Sun Chuanfang’s Former Residence

　　Introduction       Located at No. 15 Taian Avenue, Heping District. The building features a brick-and-wood structure, consisting of a front block and a rear block. There is a large glass window where the two blocks connect. Originally, there was a small gray-domed pavilion at the center of the roof ridge. The interior is luxuriously decorated.    Sun Chuanfang (1885–1935), courtesy name Xinyuan, was a native of Licheng, Shandong Province, and one of the leading warlords of the Zhili Clique during the Republic of China era. While studying in Japan, he joined the Tongmenghui (Revolutionary Alliance). In 1923, he was appointed as the Military Governor of Fujian. During the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War in 1924, he expanded his forces opportunistically. From October 1925, he led troops to drive out Fengtian Clique forces in Jiangsu and Anhui, and in November of that year, he declared the establishment of a united army in Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi in Nanjing, appointing himself as the commander-in-chief of the united army and concurrently the commander-in-chief of Jiangsu. Thus, he became the most powerful warlord within the Zhili Clique. In 1926, he lost most of his elite troops while attempting to block the Northern Expedition forces from advancing eastward. He subsequently aligned himself with Zhang Zuolin and later Zhang Xueliang, and was eventually assassinated by Shi Jianqiao in Tianjin.

　　 Tianjin Heping District