Lu Xun's former residence, located in Hongkou District, Shanghai, is a small three-story building with red bricks and red tiles, displaying precious objects and writing tools used by Lu Xun during his lifetime. This is the only former residence of Lu Xun in Shanghai that is open to the public and can be visited.
Lu Xun spent the last nine years of his life in Shanghai. The scope of Hongkou District belongs to the "semi-concession", so Lu Xun named one of his essay collections "Jieting Essays". "And Jie" is to take half of the word "concession", and "pavilion" is the pavilion room, which is what Shanghainese people often called their small room at that time.
There is a small patio in the wall of the former residence, and Mr. Lu Xun once planted peach trees, redbuds, oleanders and other plants in this patio that was used as a garden.
Inside, there is a living room on the first floor, with a partition made of frosted glass, behind which is a black dining table and a wooden cabinet in the corner.
There is a bathroom at the top of the stairs on the second floor, and down the corridor is the bedroom and study, with a black iron bed. The desk was placed under the window, and in front of this desk, Lu Xun had worked frantically. As soon as you turn your head, you can see that the calendar on the wall next to the window is maintained on October 19, 1936, and the alarm clock hand on the mirror stands at the moment of Lu Xun's death - 5:25 a.m.
There is a guest room on the third floor, and further inside is Zhou Haiying's bedroom.
At the end of the visit, walk out of the former residence. In less than half an hour, it was as if I had traveled through time and space.
Visiting Lu Xun's former residence, where this literary giant lived and worked in the last three years, I don't know what kind of thinking and perception it will bring you?