Lu Xun’s Former Residence (in simplified Chinese鲁迅故居) is located at the mouth of West Zhou Town. In September 25, 1881, Lu Xun was born here, and he had been living in this residence until he left for school in 18.

Do you know who is Lu Xun? Lu is a very famous writer in China. In fact, he originally studied medical surgery in Japan. However, one day, he saw some videos in Japan, showing some Chinese people being chopped by Japanese soldiers. As a Chinese, he was very shocked. More than that, he found that there were other Chinese in the theatre, but no one felt angry with that. Therefore, he discovered that being a doctor could only save the physical life of people, but only writing could help heal the mental wounds of people. Therefore, he decided to leave the school, and started to write books.

Lu Xun then returned to China, and wrote some very shocking books. At that time, China was still at the era with traditional belief. However, Lu Xun, being a man who had studied in other country, thought most of these rules as uncivilized and he used his articles to criticize the system. He successfully created a very keen debate among writers in China. Some writers clearly disapproved his ideas and used their own articles to attack the viewpoints of Lu, but Lu also got many supporters.

Finally, Lu Xun’s articles are able to influence many people in China. Even nowadays, there are also many people studying the articles of Lu, and Lu Xun’s books have become one of the reference books of people studying Chinese literature. Therefore, Lu is really one of the very famous people in modern Chinese history.

Do you want to know more about Lu Xun? Do you want to know more about the early life of him? If you would like to find the childhood of Lu Xun, and you would like to pay respect to this influential writer, you could try to visit Lu Xun’s Former Residence in Zhejiang Province.