Atlas of China
Former Residence of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎故居Zhāng Tàiyán Gùjū
National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Former Residence of Zhang Taiyan
The birthplace and family home of Zhang Taiyan (Zhang Binglin, 1869–1936), the philologist and anti-Qing revolutionary, on the north bank of the Yuhang Tang River at Cangqian. The narrow house runs back through four sections, three built before the Taiping war and the last in the early Republic, and is now the Zhang Taiyan Memorial Hall, with its halls, bedroom, study and kitchen around small courtyards and an exhibition in the rear building.
How to get to Former Residence of Zhang Taiyan
On Cangqiantang Road in Cangqian, about 1.5 km south-east of Hangzhou West railway station.
Nearby
- Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 10 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings - West Lake 西湖 20 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like
Also within 20 km: Dream Town, Cangqian 梦想小镇 (under 10 km), Cangqian Granary 仓前粮仓 (under 10 km), Xixi National Wetland Park 西溪湿地 (under 10 km), Zhongyi Bridge 忠义桥 (under 10 km), Liangzhu Museum 良渚博物院 (10 km), Feilai Feng Grottoes 飞来峰造像 (10 km).
On the map
Open Former Residence of Zhang Taiyan on the illustrated map to see the terrain around it and what else is close, and to add it to a trip.
Open Former Residence of Zhang Taiyan on the map