The Old Burning Site of Zhaojialou Alley of North Headquarters

Zhaojialou Hotel, located at No. 1 Zhaojialou Hutong, Dongcheng District, is a pink five-story building. The wall at the entrance of the hotel is inlaid with a relief of a group of students. A red sign reads: May Fourth Movement Fire Ruins of Zhaojialou. More than 100 years ago, this was the residence of then Minister of Foreign Affairs Cao Rulin. Because of the Beiyang government’s diplomatic failure at the Paris Peace Conference, angry patriotic students marched all the way from Tiananmen to here, creating the famous Zhaojialou burning incident in modern Chinese history.

In May 1984, to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement, the east courtyard of No. 1 Zhaojialou Hutong was inlaid with the nameplate "May Fourth Movement Burns Zhaojialou Site". On May 1, 2002, the Zhaojialou site became a patriotic education base.