Zhang Juzheng's former residence

Zhang Juzheng

Zhang Juzheng,a politician, thinker and reformer who went out of the land of Jingzhou, served as the chief assistant of the cabinet during the Wanli period（AD1563-1620） of the Ming Dynasty and was praised as the outstanding prime minister.

Zhang Juzheng's former residence is a national AAA tourist attraction, located in the eastern corner of Jingzhou City, formerly known as "Senior Secretary Zhang's residence". In 1572, Zhang Juzheng constructed this to collect the calligraphy praised by Emperor Wanli. At the end of Ming Dynasty, it was changed to "Zhang Wenzhong Ancestral Hall" and at the beginning of Qing Dynasty it was called "Prime minister's old Mansion". In the early 1980s, when the old city was rebuilt, Zhang Juzheng Street was built. In 2008, Zhang Juzheng's former residence was restored and opened to public.