Is there any introduction to the former residence of Yuan Shikai in Xiangcheng, Henan?
Xizhong House, the former residence of Yuan Shikai, is located 7.5 kilometers southeast of Xiangcheng City, in Yuanzhai Administrative Village, Wangmingkou Town, 9 kilometers north of National Highway 106, 5 kilometers of Luo-Fu Railway, and 7 kilometers of Luo-Fu Expressway. An asphalt road with a width of 8 meters and a length of 12,000 meters is being constructed to enter and exit Yuan Shikai's former residence. Yuan Shikai's former residence is the birthplace of Yuan Shikai, a famous historical figure and the first president of the Republic of China. In the seventh year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, the Yuan family took a fancy to Yuanzhai, a geomantic treasure land, spent a huge sum of money to buy it, and began to expand it, which was completed in the tenth year of Xianfeng. The old residence covers an area of 270 acres. It has 248 buildings with Ming and Qing characteristics and traditional styles. It is surrounded by a wall of 1,800 meters long and more than 10 meters high, a beautiful and unique garden, 6 towers and three moats. . Although Yuan did not live in Tianjin and died in Beijing, he had many wives and concubines and many residences in Tianjin. Among them: Davenport Road in the British Concession (No. 64 Jianshe Road, Heping District) was built by him in the 27th year of Guangxu (1901). It has 18 buildings and 15 bungalows. This residence is a combination of Chinese and Western architecture, with Chinese-style eaves and Western-style spires.
Scenery of Yuan Shikai's former residence (2) (13 photos)
Jintang No. 2 Road in the Austrian Concession (No. 39 Haihe East Road, Hebei District), where he lived in the 34th year of Guangxu (1908) He bought a piece of land at a low price, covering 5.7 acres, built a large and magnificent residence, and commissioned British and German architects to design it into a European classical style building. It is three stories high, with brick and wood structure. It has 54 rooms and a construction area of 2089 square meters. The design features of this building are: there are so-called "stability points" and "escape points".
The "hiding place" is a small door on the right side of the second floor. There are reinforced concrete stairs and iron railings built into the door. It can go up to the roof and down to the basement. If you close the small door, you will not be able to find it. To where to go up and downstairs. The "escape point" is an iron staircase in the pavilion on the third floor, which leads directly to the back garden door, from which one can escape. In addition, an octagonal house was specially designed between the second and third floors of this building. Several windows face the Haihe River. No matter the tide rises or falls, the river seems to flow into the octagonal building, symbolizing the flow of countless financial resources to Yuan Yuan. Home.