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Guiyuan 桂园Guì Yuán
National heritage site · Chongqing, Chongqing
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chongqing
- Region
- Chongqing
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Guiyuan
The house of the Nationalist general Zhang Zhizhong on Zhongshan 4th Road, lent to Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai as their working base during the Chongqing negotiations of August–October 1945; the 'Double Tenth Agreement' between the Communists and the Nationalist government was signed here on 10 October 1945. The two-storey brick-and-timber villa, named after the two osmanthus trees in its courtyard, has been open as an exhibition since 1977 and is run by the Hongyan Revolutionary Memorial Hall.
How to get to Guiyuan
On Zhongshan 4th Road in Shangqingsi, Yuzhong District, about 500 m from Zengjiayan metro station (Lines 2 and 10); Niujiaotuo station (Lines 2 and 3) is about 900 m away.
Nearby
- Hongyadong & Chongqing Night Views 洪崖洞 under 10 km
A cliffside stack of stilt houses glowing gold over the river every night
Also within 20 km: Teyuan (Museum of the History of China's Democratic Parties) 特园 (under 10 km), Three Gorges Museum 重庆中国三峡博物馆 (under 10 km), Chongqing Negotiations Sites (Yiyuan) 重庆谈判旧址群 (under 10 km), Chongqing People's Auditorium & People's Square 重庆人民大礼堂 (under 10 km), Soong Ching-ling's Former Residence (China Defence League Headquarters) 宋庆龄旧居 (under 10 km), Former Roosevelt Library 罗斯福图书馆旧址 (under 10 km).
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