Miliangku Hutong

Miliangku Hutong

Located in the west of inner street, Di'anmen, Beijing, the alley of rice storehouse got its name because there was a warehouse for storing rice in the alley before. Hu Shi once lived in No. 4 of miliangku Hutong. In the 1930s, miliangku Hutong was a place where famous cultural people lived. Chen Yuan, Fu Sinian, Liang Sicheng, Lin Huiyin, Xu Beihong, Xu Zhimo and Ding Wenjiang all left their presence here.

Historical evolution

The origin of the name

Rice storehouse Hutong was named after the warehouse where rice was stored in the Hutong before. Miliangku hutong is located in the west of Di'anmen Nei street. Today it is called miliangku Hutong, painted as Hutong south. The rice and salt storehouse in the capital's lanes and lanes is doubted to be the Ming Dynasty's rice and salt storehouse. In the northeast, it is also called Di'anmen. Hu Shi's former residence is at No.4 Hutong. The rice storehouse belongs to the palace supervisor.

Historical changes

Ming palace history: Ten works in charge of the inner palace: Japanese wood, stone, paint And the rice salt storehouse, the construction storehouse and so on. In the Ming Dynasty, the rice salt storehouse was renamed rice grain storehouse in the Qing Dynasty. According to the Qing Dynasty's Qianlong map of Beijing, the warehouse is located in the south of the painting. Chen Zongfan lived here. Deng Xiaoping, director of the Central Advisory Committee, is here. In front of this house, Yu Bin, the Catholic Archbishop of China, lives.

Characteristics of Hutong

Main buildings

It is less than 300 meters long. Walking into the Hutong, there are new buildings and courtyards on the north side of the Hutong, while most of the old courtyards on the south side are still preserved. The middle part of the lane suddenly narrowed, and the lane became narrow

He also made a small bend, and then went on, and the alley turned again, and then connected with Gongjian alley.

The north side of the hutong is a new building, while the south side is well preserved, and the west side to the middle of the hutong is suddenly narrowed. It's very quiet. Further to the west is Gongjian Hutong. This section of Hutong is very charming, quiet and simple, and has the characteristics of old Beijing city. It's very worth visiting.

Modern rice grain depot hutong is famous because Deng Xiaoping, the chief designer of reform and opening up, once lived here.

Former residence of celebrities

Miliangku Hutong has left the footprints of many celebrities in its history: for example, Hu Shi, a famous scholar in modern times, lived in No. 40 of this Hutong, while the residence of "Lord Deng" was originally the old residence of Yu Bin, the Catholic Archbishop of China. Johnston, the English teacher of Puyi, the last emperor of China, also lived at No. 1, painted alley nearby. Hu Shi also lived in No. 4 of miliangku Hutong. In the 1930s, miliangku Hutong was a place where famous cultural people lived. Chen Heng, Fu Sinian, Liang Sicheng, Lin Huiyin, Xu Beihong, Xu Zhimo and Ding Wenjiang all left their presence here.

Bin

Yu Bin (1901-1978) was born in Lanxi, Heilongjiang Province. In his early years, he studied in Shenluo monastery opened by Catholic Church of Jilin Province. He studied in Italy in 1924 and was proficient in Latin, English, German, French and other languages. After returning to China, he became a professor of Jingu University. In 1944, he initiated the organization of "Chinese religious association". He went to the United States in 1949 and Taiwan in 1954 to engage in religious and educational activities. In 1960, he was president of Fu Jen University. On July 16, 1978, he died in the Vatican at the funeral of Pope Paul VI in Italy. Johnston, the English teacher of Puyi, the last emperor of China, once lived at No. 1 of huashuzuo (hutong).

Johnston

Johnston's full name is ray cannard John Fleming Johnston. Scottish, doctor of literature, Oxford University, UK. He was the Secretary of the British governor's office in Hong Kong and the chief executive of Weihaiwei, a British leasehold. He has been to Asia for more than 20 years and has traveled all over the mainland provinces, famous mountains and rivers, and places of interest. Be familiar with Chinese history and customs. Speak fluent Chinese. According to Puyi, his Chinese is better understood than master Chen's Fujian Dialect and Master Zhu's Jiangxi dialect. Johnston was recommended by Li Jingmai (son of Li Hongzhang), an old Westernization school, and negotiated with the British Embassy by President Xu Shichang. He was officially hired by the Qing Dynasty to teach Puyi. The Qing Dynasty hired Johnston to enter the palace, on the one hand to teach Puyi's English, on the other hand to let this English gentleman be Puyi's "bodyguard". So I have great respect for him. The house of the interior specially rented a quadrangle house for him at No.1. According to the records of the first half of my life, he (Johnston) decorated the courtyard like a house for the old. As soon as you enter the door, you can see four "door seals" with black characters on a red background. On one side, you can see "walking in Yuqing Palace" and "enjoying sitting on the shoulders of two people". On the other side, you can see "giving the head a piece of clothing" and "enjoying wearing a plain mink coat". After the September 18th Incident, Puyi was hijacked by the Japanese invaders and went to the northeast. After the establishment of the puppet Manchukuo, Johnston also returned home to provide for the aged. In order to show his loyalty to the emperor's student, he visited Puyi in Manchuria. In England, his family set up a special house to display the things Puyi gave him and the Qing Dynasty clothes he wore.

Chen Zongfan

Chen Zongfan, a native of Jinling, was born in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Guangxu jiachenke (1904, the 30th year of Guangxu) was a Jinshi, who was appointed as the chief of the Ministry of punishment. At the end of Guangxu's reign, he studied law, politics and economics at Imperial University of Tokyo. After returning to China, he worked in the post office and Maoye bank. In 1923, in the north of inner road at the east entrance of miliangku (hutong), a garden style house was built with more than 10 mu of land. It was named "Shuyuan" after self-design. There are mountains, ponds, lotus ponds, flowers and trees in the garden. Before the 1930s, Chen Yuan, President of Fu Jen University, and Fu Sinian, Professor of Peking University, both lived in Shuyuan. Chen Yuan, a native of Xinhui, Guangdong Province, settled in Beijing in 1913. He once served as deputy director of the Ministry of education of Beijing government, director of Beijing Library and professor of Fu Ren University. After liberation, he served as president of Beijing Normal University. Fu Sinian was admitted to Peking University in 1913. After studying in London University, he returned to China as Dean of School of Arts, Sun Yat sen University, Guangzhou, and professor of Peking University. He was president of Taiwan University in 1949. When Hu Shi was editor in chief of the independent review, he lived at No. 40, lane of Miliang depot. The Ministry is located in his home.

Hu Shi

Hu Shi once lived in miliangku Hutong. Hu Shi was born in Jixi, Anhui Province in 1891. He went to the United States to study in 1910 and returned to China in 1917. He was a professor at Peking University, advocating the new culture movement, and then became the core of the new culture movement and the leader of modern Chinese literature. He is one of the leaders of the May 4th Movement and the editorial board member of New Youth magazine. His independent spirit makes him an influential thinker. In March 1920, he published the first collection of vernacular poems in the history of modern Chinese literature.

In Lu Xun's scream, the dispute between "problem and doctrine" was once mentioned. Lu Xun's satire to a great extent determined the later generations' understanding of Hu Shi.

Address: miliangku Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.39521226287

Latitude: 39.93063071029

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