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Former Residence of Xu Xiangqian 徐向前故居Xú Xiàngqián Gùjū
National heritage site · Xinzhou, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xinzhou
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Former Residence of Xu Xiangqian
The Qing-dynasty courtyard house in Yongan village where Xu Xiangqian, who was made a marshal of the People's Liberation Army in 1955, was born and lived. It is a typical northern Shanxi courtyard of brick houses with a two-storey building at the back, restored in the early 1990s and opened to visitors in 1992. Its seven exhibition rooms cover his life, and a separate Marshal Xu Xiangqian Memorial Hall opened in 2011.
How to get to Former Residence of Xu Xiangqian
In Yongan village, Dongye town, about 12 km south-west of Wutai.
Nearby
- Foguang Temple 佛光寺 30 km
A Tang timber hall of 857 on a quiet hillside, still filled with its Tang clay statues - Mount Wutai 五台山 60 km
Temples, a towering white stupa and yellow-tiled roofs below five flat-topped holy peaks
Also within 20 km: Former Residence of Yan Xishan, Hebian 阎家大院 (under 10 km), Nanchan Temple 南禅寺 (under 10 km), Hongfu Temple, Beishe 洪福寺 (under 10 km), Guangji Temple, Wutai 五台广济寺 (10 km), Yanqing Temple 延庆寺 (20 km).
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