Beijing to Protect Residence of Ancient ScholarThe Beijing municipal government has decided to protect the former residence of Ji Xiaolan, a famous scholar from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).According to the city planning project, portions of the ancient courtyard are to be dismantled to make way for construction of a new road but the major part will remain, the China Youth Daily reported Thursday. Ji, who is in charge of compiling the Siku Quanshu, or the Complete Collection of Books in the Qing Dynasty, lived in the house for many years and wrote his famous work "Essays on Yuewei Caotang" there. In recent years, a local business built a restaurant and a hotel near the courtyard, where rare ancient trees were planted, the newspaper said. Zheng Wenqi, member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), appealed for protecting the residence, which is also a historical site. |
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