Gu Yanwu is a famous scholar at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Zitinglin, so his hometown of Kunshan Qiandeng Ancient Town in Jiangsu has many schools, buildings and so on named after his word. Gu Yanwu's former residence is the most famous Ming and Qing buildings in Qiandeng Ancient Town. It was a key cultural relics protection unit in Jiangsu Province in 1956, but was damaged in the Cultural Revolution and repaired later.