Red Building of Peking University 北京大学红楼Běijīng Dàxué Hónglóu

About Red Building of Peking University

Completed in 1918 as the main building of Peking University, this red-brick block was a centre of the New Culture and May Fourth movements: Li Dazhao ran the university library here, and the young Mao Zedong worked in it as a library assistant in 1918–19. It now houses the New Culture Movement Memorial of Beijing, part of the Beijing Lu Xun Museum, with restored rooms such as Li Dazhao's office and a newspaper reading room, and exhibitions on the period and on early Communist activity in Beijing.

How to get to Red Building of Peking University

On Wusi Street north-east of the Forbidden City, a few minutes' walk from China National Art Museum station on Metro Line 8. Closed on Mondays.

Nearby

• Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
  Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing
• Beihai Park 北海公园 under 10 km
  A former imperial lake garden crowned by a white Tibetan-style stupa on its island
• 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
• 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

Also within 20 km: Zhizhu Temple 智珠寺 (under 10 km), Jingshan Park 景山公园 (under 10 km), St. Joseph's Church, Beijing 王府井天主堂 (under 10 km), Dagaoxuan Hall 大高玄殿 (under 10 km), Pudu Temple 普度寺 (under 10 km), Wen Tianxiang Temple 文天祥祠 (under 10 km).

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