San Wei Shuwu
Cross the road from the Lu Xun Guju and turn left (east). The San Wei Study, where Lu Xun was a student from age 12 to 17, is a short way along just across a bridge to the right, beneath which severalhei peng chuanwallow waiting for business.
This was a private school in a late-Qing building, of which you can see three brick-floored white-walled rooms filled with old furniture; one piece is helpfully labeled THIS IS LU XUN'S DESK. There's a brick board used for teaching calligraphy, and it's not difficult to imagine a dozen or so little pigtailed heads bowed over trying to copy it. At the exit there's the inevitable shop, but appropriately with a calligrapher who will write whatever you like on fans. Watch how he holds the brush, hand bent upright at the wrist and rigidly gripping it partway down, his whole arm moving to make each stroke.
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| Hours | 8am-4:45pm | |
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| Address | Lu Xun Zhong Lu 393 | |
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| Transportation | Bus: no. 1 from station or anywhere in Jiefang Lu | |
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| Prices | Admission ¥30 ($3.75). (Admission by ticket purchase at museum or across the road at the Lu Xun Zuju) | |