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Soong Ching-ling Memorial Residence (Shanghai)

Building in Xuhui District, China

The Soong Ching Ling Memorial Residence (Chinese: 宋庆龄故居), located at Middle Huaihai Road, Xuhui District, is the former residence of Soong Ching-ling (wife of Sun Yat-sen and later Vice-President and Honorary President of the People's Republic of China) in Shanghai, China, from to ^[1] It is in the west part of the former Shanghai French Concession area and was built in the s by an American shipping captain, Leo R.

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It covers a land area of 4, square metres (46,&#;sq&#;ft), and comprises a white three-story building with front and back yards.^{[citation needed]}

History

After the end of the Sino-Japanese War in , Soong Ching-ling donated her residence, located at 29 rue Molière (present-day Xiangshan Road), to the government of the Republic of China as a memorial to her deceased husband, President Sun Yat-sen.^{[citation needed]} In return, the government conferred this house on her.

In spring , Soong moved from 45 Jingjiang Road to this residence, where she soon witnessed the capture of Shanghai by the Chinese Communist Party.

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After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in , Soong served in several prominent positions in the central government, including Vice-President of China, that her residence in Shanghai became an important working space. In the house, Song met not only senior CPC leaders, including Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yi and Deng Yingchao, but also foreign statesmen, such as Sukarno, Kim Il Sung, Kliment Voroshilov, U Nu, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

From April , due to her work, Soong spent most of her time in Beijing, and only returned to Shanghai for occasional stays and holidays. On December 31&#;, Song returned to Shanghai for the Spring Festival and stayed there until the end of February This was her last stay in Shanghai.

Song qingling mausoleum of hadrian Retrieved 21 November The storey, m-tall, Gensler-designed Shanghai Tower topped out…. Soong family Chiang family by marriage Kung family by marriage. Together, Sun and Joffe issued a joint declaration in which Joffe affirmed that communism or Soviet-style governance would not be imposed on China.

Soong died in Beijing on May&#;29, Her house in Shanghai was refurbished and opened to a limited circle in October. On October&#;22 of that year, the memorial residence was accredited with being a Shanghai Municipal Preserved Cultural Relic by the city government. It was opened to the public in May , and became one of patriotic education sites in Shanghai.

On June 25, , Song's memorial residence became a National Key Preserved Cultural Relic honored by the State Council.^{[citation needed]}

Collection

The residence hosts a collection of over 15, of Song' items.^{[citation needed]} Among them, there are pictures, letters, Song's college diploma, collected books, daily utensils, presents from state activities, and also some articles belonging to her relatives.

In addition, there are the seals of Sun Yat-sen, preserved by Song after many troubles.

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