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”’Zhonghandi”’ (Chinese: 中翰第, [[Pinyin]]: {{Pinyin|Zhong1han4di4}}) is located |
”’Zhonghandi”’ (Chinese: 中翰第, [[Pinyin]]: {{Pinyin|Zhong1han4di4}}) is located Dangxi Village, Town, [[Dapu County]], [[Meizhou City]] [[Guangdong Province]] [[China]]. It is the ancestral residence of [[Lee Kuan Yew]], the founding Prime Minister of [[Singapore]], although Lee himself has never visited the site during his life.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Teo |first1=Esther |title=Lee Kuan Yew: The pride of a tiny village in China |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/lee-kuan-yew-the-pride-of-a-tiny-village-in-china |website=The Straits Times |access-date=3 November 2025 |language=en |date=23 March 2016}}</ref> |
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It was designated as a protected cultural site at the county level on April 19, 2005 |
It was designated as a protected cultural site at the county level on April 19, 2005 and was later included in the second batch of city-level protected cultural heritage sites in Meizhou on January 13, 2014. |
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== History == |
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Zhonghandi is oriented from northwest to southeast and constructed with brick and wood. It covers a total area of 223 square meters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2015/03/19/8031s4906817.htm |title=探访新加坡前总理李光耀祖居——中翰第 |access-date=2015-03-20 |archive-date=2015-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321002707/http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2015/03/19/8031s4906817.htm }}</ref> Zhonghandi, which belongs to the ‘Descending Tiger’ ([[Hokkien]]: hia⁶ suan¹ houn²) style of Hakka architecture, has eight rooms.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-27 |title=访祖居看事迹．大埔唐溪村设李光耀展馆 |url=https://www.sinchew.com.my/20150327/%e8%ae%bf%e7%a5%96%e5%b1%85%e7%9c%8b%e4%ba%8b%e8%bf%b9%ef%bc%8e%e5%a4%a7%e5%9f%94%e5%94%90%e6%ba%aa%e6%9d%91%e8%ae%be%e6%9d%8e%e5%85%89%e8%80%80%e5%b1%95%e9%a6%86/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608105621/https://www.sinchew.com.my/20150327/%E8%AE%BF%E7%A5%96%E5%B1%85%E7%9C%8B%E4%BA%8B%E8%BF%B9%EF%BC%8E%E5%A4%A7%E5%9F%94%E5%94%90%E6%BA%AA%E6%9D%91%E8%AE%BE%E6%9D%8E%E5%85%89%E8%80%80%E5%B1%95%E9%A6%86/ |archive-date=2025-06-08 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=星洲日报 Sin Chew Daily |language=zh}}</ref> |
Zhonghandi is oriented from northwest to southeast and constructed with brick and wood. It covers a total area of 223 square meters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2015/03/19/8031s4906817.htm |title=探访新加坡前总理李光耀祖居——中翰第 |access-date=2015-03-20 |archive-date=2015-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321002707/http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2015/03/19/8031s4906817.htm }}</ref> Zhonghandi, which belongs to the ‘Descending Tiger’ ([[Hokkien]]: hia⁶ suan¹ houn²) style of Hakka architecture, has eight rooms.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-27 |title=访祖居看事迹．大埔唐溪村设李光耀展馆 |url=https://www.sinchew.com.my/20150327/%e8%ae%bf%e7%a5%96%e5%b1%85%e7%9c%8b%e4%ba%8b%e8%bf%b9%ef%bc%8e%e5%a4%a7%e5%9f%94%e5%94%90%e6%ba%aa%e6%9d%91%e8%ae%be%e6%9d%8e%e5%85%89%e8%80%80%e5%b1%95%e9%a6%86/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608105621/https://www.sinchew.com.my/20150327/%E8%AE%BF%E7%A5%96%E5%B1%85%E7%9C%8B%E4%BA%8B%E8%BF%B9%EF%BC%8E%E5%A4%A7%E5%9F%94%E5%94%90%E6%BA%AA%E6%9D%91%E8%AE%BE%E6%9D%8E%E5%85%89%E8%80%80%E5%B1%95%E9%A6%86/ |archive-date=2025-06-08 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=星洲日报 Sin Chew Daily |language=zh}}</ref> |
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Lee Kuan Yew’s great-grandfather, |
Lee Kuan Yew’s great-grandfather, Lee Muk Man, to Singapore in 1864 to seek a livelihood. He became a prominent businessman and returned to his hometown in 1884 (10th year of the Guangxu reign) to construct Zhonghandi. |
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In 2019, former [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] of Singapore [[George Yeo]], accompanied by his family, visited Zhonghandi and the Lee Kuan Yew Memorial Hall in Dangxi Village, Gaopo Town, during an ancestral worship ceremony in Wenli Village, [[Anbu, Guangdong|Anbu Town]].<ref>{{Cite web |author=张丽苹 |date=2019-12-31 |title=走入这个百年客家老屋 就会与已故建国总理李光耀不期而遇 给你好看 – 红蚂蚁 |url=https://www.redants.sg//good-reads/story20191231-3511 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719160353/https://www.redants.sg/good-reads/story20191231-3511 |archive-date=2024-07-19 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=www.redants.sg 红蚂蚁 |language=zh}}</ref> |
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== Tourism == |
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== See also == |
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* [[38 Oxley Road]] (The residence of Lee Kuan Yew near [[Orchard Road]] in Singapore) |
* [[38 Oxley Road]] (The residence of Lee Kuan Yew near [[Orchard Road]] in Singapore) |
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== References == |
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Revision as of 23:44, 3 November 2025
Zhonghandi (Chinese: 中翰第, Pinyin: Zhōnghàndì) is a house located at Dangxi Village, Gaopi Town, Dapu County, Meizhou City in the Guangdong Province of China. It is the ancestral residence of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore, although Lee himself has never visited the site during his life.[1]
It was designated as a protected cultural site at the county level on April 19, 2005 and was later included in the second batch of city-level protected cultural heritage sites in Meizhou on January 13, 2014.
History
Zhonghandi is oriented from northwest to southeast and constructed with brick and wood. It covers a total area of 223 square meters.[2] Zhonghandi, which belongs to the ‘Descending Tiger’ (Hokkien: hia⁶ suan¹ houn²) style of Hakka architecture, has eight rooms.[3]
Lee Kuan Yew’s great-grandfather, Lee Muk Man, emigrated to Singapore, the part of the Straits Settlements, in 1864 to seek a livelihood. He became a prominent businessman and returned to his hometown in 1884 (10th year of the Guangxu reign) to construct Zhonghandi.
In 2019, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore George Yeo, accompanied by his family, visited Zhonghandi and the Lee Kuan Yew Memorial Hall in Dangxi Village, Gaopo Town, during an ancestral worship ceremony in Wenli Village, Anbu Town.[4]
Tourism
Between 2007 and 2008, the house and its surrounding area underwent refurbishment carried out by the local authorities.[5]
In January 2014, the Dapu County government invested 40 million Renminbi to develop the Lee Kuan Yew Ancestral Residence Tourist Scenic Area. This included the construction of:
- Tourist shopping and leisure street
- Wetland park
- Entrance landscape zone
- Resort villa district
- Eco-farm leisure zone
- Countryside sightseeing area
- Scenic lake viewing area
- Hakka ancient village exhibition area
- Fruit orchard picking zone
- Hilltop viewing platform
The project was listed as a “Key Construction Project of 2014” by Dapu County with the aim of developing it into an “International Rural Tourism Destination.”[6]
Lee Kuan Yew Memorial Hall
The memorial hall contains four exhibition rooms that narrate Lee Kuan Yew’s life and the history of Singapore through images and text. A bronze statue depicting Deng Xiaoping and Lee Kuan Yew shaking hands recreates the moment of Deng’s first visit to Singapore in 1978.[7]
Visitors
Some travel agencies in Singapore offering tours to Chaozhou and Shantou include Zhonghandi as a stop on their itinerary.[8] As of March 2016, the site received approximately 20,000 visitors per month.[9]
See also
References
