1."Entering Xia Yan's Former Residence in Shanghai":

Xia Yan's former residence in Shanghai is located diagonally opposite the "Caoying Study"(see "A Visit to Caoying Study"). They belong to the same group of exhibition projects. The large house numbers are the same, which is also No. 178 Urumqi South Road. The small house numbers are different. Xia Yan's former residence is No. 2, and Caoying's study room is No. 3.

Xia Yan, this famous historical figure, I am afraid there is no need to introduce him here.

Today, let's focus on Xia Yan's former residence in Shanghai. Like other famous historical figures, Xia Yan has more than one memorial hall of his old residence across the country, and Xia Yan's old residence in Shanghai is just one of them. Even in Shanghai, there are three other Xia Yan's former residences. After all, Lao Xia had worked and lived in Shanghai for nearly 30 years.

Xia Yan's former Shanghai residence he visited this time was a three-story garden villa. This is a small building with a brick-and-wood structure, a mixed British and Spanish building with a garden. It covers an area of nearly square meters and has a building area of square meters. From 1949 to 1955, Xia Yan lived here for six years.

At that time, the first floor was the living room, guard and staff rooms, the second floor was the residence of Xia Yan's family, and the third floor was the widow of Huanghuagang 72 Martyr.

In order to make the interior furnishings present the original scenery, the interior decoration of the house is repaired as old as before, trying to retain the original appearance. For example, the fireplaces, doors and windows in the building, and even the uneven stairs are preserved one by one; most of the daily necessities inside are donated by Xia Yan's children; many furniture was moved from here to Beijing back then, and now it has been moved back here from Beijing. All these efforts are very close to the original living conditions of Xia Yan's family at that time, so that they can more truly restore the past life scene of Xia Yan's family.

There is also a towering tree more than 60 years old in the garden, which was planted by Xia Yan's son that year.

Preface hall of "Xia Yan's Old Residence/Caoying Study Exhibition".

Xia Yan statue. Xia Yan (1900-1995), formerly known as Shen Naixi, also known as Ruixian, was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Xia Yan is a famous Chinese revolutionary artist, social activist, and pioneer of China's left-wing film movement. He was awarded the title of "National Film Artist with Outstanding Contributions" by the State Council.

Xia Yan's former Shanghai residence is a three-story garden villa. This is a small building with a brick-and-wood structure, a mixed British and Spanish building with a garden. It covers an area of nearly square meters and has a building area of square meters. From 1949 to 1955, Xia Yan lived here for six years.

Two gates to Xia Yan's former Shanghai residence. It is estimated that the picture above shows the original gate, and the picture below shows the newly opened gate of the exhibition channel.



At the entrance of Xia Yan's former residence in Shanghai.









This fireplace is an original place.

Xia Yan's old Shanghai residence has large and small stairs.

















This is Xia Yan's bedroom.





This is Xia Yan's study room. From the liberation of Shanghai to before leaving Shanghai for Beijing in 1955, Xia Yan had been here to handle official duties, carry out literary creation, and wrote many classic films and drama scripts.







This room is a film and television exhibition room.



The garden of Xia Yan's former residence in Shanghai.

The facade of Xia Yan's former Shanghai residence facing the garden.

Chimneys with Spanish architectural elements.

Exhibition channel and building facades on both sides.

2."Visiting the Caoying Study":

A bust of a grass baby placed on the front porch outside the study room.

The "Caoying Study" and "Xia Yan's Former Residence" were opened in March this year, and visits were made online at that time.

I have tried it before and it is very convenient to make an appointment for a visit online. You only need to show your mobile phone reservation number before visiting to pick up the visit ticket. But since the emergence of "QR codes", the situation has been different. You need to register your mobile phone for a QR code, and then scan the QR code on the appointment page to make an appointment after entering. It is precisely because I don't want to register for the QR code, so I can't make an appointment.

The original plan to visit the "Caoying Study" and "Xia Yan's Former Residence" was delayed like this.

That day, I walked out after lunch and passed the "Caoying Study" and the "Xia Yan's Former Residence" located at No. 178 Urumqi South Road. I found that there was no need to make an appointment for the visit, and I didn't even need a visit voucher. Tell me, is this lucky? According to Shanghai dialect, it is simply "the forehead bone touches the ceiling." The problem of visiting was so easily solved.

There is no doubt that Cao Ying can be regarded as a master translator. He not only translated famous Russian literary works such as "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina", but also the only translator in the world who systematically translated the complete works of Tolstoy by himself. However, such a master translator did not come from a professional class. His Russian language was taught by a Russian housewife at the age of 14, and then self-taught.

"It is better to build a study than to leave a tombstone"-is Caoying's famous saying. Now, his wish during his lifetime has been realized. According to Cao Ying's daughter Sheng Shanshan (Cao Ying's original name was Sheng Junfeng),"This is the scene translated by my father, which is the original appearance of his study room. These books, dictionaries, photos. That's how it's left at home." Although the study is not big, only 25 square meters, the layout in the study is all old objects of Caoying's life. It looks very cordial and touching.

Because "Caoying Study" and "Xia Yan's Former Residence" are located in close proximity, they belong to the same exhibition project. Therefore, the preface to the exhibition was naturally arranged in the same hall.

Exhibition Preface Hall.

After visiting the Preface Hall, you can enter here and visit Xia Yan's old residence and Caoying's study room respectively.

Caoying Study is located on the ground floor of a three-story small Western-style building with a front porch.

The corridor in front of Caoying's study room.

"It is better to build a study than to leave a tombstone"-is Caoying's famous saying. Now, his wish during his lifetime has been realized. According to Cao Ying's daughter Sheng Shanshan (Cao Ying's original name was Sheng Junfeng),"This is the scene translated by my father, which is the original appearance of his study room. These books, dictionaries, photos. That's how it's left at home." Although the study is not big, only 25 square meters, the layout in the study is all old objects of Caoying's life. It looks very cordial and touching.

Oil Painting of "Spring in the World"(1998)-A gift given by Caoying's youngest daughter Sheng Shanshan to her parents for the 55th wedding anniversary has been hung in Caoying's study room.

Xia Yan's former residence is diagonally opposite Caoying's study room.