Former Residence of Cai Yuanpei

The Former Residence of Cai Yuanpei or Cai Yuanpei's Former Residence is the birthplace of Cai Yuanpei, a Chinese educator, esperantist, president of Peking University, and founder of the Academia Sinica.

History
The former residence was originally built by Cai Jiamo, the grandfather of Cai Yuanpei, in the reign of Daoguang Emperor (1821–1850) in the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).

On 11 January 1868, Cai Yuanpei was born here.

On 25 June 2011, it was listed among the fifth group of "State Cultural Protection Relics Units" by the State Council of China.

Architecture
It has a building area of about 1004 m2, embodies buildings such as the main hall, the gate and the reception hall.