Former Residence of Jin Bangping

　　    The former residence of Jin Bangping is located at No. 114 Chongqing Road, Heping District. This building is a two-story Western-style structure made of brick and wood, featuring exposed brick walls. On the second floor, there is an arched balcony in the middle section, with a multi-sloped tiled roof on top that includes a skylight. The residence stands alone within its own courtyard.

　　

　　Jin Bangping (1881~1946)　　    Jin Bangping (1881–1946), also known as Boping or Yacui, was from Machuan Village, Yuting Town, Yi County. In the 25th year of the Guangxu reign (1899), he went to study in Japan and graduated from Waseda University. After returning to China, he successively served as a reviser in the Hanlin Academy, secretary to Yuan Shikai (who was then Viceroy of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang), a councilor in the Army Training Bureau, an advisory official in the Constitutional Compilation Bureau, and the secretary-general of the Advisory Council. In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), he was appointed as the head of the Preparatory Office of the Bank of China. In the third year of the Republic, he served as an advisory official in the Political Affairs Hall under Yuan Shikai’s cabinet. The following year, he became Vice Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, Vice President and later President of the National Water Conservancy Bureau, as well as Director of the Forestry Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. In April of the fifth year of the Republic (1916), he served as... Details+