The old bungalow under the plane tree, after a hundred years of wind and rain, witnessing the changes of the times, countless famous tycoons have left their life marks here, today we come to see the former residence of Yan Huiqing in Lane 1285, Huaihai Middle Road, Xuhui District!
Yan Huiqing's former residence
Lane 1285, Middle Huaihai Road
Yan Huiqing's former residence is located in the garden above Lane 1285, Huaihai Middle Road, covering an area of 26,634 square meters and a construction area of 13,674 square meters. Originally a private garden for British Jews with sofas, it was purchased by Zhejiang Industrial Bank in 1933 and designed by Ma Haiyang, and by 1941 a total of 74 three-storey brick and wood garden houses had been built, named "Sofa Garden". The building complex is a determinant layout, with free-standing, two-family joint, multi-family joint and other unit types, both simple decoration of modern style, as well as gentle slope tile Spanish style.
Gates, window sills, balconies, and railings are all made of cast iron, and the interiors are spacious and bright, with hardwood waxed floors, a variety of living facilities, and lawns, fountains and cottages in the garden. Zhang Yuanji, chairman of the Commercial Press, lived at No. 24 from 1939 to 1959; Pan Xulun, known as the "Father of Modern Accounting in China," lived at No. 16. In the 1950s, the sofa garden was renamed the upper garden, which has the meaning of quiet and beautiful, and was inscribed by Zhang Yuanji. On June 1, 1992, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government announced it as a cultural relics protection unit in Shanghai. On February 15, 1994, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government announced it as an excellent historical building in the city.
Biography
Yan Huiqing
Yan Huiqing (1877-1950) Shanghainese, Zijun people. He graduated from The Tongwen Museum in Shanghai in his early years and later studied in the United States. After the Xinhai Revolution, he successively served as vice minister and chief of foreign affairs of the Beiyang government and director general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1922 he acted as Prime Minister. In 1926, he assumed the presidency as Prime Minister of State. After the establishment of the National Government in Nanjing, he successively served as ambassador to britain and the Soviet Union and chief representative to the General Assembly of the League of Nations.
After 1937, he engaged in philanthropy and education in Shanghai. In 1949, he went to Beiping (now Beijing) and Shijiazhuang to discuss peace with the Communist Party of China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as vice chairman of the East China Military and Political Committee and member of the Political and Legal Committee of the Central People's Government. He died in Shanghai in 1950.