Lu Xun's Former Residence

Lu Xun’s Former Residence (上海鲁迅故居, Shànghǎi Lǔ Xùn Gùjū) is the lane house at No. 9, Lane 132, Shanyin Road, where the writer Lu Xun (鲁迅) spent the last three and a half years of his life. It is a small house museum in a residential lane. Go to see the rooms as a family lived in them, not for a large exhibition. Opening hours were not confirmed from an official page when this entry was written, and the house has closed for repairs before, so check ahead.

The house stands in Dalu Xincun (大陆新村, Continental Terrace), where it was formerly No. 9, Lane 1. English Wikipedia says it was completed in 1931 and describes a three-storey red-brick and tile house. Lu Xun moved in on 11 April 1933 and lived here until he died on 19 October 1936. Chinese Wikipedia says the Japanese bookseller Uchiyama Kanzo (内山完造) rented it for him, in the name of an employee of the Uchiyama Bookstore (上海内山书店). He shared the house with his wife Xu Guangping (许广平) and their son Zhou Haiying (周海婴).

The rooms follow a plain plan. On the ground floor are a reception room and a dining room. Upstairs are Lu Xun’s study, the couple’s bedroom and a guest room, with the son’s bedroom on the third floor. English Wikipedia says most of the furniture remains as it was and that a bedroom clock is set to 5:25 a.m., given as the time of his death.

The house is protected as a Shanghai municipal cultural relic. Chinese Wikipedia says it was in the first batch announced in 1959 and confirmed again in 1977; English Wikipedia and Wikidata give 1977. Sources differ on when it opened as a museum: English Wikipedia and Wikidata say 1950. The house is maintained by the Shanghai Lu Xun Memorial Hall (上海鲁迅纪念馆).

This entry covers only the house. The memorial hall and Lu Xun’s tomb are in Lu Xun Park, a separate site covered on its own page, so you can combine the two in one trip.

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