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Former Residence of Liu Shaoqi (Huaminglou) 花明楼刘少奇故居Huāmínglóu Liú Shàoqí Gùjū
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Changsha, Hunan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Changsha
- Region
- Hunan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Former Residence of Liu Shaoqi (Huaminglou)
The birthplace of Liu Shaoqi (1898–1969), president of the People's Republic from 1959 until he was purged in the Cultural Revolution, at Huaminglou in south-eastern Ningxiang. The family farmhouse, a brick-and-timber courtyard house of 1871 with about 20 rooms, was restored to its 1961 appearance and reopened in 1980 after Liu's posthumous rehabilitation, and the scenic area around it adds a memorial hall, a bronze statue square and exhibition halls. Mao Zedong's birthplace at Shaoshan is about 20 km away, so the two are often visited together.
How to get to Former Residence of Liu Shaoqi (Huaminglou)
Roughly an hour by road south-west of central Changsha; Shaoshan is about 20 km further on.
Nearby
- Hunan Museum 湖南省博物馆 40 km
A Han marchioness, her silk banner and a gauze robe as thin as air
Also within 20 km: Yintian Yinhe Scenic Area 银田银河 (20 km).
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