51 Shijia Hutong

51 Shijia Hutong

Courtyard 51 of Shijia hutong is the former residence of Zhang Shizhao, Hong Huang's grandfather. Zhang Shizhao is a famous scholar in modern Chinese history. After the revolution of 1911, he once served as the chief of education. After liberation, Zhang Shizhao and his family settled in Beijing. In 1960, Zhang Hanzhi moved in with his parents. Later, Qiao Guanhua married Zhang Hanzhi and moved to courtyard 51 of Shijia Hutong according to Premier Zhou's instructions. His daughter Hong Huang was born here. In 1984, it was designated as a cultural relic protection unit in Dongcheng District of Beijing. But Hong Huang's mother, Zhang Hanzhi, does not own the property.

Courtyard structure

No. 51 of Shijia Hutong, No. 25 in the period of the Republic of China, is located on the north side of the western section of the Hutong, facing south. It used to be a quadrangle. When Zhang Shizhao moved in, he thought that there were too many houses for his family to live in, so he separated from the third courtyard and went to the South Gate of the Interior Department Street (that is, the back door of the original courtyard, which was No. A36 in the period of the Republic of China), forming two independent courtyards. As a result, No. 51 of Shijia Hutong formed a two-way courtyard. To the south of the street gate is Guangliang gate. Inside the gate is a "shadow wall" (demolished in 1985). On the west side of the gate, six South rooms and three North rooms form a courtyard. The two most west rooms of the south room are garages, with garage doors on the street. The north room is a hall, with a ridge of hard Hill tiles. There are three main rooms, three East rooms and three West rooms in the second entrance, surrounded by a plagiarism corridor, and one ear room in the left and right of the main room. The interior decoration of the main room is Qing Dynasty style: the partition of the northern part of the mansion is composed of two octagonal screen doors. On the top of the screen door is a pavilion style bookcase with a sky facing railing. In the Xili room, there is a staircase leading to the bookcase, and there are blue screen windows in the room. There are trees such as crabapple and apple planted in the courtyard, and the environment is quiet and elegant.

Return of former residence

Hong Huang disclosed through his microblog that he had returned the "51 Shijia Hutong" to the Ministry of foreign affairs, and said that the court eventually appointed an evaluation company to assess the total maintenance cost of 800000 yuan, which should be paid by the Ministry of foreign affairs. So far, after mediation by the court, the dispute between Hong Huang and the Ministry of foreign affairs over "51 Shijia Hutong" has finally come to a conclusion. Hong Huang will move out in 15 days.

Hong Huang, the daughter of Zhang Hanzhi, President of China interactive media group, revealed through microblog that she had returned the "51 Shijia Hutong" to the Ministry of foreign affairs, and said that the court eventually appointed an evaluation company to assess the total maintenance cost of 800000 yuan, which should be paid by the Ministry of foreign affairs. So far, after mediation by the court, the dispute between Hong Huang and the Ministry of foreign affairs over "51 Shijia Hutong" has finally come to a conclusion. Hong Huang will move out in 15 days.

Record of events

In the 1930s and 1940s, it was the private residence of Shandong Anti Japanese General Li Shuchun. Li used to be the deputy chief of the general staff of the national government and a lieutenant general of the army.

At the beginning of liberation, he served as the Vietnamese Embassy in China.

After 1953, it was the residence of Ta Kung Pao in Hong Kong.

In 1960, Zhang Shizhao was admitted to the hospital. After his death, his daughter Zhang Hanzhi and Qiao Guanhua (former foreign minister) lived in the hospital.

On January 10, 1984, the people's Government of Dongcheng District announced No. 51 Shijia Hutong as a cultural relic protection unit of Dongcheng District.

In 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a document asking Hong Huang's family to vacate their houses, saying that 51 Shijia hutong is a public house.

On July 21, 2011, Hong Huang announced on his microblog that he had returned No. 51 Shijia Hutong to the Ministry of foreign affairs. Finally, the court appointed the evaluation company to order a total maintenance cost of 800000 yuan, which should be fully paid by the Ministry of foreign affairs.

Address: 51 Shijia Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.41977330919

Latitude: 39.918455085728

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