Beijing Geography · Famous Residences

Author: Beijing News Agency
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Publish Date: 2005-11-15
Features: The charm is often scattered by the wind and rain. Beijing is a place of cultural gathering, but the reality of discovering and preserving the former residences of cultural celebrities is not optimistic. Gong Zizhen, Shen Jiaben, Liang Qichao, Zhou Brothers, Gu Hongming, Qi Baishi, these giants of modern and contemporary intellectual and cultural history, were renowned worldwide in their lifetimes, but most of their former homes are hidden or lost in ordinary streets. Through calm and objective records, the reporter restores the true relationship between geography and people, continuing the cultural memory amidst fragments.