CELEBRITIES＇ FORMER RESIDENCES IN BEIJING

As a historical capital city ill dynastic China, Beijing is famous for many celebrities＇ .former residences which have been considered major attractions to tourists. Statistics indicate that there are so far 310 recognized former residences of celebrities in the city - Cao Xueqin, the author of the classical novel ＂A Dream of the Red Chamber＂, Guo Muoruo, a great writer and poet of modern China, and Shao Piaoping, a famous journalist in the early 20th century, to name a few.第一段]