Former Residence of Li Dazhao 李大钊故居Lǐ Dàzhāo Gùjū

About Former Residence of Li Dazhao

The small courtyard house where Li Dazhao, a co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party, lived with his family from 1920 to 1924, the years in which he set up a Marxist study society and the early Communist group in Beijing. Restored and opened in 2007, it shows the family's rooms furnished as they were and an exhibition on his activities in those years.

How to get to Former Residence of Li Dazhao

In Wenhua Hutong south of Chang'an Avenue, opposite the Cultural Palace of Nationalities, about 10 minutes' walk from Changchunjie metro station. Visits are by advance reservation, and it is closed on Mondays (except public holidays).

Nearby

• Tiananmen Square 天安门广场 under 10 km
  A vast ceremonial square below Tian'anmen gate, where the national flag is raised at dawn
• Qianmen Street and Dashilar 前门大街·大栅栏 under 10 km
  A pedestrian avenue below Qianmen gate and a lane of shops trading since Qing times
• Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
  Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing
• National Museum of China 中国国家博物馆 under 10 km
  Ancient bronzes, jades and porcelain in a vast museum beside Tian'anmen Square
• Beihai Park 北海公园 under 10 km
  A former imperial lake garden crowned by a white Tibetan-style stupa on its island

Also within 20 km: Holy Saviour's Cathedral 中华圣公会救主堂 (under 10 km), Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Nantang) 宣武门天主堂 (under 10 km), Former National Mongolian and Tibetan School 国立蒙藏学校旧址 (under 10 km), Changchun Temple 长椿寺 (under 10 km), Baoguo Temple 报国寺 (under 10 km), Temple of the Moon 月坛 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)