Xun’s life, experiences, and intellectual development. Thematic sections include Lu Xun and children, Lu Xun and youth, Lu Xun and fine arts, and Lu Xun and international exchanges, showcasing the brilliant life of Lu Xun, with particular emphasis on his main activities in Beijing. The core exhibition is the “Lu Xun Life Exhibition,” which vividly and comprehensively presents the brilliant life of Lu Xun, the “commander of China’s cultural revolution.” The museum also houses about 21,100 cultural relics related to Lu Xun and more than 13,000 books.

　　　　Attraction Address: No. 19, Erhao, Gongmenkou, Fuchengmen, Xicheng District

　　　　Location: Located on Xierhao, Fuchengmennei, Beijing   Transportation Information
　　Transportation: Get off at Fuchengmennei Station via bus lines 13, 42, 101, 102, 103, 603, 739, 812, 814, 823, 846, 850. It is on the north side of the road.

　　 Beijing Xicheng District

　　Lu Xun (1881–1936)　　Lu Xun (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936), originally named Zhou Zhangshou, later changed to Zhou Shuren, with courtesy names Yushan and later Yucan. “Lu Xun” was the pen name he used when publishing “A Madman’s Diary” in 1918, and it became his most widely recognized pseudonym. He was from Shaoxing, Zhejiang. A renowned writer and thinker, he was an important participant in the May Fourth New Culture Movement and a foundational figure of modern Chinese literature. Mao Zedong once remarked, “The direction taken by Lu Xun is the direction taken by the new culture of the Chinese nation.” [1-6] Lu Xun devoted his life to literary creation, literary criticism, thought studies, literary history research, translation, the introduction of art theory...   More+

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