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Former Shanxi Daxuetang (Shanxi University Hall) 山西大学堂旧址Shānxī Dàxuétáng Jiùzhǐ
National heritage site · Taiyuan, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taiyuan
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Former Shanxi Daxuetang (Shanxi University Hall)
The surviving 1904 building of Shanxi Daxuetang, the forerunner of Shanxi University, founded in 1902 with Boxer Indemnity funds at the suggestion of the British missionary Timothy Richard and, by the Taiyuan government's account, the third university in China after those of Beijing and Tianjin. The two-storey Western Learning College building has a Gothic-style castle façade and a square clock tower, combined with a Chinese-style parapet. It is now a school building.
How to get to Former Shanxi Daxuetang (Shanxi University Hall)
On Houjia Lane in the old city, about 3 km east of central Taiyuan. The building is part of a school and is not open to visitors; it can only be seen from outside the school wall.
Nearby
- Shanxi Museum 山西博物院 under 10 km
Bronzes of the ancient state of Jin, Buddhist statues and tomb treasures on the Fen River - Jinci Temple 晋祠 20 km
Song-dynasty halls, painted clay maidservants and a cross-shaped bridge at the Jin springs - Qiao Family Compound 乔家大院 50 km
Walled courtyards of a Qing merchant-banking family, the set for Raise the Red Lantern
Also within 20 km: Taiyuan Confucian Temple 太原文庙 (under 10 km), Chunyang Palace, Taiyuan 纯阳宫 (under 10 km), Chongshan Temple 崇善寺 (under 10 km), Peng Zhen Memorial Hall and Former CCP Taiyuan Branch Site 中共太原支部旧址 (under 10 km), Changjing Tower 唱经楼 (under 10 km), Taiyuan Ancient Mosque 太原清真古寺 (under 10 km).
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