Former Nanjing Office of the Eighth Route Army 八路军驻京办事处旧址Bālùjūn Zhù Jīng Bànshìchù Jiùzhǐ

About Former Nanjing Office of the Eighth Route Army

A two-storey 1930s Western-style house that belonged to Zhang Boling, president of Nankai University, and was rented in August 1937 as the Nanjing office of the Communist-led Eighth Route Army, after the Communists and Nationalists agreed to cooperate against Japan. Headed by Li Kenong, with Ye Jianying and Bo Gu among those working here, the office secured the release of hundreds of Communist political prisoners and helped prepare the formation of the New Fourth Army before leaving for Wuhan in November 1937. It has been a memorial hall since 1987 and is now a branch of the Meiyuan New Village Memorial Hall.

How to get to Former Nanjing Office of the Eighth Route Army

At 41 Qingyun Lane (formerly 66 Fuhougang) in Gulou District, about 700 m north of Gulou station on Metro Lines 1 and 4. Closed on Mondays except public holidays.

Nearby

• Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 under 10 km
  Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai
• City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 under 10 km
  The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
• Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 under 10 km
  A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb

Also within 20 km: Drum Tower of Nanjing 南京鼓楼 (under 10 km), Xuanwu Lake 玄武湖 (under 10 km), University of Nanking Campus 金陵大学旧址 (under 10 km), Former Macklin Hospital 马林医院旧址 (under 10 km), Former Beijige Meteorological Observatory 北极阁气象台旧址 (under 10 km), Former Academia Sinica Buildings 国立中央研究院旧址 (under 10 km).

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