Sun Yatsen's Former Residence

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  • Address
    7 Xiangshan Rd, French Concession
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  • Phone
    6437 2954
  • Transport
    underground rail: South Shaanxi Rd

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China is awash with Sun Yatsen (Sun Zhongshan) memorabilia and this is one of several former dwellings nationwide. Sun lived here on Rue Molière for six years from 1918 to 1924, supported by overseas Chinese funds. The entry price gets you a brief tour of the house in English.

After Sun's death, his wife, Song Qingling (1893-1981), continued to live here until 1937, constantly watched by the Kuomintang plain-clothes police and French police. The two-storey house is set back from the street and is furnished as it was back in Sun's days, though it was looted by the Japanese during WWII.