Former Residence of Soong Ching-ling 宋庆龄故居Sòng Qìnglíng Gùjū

About Former Residence of Soong Ching-ling

The Beijing home from 1963 until her death in 1981 of Soong Ching-ling, widow of Sun Yat-sen and later Honorary President of the PRC, set in the former garden of Prince Chun's Mansion, the estate where the last emperor Puyi was born. Her two-storey house, kept with its original furnishings, and a hall with an exhibition on her life stand beside a garden lake ringed by artificial hills, covered walkways and pavilions.

How to get to Former Residence of Soong Ching-ling

On the north shore of Houhai lake in the Shichahai area, about 15 minutes' walk from Jishuitan metro station; the main buildings of Prince Chun's Mansion next door are government offices and are not open. Usually closed on Mondays (except public holidays).

Nearby

• Prince Gong's Mansion 恭王府 under 10 km
  A Qing courtyard mansion and rock garden, home first to a corrupt minister, then a prince
• Shichahai 什刹海 under 10 km
  Three linked lakes ringed by hutongs and lakeside bars, with open-air skating in winter
• Drum and Bell Towers 钟鼓楼 under 10 km
  Beijing's old timekeeping towers, with drum performances and views over the hutong roofs
• Beihai Park 北海公园 under 10 km
  A former imperial lake garden crowned by a white Tibetan-style stupa on its island
• Temple of Confucius and Imperial Academy 孔庙和国子监 under 10 km
  Courtyards of stone steles naming imperial exam graduates, beside the old Imperial Academy

Also within 20 km: Deshengmen Arrow Tower 德胜门箭楼 (under 10 km), Mei Lanfang Memorial Museum 梅兰芳纪念馆 (under 10 km), Guo Moruo Residence 郭沫若故居 (under 10 km), Xihuang Temple 西黄寺 (under 10 km), Church of the Saviour (Beitang) 西什库教堂 (under 10 km), Former National Library of Peiping 北平图书馆旧址 (under 10 km).

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