Sun Yatsen, father of the Chinese republic, lived in this 2 story house in the French Concession from 1919-1924. His wife Song Qingling continued to live here after Sun’s death until 1937. All the furnishings were arranged by Song Qingling the way she remembered and most of the objects are original.

It was here, in the summer of 1922 onwards that Dr. Sun Yatsen met with Li Dazhao, Lin Boqu and other representatives of the Chinese Communist Party to discuss Kuomintang-Communist cooperation that led to the first alliance between the 2 parties.