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Former Residence of Zhu De 朱德故居Zhū Dé Gùjū

5A scenic area · National heritage site · Nanchong, Sichuan

Former Residence of Zhu De (朱德故居)
Photo: Prince Roy, CC BY 2.0
Time needed
Half a day
Days to budget
Half a day
City
Nanchong
Region
Sichuan
Type
Heritage
Listed as
5A scenic area, National heritage site

About Former Residence of Zhu De

The birthplace and childhood home of Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Red Army and later one of the ten marshals of the People's Republic, in Linlang village, Ma'an town, Yilong County. The scenic area takes in the site where he was born in 1886, the farmhouse where the family later lived, a memorial hall on his life opened in 1982, and the Ding family manor, a large landlord's estate in the same village built between about 1906 and 1925.

How to get to Former Residence of Zhu De

About 1.5–2 hours by road north-east of Nanchong city.

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