The front of the former residence is a living area, covering an area of 9875.55 square meters, with courtyards and fences 30 meters east and west, north and south 100 meters. There are 2 study rooms in Wu Cheng'en, 3 rooms in Wu Cheng'en, 3 halls, 3 parents' rooms in Wu Cheng'en's birthplace, 3 wing rooms and 34m cloisters, with a total construction area of 392.77m2.. There is a horizontal plaque at the entrance of Wu Cheng'en's former residence, which reads "Wu Cheng'en's former residence", inscribed by Shu Tong, former chairman of China Calligraphers Association.
Nowadays, there are two ways to visit Wu Cheng'en's former residence. The west road runs eastward from the Li Canal levee, passes through the hometown of writers in the Han Dynasty, and passes through Zhuxiang Street from the street. The other is East Road, which starts from the northern end of Beimen Street and enters from Zhuxiang Street to the west. At the entrance of Zhuxiang Street, there is a memorial archway of "Wu Cheng'en's hometown". The archway has four pillars and three doors, and there are two couplets. One is about Wu Cheng'en's hometown, Huai 'an River, with outstanding people and profound cultural heritage.
Wu Cheng'en's former residence is located at the southernmost tip of Datong Lane in the northwest of Huai 'an.
Wu Cheng'en's former residence was destroyed in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. 1982, in order to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Wu Cheng'en's death and welcome the first The Journey to the West academic seminar in China, Huai 'an Municipal People's Government rebuilt Wu Cheng'en's former residence in the former site of Wuzhai. The front of the former residence is a living area, with an area of 9875.55 square meters. The courtyard wall is 30 meters long from east to west and 100 meter long from north to south. There are 2 study rooms in Wu Cheng'en, 3 rooms in Wu Cheng'en, 3 halls, 3 parents' rooms in Wu Cheng'en's birthplace, 3 wing rooms and 34m cloisters, with a total construction area of 392.77m2..
There is a horizontal plaque at the entrance of Wu Cheng'en's former residence, which reads "Wu Cheng'en's former residence", inscribed by Shu Tong, former chairman of China Calligraphers Association. Entering the courtyard is the living room, which is the main living room of the Wu family. It is a place for weddings and funerals, and also a place for welcoming close guests. There is a bust of Wu Cheng'en in the hall, on which hangs the plaque of "Sheyang Mao" inscribed by Zhao Puchu, president of the Chinese Buddhist Association. On both sides of the statue are couplets inscribed by Xiao Xian, a famous female calligrapher in China: "Strange by strength, learning by sincerity". Various versions of The Journey to the West are displayed in the glass cabinet. On both sides of the main hall gate, there are big green couplets on the orange background, which are very different:
Searching for hundreds of generations of prose, adopting the rhyme of a thousand years, the art garden has been pushing Beiping for a long time;
My aunt dared to express her mind under the guise of a demon and performed a strange journey to the West.
This couplet was inscribed by Ma Jizhong, former vice chairman of Huai 'an City, and written by Li Xigui, a member of Jiangsu Book Association, which summarized the achievements of Wu Cheng'en's life and the historical value of his masterpiece The Journey to the West.
Wu Cheng'en's birthplace is also his parents' home. Wu Cheng'en's father, Wu Rui (146 1- 1532), named Ju Weng, is a loyal man who likes to tell stories about history and visit ancient temples in Huaidi, and often tells young Wu Cheng'en stories about folk ghosts and gods. After receiving the Xu family, she gave birth to a daughter named Wu Chengjia and married Shen Shan, a retainer of Huai 'an. After middle age, he married Zhang and gave birth to Wu Cheng'en. The East Room is the bedroom of He Xu, and the Westinghouse is the bedroom of He Zhang.
Wu Cheng'en's research, namely "Sheyang Mao". When Wu Cheng'en was a child, he liked to listen to the stories of the Huaihe River Water God and the Sangha Great Sage. Later, I collected and read various legendary novels and ghost stories for fun. The obtained materials are "stored in my chest". After middle age, he began to reflect the story of Tang Priest's Journey to the West in his study, combining the legends of the Tang Dynasty, Buddhist classics, folk stories and Huai 'an local stories. A journey to the west that has written hundreds of novels.