Former Residence of Ba Jin, Literary museum in Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
The Former Residence of Ba Jin is a three-storey garden house at 113 Wukang Road in Xuhui District, built in 1923 in Spanish style on a 1,400-square-metre plot. Ba Jin moved in from Huaihai Fang in 1955 and lived here for half a century. The house holds his books, manuscripts and photographs.
Built in 1923 for the British owner Mao Te Bao Linhai, the three-storey garden house later housed the Soviet trade representative office in the 1940s. Ba Jin moved in from Huaihai Fang in 1955 and lived here for half a century, including the Cultural Revolution, when he was persecuted and confined to the small nanny's room. It became a writer's home museum in December 2011.
Ba Jin was a major Chinese writer whose works explored themes of family, freedom, and social change during the 1900s. The rooms show how he organized his life and creative work within this residential space.
The residence is located in the Xuhui area and is accessible by public transportation. Guided tours help visitors understand the writer's personal spaces and the collections throughout the house.
Ba Jin's wife Xiao Shan died of cancer in 1972 after being denied medical treatment during the Cultural Revolution; he kept her cinerary urn by his bed in this house. In his later years his eyesight failed, so he listened to the news on the radio each morning and on the television in the lounge each evening.
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