The wheel of history is rolling forward, and the fact that it was once trampled to dust can now be calmly lifted, believing that this is a symbol of national strength and a signal of national self-confidence. In 1897, German warships landed on the pier without the Qing army's defense, forcing the Qing government to sign the Jiao'ao Concession Treaty with it, so Qingdao began the history of colonial rule that was bone-chilling.
When the smoke of the years slowly dissipates, that period of history has long become mottled and vicissitudes, but the architectural heritage left by the Germans for Qingdao has shone brighter and brighter. Located in the southern foothills of Signal Hill in Qingdao, the German Governor's Building was built in 1907 and completed two years later, and is a building with a special function and mission.
The Governor's House, as the name suggests, was built for the Governor-General, who was Oskar von Trupper, then Governor of Jiao'ao. In the early days of the German occupation of Qingdao, its highest military and political leaders did not have a special official residence, but lived in the Qing General Army Gate. In order to solve the problem of the official residence of the governor in China, the German governor's building was built at the southern foot of Signal Hill.
The Doge's Palace adopts the architectural concept of combining the Neo-Roman style and the Youth Style of the German Wilhelm era, and integrates a variety of architectural elements such as classicism, Rococo, castle style, Chinese style, etc. The architectural cultures of the East and the West collide here, painting the peak of the miraculous architecture.
Walking into the interior of the Governor's Building, the imaginary sense of obsolescence and age is not profound, the interior parapet tiles are exquisite and gorgeous, and the chandeliers are simple and fashionable, even today it seems outdated.
Most of the architectural sites left over from China are old and dilapidated, although each building has its glorious past, but due to the failure to follow up in the later management and site protection, the cool and cold atmosphere comes to the face, and I don't feel nervous. The German Governor's Building is just the opposite, the corridors, rooms, and appearance are still neat and clean, and even some fireworks are there.
The governor and his wife's bedroom is very luxurious, the tables, chairs, benches and curtains use a uniform style of color pattern, the floor is paved with a good texture carpet, and the dresser on one side is exquisite and chic, and it is difficult to believe that everything in front of you is from the modern era more than a hundred years ago.
The bedroom of the Governor and his wife belongs to the typical European aristocratic room, and the noble elegance of the entire Governor's Building can be glimpsed from the cabinets, beds, coffee tables, lamps, etc. placed in the room. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, many foreign leaders and their important guests have stayed here, and the Governor's Building has also been known as the "state guest house" of Qingdao, such as Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, Albanian leader Sheikh Hu, Cambodia's Sihanoukville and so on.
The internal partition of the Governor's Building is reasonable, taking into account a variety of functional uses, such as children's amusement room, mother and baby room, flower room, restaurant smoking room, etc., what is more valuable is that the architectural design of the Governor's Building is not limited to the continuation of Western culture, but combines the essence of Eastern and Western architectural culture, and exerts the diversity of art and the significance of cultural pluralism to the extreme.
In 1999, the former Governor's Building has been opened to tourists as a museum, visitors in this building not only see the thick history, but also the dialogue between the two major cultural systems of the East and the West, the diversity of architectural art and the diversity of cultural integration, this German Governor's Building has also become an important symbol of the history of Qingdao, and is a place that tourists cannot miss when they come to Qingdao (for more wonderful content, please pay attention to / Fall on the list)