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Former Residence of Xu Xiake 徐霞客故居Xú Xiákè Gùjū
National heritage site · Wuxi, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuxi
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Former Residence of Xu Xiake
The family home of Xu Xiake (1587–1641), the late-Ming traveller and geographer whose diaries of more than 30 years of journeys across China are a classic of Chinese travel writing, in the Jiangyin township now named after him. The three-courtyard house, rebuilt in the Qing dynasty, keeps a podocarpus said to have been planted by Xu himself, and the nearby rebuilt Qingshan Hall holds 76 stone tablets carved with Yuan and Ming calligraphy he collected from 88 writers, including Song Lian, Wen Zhengming and Zhu Yunming.
How to get to Former Residence of Xu Xiake
In Xuxiake town, about 15 km north of central Wuxi and 20 km south of central Jiangyin, by taxi.
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 50 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block
Also within 20 km: Chong'an Temple Quarter 崇安寺 (10 km), Huishan Ancient Town 惠山古镇 (10 km), Donglin Academy 东林书院 (10 km), Xiaolou Lane 小娄巷 (20 km), Jichang Garden 寄畅园 (20 km), Former Residence of Qin Bangxian (Bo Gu) 秦邦宪旧居 (20 km).
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