Introduction to Zhou Dawen's former residence: The Zhou Mansion is located on the west side of the South Bank Acropolis. The wall of the house is 10 meters high, 20 meters wide and 45 meters deep. It is the most complete ancient rectangular courtyard house in the city. The courtyard faces south and faces north, and all the houses are built symmetrically along the central axis; there is a courtyard in the front, with east and west wing rooms on both sides; there is the main building at the back, with a main hall and four bedrooms; behind the main building is a backyard patio, with east and west back rooms on both sides. There are wing rooms and circular corner corridors; a double-story single-eaves hanging back hall, kitchen and warehouse are built on the inside of the patio; inside the gable wall is the back garden. The houses in the courtyard are ingeniously designed, evenly distributed, elegantly decorated, dry and fragrant, bright and comfortable. The traditional ancient charm reveals the flavor of modern life. It is actually a courtyard apartment-style building with unique flavor and excellent human habitation.
The Zhou Mansion was originally the private residence of Zhou Ying, the diplomat of the National Government stationed in Japan in the early years of the Republic of China. His third son, Zhou Dawen, was an outstanding communist fighter and proletarian revolutionist in the early days of our party. During the Anti-Japanese War from 1938 to 1940, the Zhou Mansion served as a secret activity site for the Zhenyuan underground party branch under the leadership of the Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of China and the Guizhou Provincial Working Committee.
In order to permanently commemorate Zhou Dawen, the Guizhou Provincial People's Government allocated funds to repair Zhou Dawen's mansion in 1988, renamed it Zhou Dawen's former residence, built a Zhou Dawen Memorial Hall, and built a white marble bust of him. It has now become a patriotic education base admired by thousands of people.