Lao She's Former Residence (Camel Xiangzi Museum)
骆驼祥子博物馆
Lao She's former residence in Qingdao, where he wrote Rickshaw Boy. The red-tiled courtyard displays the writer's life and works.
The Camel Xiangzi Museum is located at No. 12 Huangxian Road. It was Lao She's residence from 1934 to 1937, when he taught at Shandong University in Qingdao, and it was here that he completed the celebrated novel Rickshaw Boy. The former residence is a small German-style building with a red-tiled roof. A bronze statue of Lao She stands in the courtyard, and the exhibition halls display his life, the manuscripts of his works and his connection with Qingdao, along with scene installations evoking old Beijing. Admission is free. The museum is closed on Mondays and is open roughly 09:00 to 17:00. It is a few minutes' walk from the red wall on Daxue Road, and together with Xiaoyushan and the Yushan Campus of Ocean University of China, it forms a cultural walking route.
Opening hours
Closed Mondays; 09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Daxue Road & Yushan Road
- Former German Governor's Office (Jiao'ao)
- Former German Governor's Residence
- Qingdao German Prison Site Museum
- Signal Hill Park
- Qingdao Protestant Church
- Qingdao Tianhou Temple
- PLA Navy Museum
Places to eat nearby
- Minguohai Seafood Dumpling Restaurant (Zhongshan Road Zhanqiao Branch)
- Wangjie BBQ (Zhongshan Road Branch)
- Chunhelou (Zhongshan Road Head Office)
- Yongle Beer House (Chengwu Road Branch)
- Yiqinghui · Seafood Qingdao Cuisine (May Fourth Square Flagship Store)
- Shuangheyuan · Seafood Dumplings Qingdao Cuisine (Xuanhua Road Branch)