Tan Sitong's Former Residence, Historical residence in Liuyang, China.
Tan Sitong's former residence is a complex with traditional Chinese architectural elements, courtyards, and garden areas from the imperial period. The buildings display typical features of this style with living quarters arranged around open inner courts.
The residence was built in the late Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and is also known as the Dafudi official mansion. Tan Sitong lived there from age 15 to 17. In November 1996 the State Council listed it as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level, and in April 2002 the Hunan Provincial People's Government designated it a Patriotic Education Base.
The house is also known as Dafudi (Grand Official's Residence), a name recalling the family's official standing. Tan Sitong, one of the Six Gentlemen of the 1898 Reform Movement, spent part of his youth here, and the site now serves as a patriotic education base designated by Hunan Province in April 2002.
The site is accessible daily and features information signs and guides that help visitors understand the spaces. Comfortable shoes are recommended as you move through several buildings and open courtyards.
The residence is also known as Dafudi (Grand Official's Mansion), a name recalling the family's official standing. Since 2013 it has been protected together with Tan Sitong's tomb and ancestral hall as a single national site, renamed "Former Residence, Tomb and Ancestral Hall of Tan Sitong".
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