Lin's Residence on Zijin Street, Historical residence in Haishu District, China.

Lin's Residence on Zijin Street is an old house in Ningbo with traditional rooms that show how people lived and built in earlier times. The building has several connected areas with original furnishings and details from past periods.

The site on Zijin Street first held the Ming-dynasty residences of the scholars Lin Shiyue and Lin Shidui. In the Yongzheng era the Hong family bought it and expanded the garden as Jin Zi Yuan; in the Jiaqing era Lin Ting'ao acquired it as a secondary residence called Danwu Lu, after his courtesy name. His grandsons Lin Zhongsong and Lin Zhonghua passed the provincial examination under Tongzhi and rebuilt the house. The Lin family lived here until 1958, when it was requisitioned; the southern two courtyards became a hospital, and the site was listed as a national key cultural relic in 2013.

The way rooms connect to each other reveals how family members lived together and which spaces served specific purposes in daily life. Decorative details and furniture placement still show how social hierarchy and respect shaped the arrangement of the household.

The house is open to the public, but it is worth checking opening times in advance since maintenance work is regularly carried out. The interior spaces are accessible on foot and require no special equipment to explore.

The main gate sits off the central axis, on the east side of the south wall, so the entrance is hidden from the street — a deliberate "concealment" arrangement. Its outer lintel reads "Qingyun Chongye" and the inner one "Chunfeng Jidi", surrounded by reliefs of heavenly maidens scattering flowers and the Three Friends of Winter.