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Former Residence of He Shuheng 何叔衡故居Hé Shūhéng Gùjū
National heritage site · Changsha, Hunan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Changsha
- Region
- Hunan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Former Residence of He Shuheng
The farmhouse in Shatian township, western Ningxiang, where the Communist revolutionary He Shuheng (1876–1935), who ran the Party's early Hunan committee with Mao Zedong, was born and lived for 26 years; Mao stayed here for three nights in 1917. Built in 1785, it is a single-storey house of 23 rooms behind an earth-brick wall, and its rooms show his glasses, pocket watch and clothes with photographs and copies of his books.
How to get to Former Residence of He Shuheng
In Shatian township, western Ningxiang, about 95 km west of central Changsha (around 2 hours by road) and about 4 km from Xie Juezai's former residence.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Former Residence of Xie Juezai 谢觉哉故居 (under 10 km), Tanheli Site 炭河里遗址 (10 km), Miyin Temple 密印寺 (20 km).
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