Routes

"New Culture and the May 4th Movement" One-day Tour

Red Tourism

Best Time:
May - July
Recommended:
1 Day
Admission:
FREE FREE

Features

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism officially launched 10 featured red tourist routes to facilitate citizens to visit the red tourism resources and relive the CPC memories. We would like to recommend a journey to the birth of "New Culture and the May Fourth Movement": the red building of Peking University, the former residence of Cai Yuanpei, and the burning site of Zhaojialou in the alley of North Headquarters.

Peking University Red House
Cai Yuanpei's Former Residence
The Old Burning Site of Zhaojialou Alley of North Headquarters

Stop 1 Peking University Red House

As the birthplace of the May Fourth Movement, the Red House of Peking University was once the main front for the spread of Marxism in early China, leaving behind many "red stories"

Tickets:

FREE

Address:

No. 29 Wusi Street, Beida Honglou, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Highlights:

As the birthplace of the May 4th Movement, the Red House of Peking University used to be the main front for the spread of Marxism in early China and the birthplace of the first party organization of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing. Mr. Li Dazhao used to be the curator of Peking University Library, Mr. Chen Duxiu edited "New Youth" here, and Mr. Lu Xun taught here...

Stop 2 Cai Yuanpei's Former Residence

Mr. Cai Yuanpei’s former residence in Beijing is a courtyard with three entrances from east to west in Dongtangzi Hutong, Dongcheng District, with a construction area of about 368 square meters.

Address:

No.75 Dongtangzi Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Highlights:

Mr. Cai Yuanpei’s former residence in Beijing is a courtyard with three entrances from east to west in Dongtangzi Hutong, Dongcheng District, with a construction area of about 368 square meters. From 1917 to 1920, Mr. Cai lived here. At the entrance, a plaque with the words Dongcheng District Patriotic Education Base and a stone monument of "The Former Residence of Cai Yuanpei, a Cultural Relics Protection Unit in Beijing" is hung.

Stop 3 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.More than 100 years ago, this was the residence of then Minister of Foreign Affairs Cao Rulin.

Tickets:

FREE

Address:

No. 1, Qianzhaojialou Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Highlights:

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.

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Cha Tang Li

Traffic

Public transport:

By Subway: Take Metro Line 8 and get off at National Art Museum of China station (Exit A)

Travel tips

Pay attention to adding clothing appropriately to prevent catching cold.
Pay attention to self-protection during the epidemic.
Pay attention to opening hours.
Be careful to keep the environment clean and tidy.