On August 19, 1918, Mao Zedong led more than 20 students from Hunan Province who were preparing to study in France to arrive in Beijing. After arriving in Beijing, Mao Zedong lived in the Xiangxiang Guild Hall.

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On August 19, 1918, Mao Zedong led more than 20 students from Hunan Province who were preparing to study in France to arrive in Beijing. After arriving in Beijing, Mao Zedong lived in the Xiangxiang Guild Hall. - DayDayNews

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On August 19, 1918, Mao Zedong led more than 20 students from Hunan Province who were preparing to study in France to arrive in Beijing.

After arriving in Beijing, Mao Zedong lived in the Xiangxiang Guild Hall. In order to save money on accommodation, Mao Zedong soon moved to the home of Yang Changji, his mentor at No. 9 Tofuchi. Mao Zedong lived in a small house with the old gatekeeper.

Everyone lived scattered, far away from the city, and the transportation was inconvenient. It was difficult to concentrate on studying work-study programs in France. Therefore, Xiao Zisheng came forward and rented three very large rooms near Peking University in the name of a student of Peking University. Small house. This is No. 7, east of Ji'an Suo Road, Sanyanjing Hutong, Di'anmen Nei.

 Jiansuo, It was called Zi Palace in the Qing Dynasty, and it was the place where the emperor's coffin was parked. The location is remote and the house is small, but the rent is cheap.

When Mao Zedong recalled his life during that period, he wrote: "I lived in a place called Sanyanjing, and lived in the same hut with seven other people. When we all slept on the kang, it was so crowded that it was almost impossible to pass through. I get angry. Whenever I want to stand up, I have to say hello to the people on both sides."

However, at that time, Mao Zedong gained the first love of his life - the love with Yang Changji's beloved Yang Kaihui. The two often strolled along the Beihai Bridge, admiring the thousands of pear blossoms, and talked about their ideals and the future of their motherland.

Mao Zedong recorded: "My own living conditions in Beijing are very pitiful, but on the other hand, the beauty of the old capital is a colorful, lively and interesting compensation for me... In the parks, in the courtyards of the Forbidden City, I have seen the early spring in the north. When the North Sea was still covered with ice, I saw the white plum blossoms in full bloom. I saw the willows hanging upside down on the North Sea, with crystal icicles hanging on their branches, and I thought of Tang. Chao poet Cen Shen chanted the poem "Thousands of trees with pear blossoms blooming on the winter trees in the North Sea." The countless trees in Beijing aroused my wonder and admiration."

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