Republic of China Villa Museum Memories of Summer Retreat in Moganshan

🌟 Moganshan: Republic of China Stories Hidden in the Bamboo Forest

📜 Republic of China Memories Amid Summer Cicadas
Winding up the serpentine mountain road of Moganshan, clusters of villas nestled in the sea of bamboo gradually come into view. This was the trendiest summer resort in the 1930s, featuring Chiang Kai-shek’s Songyuelu, Du Yuesheng’s Du Residence, Huang Fu’s Baiyun Villa... Over 200 villas of various styles quietly tell the story of that turbulent era.

🏡 Celebrity Villa Tour
1️⃣ Songyuelu
Owner: Chiang Kai-shek
Story: This villa, with a Chinese main structure paired with a Western-style terrace, witnessed the summer days of Chiang and Soong. The European-style fireplace and carved wooden windows in the second-floor bedroom form a fascinating blend, embodying the era’s motto of "Chinese learning as the essence, Western learning for practical use."
Highlight: Standing on the curved balcony, you can perfectly enjoy Moganshan’s most famous spectacle, the "Bamboo Sea Waves."

2️⃣ Du Residence
Owner: Du Yuesheng
Story: The "mountain palace" of the Qinggang boss exudes luxury everywhere. Italian-imported mosaic floor tiles, German-made safes, and rosewood furniture specially shipped from Shanghai. Most notably, the basement even has an air-raid shelter, showing the owner’s cautious nature.

3️⃣ Baiyun Villa
Owner: Diplomat Huang Fu
Story: This American-style country villa hides political secrets. In 1937, Zhou Enlai secretly visited here to discuss anti-Japanese matters with Huang Fu. The study’s walls still bear the nail marks from maps of that time.

🎋 Architectural Aesthetic Wonder
Strolling through the villa area is like flipping through a three-dimensional architectural atlas: Gothic spires stand next to Jiangnan horse-head walls, Chinese lanterns hang under Roman colonnades, Baroque reliefs complement bamboo-woven screens... This unique blend of East and West is known as the "Moganshan-style" architectural aesthetic.

✨ Traveler’s Notes
Staying in a guesthouse converted from an old villa feels like traveling through time. Awakened by the sound of bamboo waves in the early morning, you can see the mountain trails where celebrities once strolled. The housekeeper points to the marks on the fireplace and tells stories; in those yellowed old photos, socialites in qipaos sipping afternoon tea on the terrace seem just within reach.