The Former Residence of Wu Jie

Wu Jie（1837-1910）was a native of She County in Anhui Province.Before the breakout of Sino-French War，Wu Jie was appointed for the guard of the batteries in Zhenhai port.On March 1，1885，ie.the 1lth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty，the French army invaded Zhenhai，Zhe jiang Province.Wu Jie launched the artillery himself and severely wounded the French warship and its commander Guba.During the period of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894，Wu Jie guarded the batteries of Zhenhai once again as the chief petty officer of the three Bureaus and protected Chief Officer of Zhe jiang Province，which made him famous all across the country.The former residence of his late years lies in the intersection of Shengli Road and Renmin Road at the city gate.It is composed of the gate，front hall，rear hall，and side rooms.The front hall covers space of five rooms with a double-eave roof；the rear hall acts as the living room covering space of three rooms with corridors and a double-eaveroof.All the buildings are preserved fairly well.The Monument and Memorial Pavilion of Lord Wu was built in 1936，with the funding of Zhenhai people in memory of the 100th anniversary of Wu Jie’s Birth.The four posts of the pavilion were set at the top of Mount Ziyin with a monument standing in the pavilion describing the stories and deeds of Wu Jie.

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