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Former Residence of Xue Fucheng 薛福成故居Xuē Fúchéng Gùjū
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Wuxi, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuxi
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Former Residence of Xue Fucheng
The mansion that the late-Qing diplomat and reformer Xue Fucheng, envoy to Britain, France, Italy and Belgium, had built in Wuxi's old city between 1890 and 1894, known by its imperial name plaque as the Qinshidi, the 'Imperial Envoy's Residence'. Covering more than 2 hectares, it is one of the largest surviving late-19th-century official residences in Jiangsu, laid out on three parallel axes with a screen wall, reception halls, a two-storey 'turntable' building, a theatre stage, granaries, a library tower and a rear garden.
How to get to Former Residence of Xue Fucheng
On Xueqian Street in Wuxi's old city, about 1 km south-west of the centre, on foot or by taxi.
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 40 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block
Also within 20 km: Former Maoxin Flour Mill 茂新面粉厂旧址 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Qin Bangxian (Bo Gu) 秦邦宪旧居 (under 10 km), Chong'an Temple Quarter 崇安寺 (under 10 km), Xiaolou Lane 小娄巷 (under 10 km), Nanchan Temple, Wuxi 南禅寺 (under 10 km), Donglin Academy 东林书院 (under 10 km).
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