From Wumiao to the former residence of Wang Ruofei. Follow the guidance of Baidu map and start walking. This is the "Guancheng River" that runs through Anshun City, and the stone bridge on the river is called "Nanmen Bridge".



Came to Wang Ruofei Square. Wang Ruofei is a revolutionary I am familiar with. "Wang Ruofei in Prison" is a novel I read in middle school. But I never knew he was from Anshun.


An excerpt from Baidu:

Wang Ruofei (October 1896-April 8, 1946), originally named Dalun when he was young, nicknamed Yunsheng (Yunsheng), Yinsheng, and Jiren. Huang Jingzhai was born in Anshun, Guizhou.

In his youth, Wang Ruofei participated in the Revolution of 1911 and the crusade against Yuan Shikai. In June 1922, Wang Ruofei participated in the establishment of the "Chinese Youth Communist Party in Europe" and actively engaged in the propaganda of Marxism-Leninism. In 1923, he was transferred from a member of the French Communist Party to a member of the Chinese Communist Party. He successively served as Secretary of the Henan-Shaanxi District Party Committee, Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Secretary of the Provincial Agricultural Committee of the Jiangsu Party Committee. The Kuomintang government signed the famous "Double Ten Agreement". On April 8, 1946, Wang Ruofei returned to Yan'an by plane, and was killed in a plane crash in Heicha Mountain, Xing County, Shanxi Province at the age of 50.


The sculpture standing in the center of Wang Ruofei Square symbolizes the spirit of solidarity between the army and the people: supporting the army and giving priority to subordinates and supporting the government and loving the people.



After resting on the bench in the square, I came to Wang Ruofei's former residence. The three-hole stone bridge in the distance is the "Sanyuan Bridge".



The former residence of the Wang family as seen now was built in the Qing Dynasty and was built by Wang Ruofei's great-grandfather. Although the house was not luxurious, it was considered a wealthy family at that time. Indeed, the elements of the royal family are landlords, known locally as the "King of the North City". However, Wang Ruofei's father, Wang Zengsan, did not live up to his expectations. After becoming addicted to drugs, he was kicked out of the house by his grandfather. Wang Ruofei's mother and several children were bullied at home. Fortunately, Uncle Huang Qisheng did not ignore the matter when he learned about it, and took them to live in Guiyang.

Huang Qisheng not only sent Wang Ruofei to school for education, but also took him on the road of revolution.


This is the gate of the former residence. The words "Everything must be for the people" on the gate are signed by Ruofei. I don't know if it is Wang Ruofei's own handwriting.



This is the hall of the former residence and the screen wall in front of the hall:



Here's the bedroom and living room:



After visiting the former residence of Wang Ruofei, we went to look for the "Old Residence of the Gu Family" according to the plan. Use Baidu map navigation, along the mother river of Anshun - "Guancheng River" all the way forward.

Navigation seems to be wrong. Ask passers-by and get the opposite result from navigation. Only then did I remember that someone posted an article on the Internet saying that there was an error in navigating "Gu's Former Residence". Unexpectedly, we have repeated ourselves!


On the way back. This Gospel Church is also one of the attractions of Anshun.



In the 10th year of Guangxu, Chinese Christianity first sent a British missionary, Pastor Bai Deli, to Anshun to preach. This is the first introduction of Christianity to Anshun. In the 20th year of Guangxu, Pastor Bai Deli returned to China, and his assistant Pastor Dang Juren took charge of the work. In the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu, the Shanghai Inland Mission allocated special funds to build churches. This is the earliest "Anshun Gospel Church".

In the 1950s, the property of the Gospel Church was occupied by Anshun Middle School, and the church was demolished in the 1960s. What you see now is the reconstruction that started in 1991.


Following the guidance of the locals, we came to Anshun Old Street - Rulin Road.



Rulin Road is also called Keke Road. It used to be called "Chongwen Road", also known as "Tongjiang Street". It is a famous "Ming and Qing Street" in central Guizhou. The streets are paved with stone slabs, which have been polished for a hundred years. Walking on it, you can feel the vicissitudes of the years and the precipitation of history. I suddenly remembered that the "Shangwen Road" where I lived in Shanghai when I was young was paved with cobblestones. Walking has the same feeling. But now there are no such roads in Shanghai.


This house is called "Anshun Encounter", which is an "original music base". It is said that the movie "To Youth" was shot here.


Finally found the "Gu's former residence". After seeing the introduction of the former residence, I realized that this was the former residence of the three famous Gu brothers during the Republic of China—Gu Zhenglun, Gu Zhenggang, and Gu Zhengding.


Gu's former residence was built facing the street, divided into two courtyards, the North Courtyard and the South Courtyard. The North Courtyard is the ancestral property of the Gu family and was repaired by Gu Langao. The south courtyard is a dowry purchased by Gu Langao for his eldest daughter.



First enter the north courtyard to visit. The two-story house facing the street has been transformed into a shop, with a passage leading to a courtyard in the middle.

This is the first to enter the garden. The main house and the side rooms on both sides are two-story wooden buildings, which have been transformed into "Qichuang China Urban Public Welfare Library".



Pass through the main house at the first entrance and come to the courtyard at the second entrance. The main house and wing rooms are also two-story wooden structures. Now it is "Gu's former residence showroom". In the showroom, some scenes of the life of the Gu family have been restored, but of course they are not original. There are also some photos of the Gu family, which are very precious.


The main room is arranged as a main room, with a square table and two chairs on the front. There are Chinese paintings and couplets in the middle hall on the wall: "Practice the six arts in order to be healthy; cultivate the nine virtues to achieve Wenchang".


Go south through the round gate in the courtyard and come to the small garden of Gu's former residence. Go through another round door and come to the south courtyard.


The layout and structure of the south courtyard is similar to that of the north courtyard, but all of them have been transformed into shops. I hurried past, took a few photos and left. It may be that Gu's former residence is relatively remote, and no tourists come to visit it except us.


(unfinished, to be continued)