The former residence of Comrade Soong Ching Ling is located on the northern bank of the scenic Houhai Lake in Shichahai, Beijing. The water and sky are reflected in front of the gate, the blue waves are rippling, the willows on the embankment are swaying, the courtyard is full of winding corridors, pavilions and pavilions; the lake is surrounded by rugged rocks; the green trees are thick and the fragrance of flowers is overflowing. It is a graceful, elegant, quiet and unique garden. The former residence covers an area of more than 20,000 square meters and the building area is about 5,000 square meters. It was originally the residence garden of Prince Chun Zaifeng, the father of the last emperor of China, Aixinjueluo Puyi, also known as the West Garden. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the party and the government planned to build a residence for Soong Ching Ling in Beijing, but she repeatedly declined. In 1962, Premier Zhou Enlai, commissioned by the party and the government, personally planned and decided to use this palace garden to carefully design, renovate and renovate. To the west of the original main building, a two-story main building with a "combination of Chinese and Western styles" was built as Soong Ching Ling's residence. In April 1963, Song Qingling moved here and died on May 29, 1981. She worked and lived here for 18 years. On May 16, 1981, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress decided to award Comrade Song Qingling the honorary title of "Honorary Chairman of the People's Republic of China". In October 1981, the central government decided to name this residence as "The Former Residence of Comrade Song Qingling, Honorary Chairman of the People's Republic of China", and the State Council designated it as a national key cultural relic protection unit. Afterwards, under the cordial care and direct leadership of central leaders such as Deng Yingchao and Liao Chengzhi, the former residence was fully renovated, preserving and restoring the original appearance of Song Qingling's work and life during her lifetime, displaying it in its original state, collecting cultural relics and materials nationwide, and organizing the "Comrade Song Qingling Life Exhibition". On May 29 of that year, on the anniversary of Song Qingling's death, Deng Yingchao personally unveiled the former residence and it was officially opened to the public. In order to better protect and preserve the precious cultural relics of Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling, with the care and support of the central leadership, the foundation of the cultural relics bank of Soong Ching Ling's former residence was laid on May 29, 2008. On May 31, 2009, the newly renovated former residence and the carefully produced exhibition on Soong Ching Ling's life were reopened to the public. Jia Qinglin, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attended the reopening ceremony. Soong Ching Ling's former residence has been named Beijing Youth Education Base, National Youth Education Base, Central State Organs Ideological Education Base, and Anti-corruption Education Base.