Former Residence of Lu Xun　鲁迅故居

The Former Residence of Lu Xun in Shanghai, located at No.9, Lane 132, Shanyin Road, Hongkou District (formerly No.9, Dalu Xincun, Scott Road), is Lu Xun's last dwelling place in Shanghai, where he lived his last three and half years from April 1933.

It is a three-story new-style building, offering serenity amidst a bustling area. Planted in the courtyard on the west side of the passage from the gate are plants like oleander, pomegranate, Chinese red bud and peach trees. The front room on the first floor is the parlor, with a rectangular table and several chairs, where Lu Xun used to sit in a chair against the window with his back outward when meeting with guests. If important guests came, Lu Xun would arrange the meeting at a bookstore or go to a café on Sichuan Road. By the south window is a sewing machine that Xu Guangping used, and beside the window hung the photo of Zhou Haiying in his childhood. Against the west wall is the desk Qu Qiubai once used. Behind the parlor is the kitchen. In those years, Lu Xun and his family ate very simple meals. Only at the weekend or on the occasion of entertaining guests would a few more dishes be prepared.

The front room on the second floor is Lu Xun and Xu Guangping's bedroom and workroom. By the south window is a small desk, with a lamp, an ashtray and teacups. The writing brush used by Lu Xun is still set on the back of the porcelain tortoise. In 1935, Lu Xun wrote a letter on this desk with this brush, extending congratulations to the Red Army for their heroic success in reaching North Shaanxi after the Long March. The desk lamp is a present from Feng Xuefeng. And there is also the pile of the manuscripts of Qu Qiubai's translation, which Lu Xun was editing in spite of illness. In this room, Lu Xun wrote many profound and pungent essays, which were all put into three collections. In this house, Lu Xun met with Qu Qiubai, Mao Dun, Feng Xuefeng, Agnes Smedley and other distinguished people, Chinese and foreign. In front of the desk there is an old ivy folding chair that Lu Xun was using the previous day before his death. The calendar by the window stays on October 19, 1936, and the clock on the desk stops at 5:25 a.m., the time that Lu Xun passed away.

In the rear room on the second floor stored some of the picture frames. Lu Xun advocated the wood carving art in China. The front room on the third floor is the bedroom for Zhou Haiying and his nurse. The small guest room in the rear is for guests, most of whom were the CPC underground workers, including Qu Qiubai and Yang Zhihua, Feng Xuefeng, etc.

After 1949, the departments concerned and some people suggested that the former residence of Lu Xun be restored and a Memorial Hall be established. In 1950, with the support from the Government, No.9, Dalu Xincun was restored as the Former Residence of Lu Xun. Xu Guanping, Lu Xun's wife, donated all his remains she had kept so that the restoration could be completed. On January 7, 1951, the residence was officially open to the public. Meanwhile, No.10, Dalu Xincun was set up as a memorial hall, which was moved in 1956 to the nearby Hongkou Park.

The Mausoleum of Lu Xun, located within Hongkou Park, was built in 1956 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Lu Xun's death. The mausoleum is encircled by green shrubs and trees, creating a serene and dignified environment. At the center of the lawn erects the 2.2-meter-tall statue of Lu Xun, who is sitting in an ivy armchair, with the left hand holding a book and the right hand resting on the arm of the chair. His profound and piercing eyes and determined and amiable facial expression embody his spirit expressed in the two lines: "Fierce-browed, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers. Head-bowed, like a willing ox I serve the children." Planted on the platform in front of the mausoleum are two magnolia trees, Lu Xun's favorite. And right in front of the platform stands a large traditional Chinese tombstone, carved Mao Zedong's inscription: Mr. Lu Xun's Tomb. In 1961, the State Council designated the Mausoleum of Lu Xun as the key unit of cultural relics under state protection.

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