Former Residence of Soong Chingling, Shanghai

Standing: High
Rank: Rank 441 of 10,894

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

About Former Residence of Soong Chingling

The Soong Ching Ling Memorial Residence at 1843 Middle Huaihai Road, Xuhui District, was the Shanghai home from 1948 to 1963 of Soong Ching-ling, wife of Sun Yat-sen and later Vice-President and Honorary President of China. It lies in the west of the former French Concession and was built in the 1920s by an American shipping captain, Leo R. Ball: a white three-storey house with front and back yards. It opened to the public in May 1988 and became a National Key Preserved Cultural Relic in 2001.

Checked 2026-11-10 · Source

What's inside

Soong moved here in spring 1949 and soon witnessed the capture of Shanghai by the Communist Party. In the house she received Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and other leaders as well as foreign statesmen such as Sukarno and Kim Il Sung. The residence holds a collection of over 15,000 of her items: pictures, letters, her college diploma, books, everyday utensils, gifts from state occasions and belongings of her relatives, as well as the seals of Sun Yat-sen that she preserved.

Checked 2026-11-10 · Source