Lu Han Mansion

Lu Han Mansion is located at No. 4 Cuihu South Road, Wuhua District, Kunming City, right across from the east gate of Cuihu Park, covering an area of 6,205 square meters. It was the private residence and office of Mr. Lu Han, the last chairman of Yunnan Province during the Republic of China era and a renowned patriotic general. The mansion was built in the 1930s and is the best-preserved and largest brick-and-stone structure French-style building in the Kunming area today. The entire building is octagonal, two-storied, with brick walls and wooden trusses, and partly reinforced concrete structures; its roof is a steep slope Ying Shan flat tile, with all sides being equilateral triangles, featuring a distinct Gothic style. The building has sixteen facades in total, with three-sided bay windows on the east and west sides; red tiles and yellow walls, complemented by grey border lines, are very elegant. Stone columns, door frames, window frames, and other stone components are often decorated with bas-reliefs, and the interior is equipped with fireplaces. All interior decorations are made of imported teak wood, with primary and secondary bedrooms and dining rooms all having floor-to-ceiling doors and windows that open onto balconies. The decoration is very luxurious and exquisite. On the evening of December 9, 1949, in order to confuse the military and political officials and spies that Chiang Kai-shek had planted in Kunming, Lu Han meticulously planned and, under the guise of holding an important military meeting, detained military and political officials such as Zhang Qun, the head of the Southwest Military and Political Headquarters, Li Mi, the commander of the Eighth Army, and Yu Chengwan, the commander of the Twenty-sixth Army, at the mansion. At 10 p.m. that night, Lu Han announced the Yunnan Uprising from the Wuhua Mountain Provincial Government via telegram. With the support of the People's Liberation Army, Yunnan peacefully rose up, shattering Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy to establish an anti-communist base in Yunnan and making an outstanding contribution to the liberation of the great Southwest. As the site that witnessed the significant historical event of the Yunnan Peaceful Uprising, Lu Han Mansion has high historical, cultural, and architectural value. In October 2019, it was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit.