Beijing Lu Xun Museum

Beijing Lu Xun Museum is located in No.19 Ertiao, Gongmenkou, Fuchengmen Inner Street, Xicheng District. It was officially opened to the public on Oct. 19, 1956. It contains Lu Xun's former residence (original address: No.21, West Santiao, Inner Fuchengmen). It was bought by Lu Xun at the end of 1923, and reformed in the spring of 1924 according to his own design. It was his last residence in Beijing, where he lived between May 1924 and August 1926. It is a key historic site under national protection.

The museum was set up for people to commemorate and learn from Lu Xun, a great thinker and writer. It is an ideological education base for Central Institutions and a patriotic education base of Beijing Municipality. It keeps over 60,000 relics and books, including Lu Xun's manuscripts, his collection of books, rubbings from stone tablets, and letters from friends, and relics left by his contemporaries such as Xu Guangping and Qian Xuantong.

On Oct. 19, 2006, an updated exhibition of Lu Xun's life will show his glorious life in a new way.

Address: No.19, Ertiao, Gongmenkounei, Fuchengmen Inner Street, Xicheng District, Beijing

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