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Former Residence of Kong Xiangxi 孔家大院Kǒngjiā Dàyuàn
National heritage site · Jinzhong, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinzhong
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Former Residence of Kong Xiangxi
A Qing-period gentry house in the old town of Taigu that the banker and Nationalist finance minister Kong Xiangxi (Kung Hsiang-hsi), a Taigu native, bought in 1930. It covers about 6,300 sq m in eight courtyards, including a stage courtyard and a garden, and has exhibitions on Kong's life and on Chiang Kai-shek's stay here in 1934. It suits visitors interested in Republic-era history or in Shanxi courtyard houses.
How to get to Former Residence of Kong Xiangxi
On Shangguan Lane in the old town of Taigu, just west of Wubian Temple. Check locally that it is open before going.
Nearby
- Qiao Family Compound 乔家大院 10 km
Walled courtyards of a Qing merchant-banking family, the set for Raise the Red Lantern - Jinci Temple 晋祠 30 km
Song-dynasty halls, painted clay maidservants and a cross-shaped bridge at the Jin springs - Pingyao Ancient City 平遥古城 40 km
An intact Ming walled town of courtyard inns, where China's first draft banks were born - Shuanglin Temple 双林寺 50 km
Some 2,000 painted clay Buddhas, saints and guardians crowded into ten temple halls - Shanxi Museum 山西博物院 50 km
Bronzes of the ancient state of Jin, Buddhist statues and tomb treasures on the Fen River
Also within 20 km: Wubian Temple 无边寺 (under 10 km), Anchan Temple 安禅寺 (under 10 km), Mingxian School Site, Taigu 山西铭贤学校旧址 (under 10 km), Cao Family Mansion 曹家大院 (under 10 km), Miaojue Temple, Xincun 新村妙觉寺 (under 10 km), Guanghua Temple 光化寺 (under 10 km).
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