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Changsha >> Chairman Mao's Residence

Attraction Typ: Historic Site
Location: about 100 km from city
Recommend: 3 Star

Chairman Mao's Residence

Chairman Mao's Residence is the birthplace of Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao's Residence (Chinese: 毛泽东故居; pinyin: Máozédōng Gùjū) is the birthplace of Chairman Mao. It lies at the foot of the hills where Chairman Mao spent his childhood and youth, attending school and helping his parents with their works.
Chairman Mao’s Residence is a simple mud-brick farmhouse with 13 rooms. The rooms are furnished as they would have looked when Chairman Mao lived there, and most of the utensils are the original.

Entered by a courtyard, the house is of a sunny yellow, mud brick walls, with a nicely thatched roof, and is found on a wooded hillside, above some lush paddy fields. There are 13 and one half rooms in the former residence. Within the rooms are various personal effects of Mao and his parents, as well as photos from Mao’s life. The central room was used by two families: Mao’s family and their neighbor. So that just only one half of the central room is belongs to Mao’s family.


 
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