Prince Qing Mansion

　　The Prince Qing Mansion is located at No. 55 Chongqing Road. This residence was purchased by Zaizhen from Zhang Lande, the chief eunuch, and is a building that blends Chinese and Western architectural styles, built with brick and wood. It covers an area of 4,385 square meters, with a construction area of 5,085 square meters. It has a partial three-story structure with a flat roof. The floor plan is rectangular, oriented north-south, with a hollow center extending to the top and a large canopy-style hall ceiling. The rooms on the first and second floors are arranged peripherally around the hall, with symmetrical "three visible, five hidden" layouts on all four sides—east, west, south, and north. The second-floor hall is surrounded by a colonnaded veranda, interconnected through central passageways on the east, west, and north sides. To the east of the building is a garden with a hexagonal pavilion. There are also secondary entrances on the east, west, and south sides of the outer corridor. The exterior walls of the building are made of blue bricks, with exposed brickwork as the main feature on the outer façade. Some walls and columns are finished with granite-textured stucco, divided into large sections. The first and second-floor peripheral verandas feature a blend of Chinese and Western column styles, adorned with hexagonal glazed railings in yellow, green, and purple. This former residence is currently used by the Foreign Affairs Office of the Tianjin Municipal People's Government and is listed as a Tianjin Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

　　Suggested Duration

　　1 hour

　　Admission

　　Free

　　Opening Hours

　　9:00-17:00

　　Location

　　No. 55 Chongqing Road, Heping District, Tianjin 　　Zaizhen