The Former Residence of Wu Changshuo
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Location: Dipu Town, Anji County
The Former Residence of Wu Changshuo is located in Zhangwu Village, Anji County. Wu Changshuo was originally named Jun, Junqing or Xiangbu, with the courtesy name Changshuo. He was born on the first day of the eighth lunar month in the 24th year of the Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1844).
His grandfather Wu Yuan served as the educational instructor of Haiyan County under Jiaxing Prefecture and the headmaster of Xiaoshi Guta Academy during the Gengwu year of the Jiaqing reign (1810). He was a prestigious educator. His granduncle Wu Yingqi possessed profound erudition and literary talent, earning the nickname "Walking Library" in the imperial capital. His father Wu Jia excelled at poetry and was especially skilled in epigraphy and seal carving. The Wu family exerted a formative influence on Wu Changshuo’s youth. From childhood, Wu Changshuo loved poetry and seal carving, and he spent his teenage years farming and studying in his hometown.
Sited at the heart of Zhangwu Village, the former residence is a brick-and-timber building constructed over 200 years ago, facing southwest. A chamber named "Quiet Studio by the Stream" served as his space for reading, painting and seal engraving. Renovated in 1987, the compound retains its original layout and fully showcases mid-Qing architectural aesthetics with high artistic value. Authentic cultural relics and artworks created by Wu Changshuo in his youth are displayed inside the residence.
To commemorate this great artistic master, Anji County built the Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall on the eastern side of Dipu Town. It is a three-story archaized building roofed with turquoise glazed tiles, covering a construction area of 872 square meters. The exhibition space is divided into three halls:
Hall One documents Wu Changshuo’s life story;
Hall Two displays historical relics and records of Anji;
Hall Three collects paintings and calligraphy representing Wu’s early, middle and late artistic phases, including ink wash and freehand color paintings of flowers and figures, Stone Drum Script, seal script, running script, antithetical couplets and fan paintings, alongside poetry drafts and personal letters. Original daily necessities used by Wu Changshuo during his lifetime are also on show, such as the Four Treasures of the Study, carving knives, brush pots and paperweights.
An extra exhibition room dedicated to the works of his disciple Zhu Lesan is arranged on the third floor. The memorial hall also houses works by celebrated modern and contemporary painters and calligraphers, including Wang Yiting, Shen Yinmo, Chen Banding, Sha Menghai, Lu Weizhao, Lu Yanshao, Qian Juntao, Fang Jiekan and Tan Jiancheng.
The memorial hall was completed and opened to visitors in September 1986.