On May 15, 2020, the government officially returned the Red Mansion which was on the north side of the Puyi Church in Zhangpu. Since then, Puyi Christian Church has taken advantage of the pandemic period to renovate the building, which will be used as an office for the church in the future.
The Red Mansion was built in 1920 and has a hundred years of history. There is a touching story of the connection between Miss G. J. Maclagan and the Red Mansion. Miss Maclagan was a single female missionary, sent by the British Presbyterian Church to China in 1882. She came to Zhangpu County, Fujian Province with another missionary, Sister Miss Johnston.
At that time it was a common occurrence in Zhangpu that babies would be drowned. “Sometimes, these babies were rescued by Christian neighbors and given to families willing to take care of them, otherwise the baby girl would be sold... At that time, there were only eight or nine ladies who were literate, and it was almost impossible for females to attend school. What’s more, not many people were available to insist on allowing more persons to attend school. " After learning about the situation, Maclagan established an "Enlightenment Hall" in the Christian Church of Xinluwei, Zhangpu County, which attracted girls aged from 4 to 6 and school-age orphan girls.
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A map of Changpu Missionary Compound/Provided by Zheng Meizhen
At that time, the girls in the "Enlightenment Hall" were "living in the house near the (now Puyi Christian Church) Chapel compound, and the widows of Christians took care of these children like mothers.
On February 6, 1892, after the Enlightenment Hall was established, Ms. Maclagan founded Zhangpu’s first women’s boarding school and day school—Yangzheng Girls’ School. There were only 25 students at the beginning. But by the first semester of 1893, the girls’ school had 60 students, and the school building was expanded." After that, more than 600 students graduated from school. Many of them could read and write Roman letters and Chinese, learned skills in textiles, shoemaking, sewing, and embroidery, and also gained some Bible knowledge. Some of those who completed their education became teachers."
At that time, every church in Zhangpu had some people who could read and were interested in serving. By 1908, the school had held six lunch-classes with a total of 54 students. "This was a school, especially for young children. They were busy cutting grass for fuel and taking water buffalo out to eat grass. Then they were together during the lunch break to learn and read the Bible and simple Roman letters, and repeatedly sang hymns." This promoted the rapid spread of Christianity in the Zhangpu area.
In 1904 the "Yangzheng Girls' School" was renamed "Zhangpu Private Fengyuan Primary School" (the predecessor of Zhangpu Experimental Primary School). Before liberation, the facilities and teachers of Fengyuan Primary School were the best in Zhangpu County and the teaching quality was quite good. Many students who were educated at this school later became celebrities in the political world.
In 1920, the alumni who graduated from this school and the British Presbyterian Church jointly funded a two-story building of red brick and wood of nearly 600 square meters on the north side of Puyi Christian Church in Zhangpu County. This was a Chinese-Western style building that was used as a classroom for students (commonly known as the Red Mansion). Missionary Maclagan worked in Zhangpu for nearly 40 years and never married. She returned to the United Kingdom in 1931 and passed away on May 14, 1939, at the age of 83.
After liberation, the Puyi Church was nationalized, and after the reform and opening-up policy, it was returned to the church. In 2007 the government allocated funds to repair it, and it became the Zhangpu County Revolutionary History Memorial Hall. In April 1984, it was designated by the government as a Cultural Relics Protection Unit. And in June 2011, it was declared to be the Party History Education Base of Fujian Province by the Party History Research Office of Fujian Provincial Party Committee. On January 28, 2013, it came under the Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units by the Fujian Provincial People's Government.
- Translated by Elaina Wu
政府将漳浦红楼归还浦邑教堂：安玉瑜姑娘与漳浦红楼的故事
2020年5月15日，政府将漳浦浦邑教堂北侧的红楼正式归还教堂。近一个月来，浦邑基督教堂利用抗疫休会期间抓紧对其进行整修，今后将作为教会综合办公楼使用。
红楼建于1920年，迄今有百年历史，红楼背后，是英国长老会单身女性传教士安玉瑜在漳浦的感人故事。1882年，安玉瑜受W.M.A. （英国长老会的妇女传道协会）差派，随后与另一位传教士力希宁姑娘一起来到福建省漳浦县。
当年福建漳浦地区溺婴的事情很普遍，“有时候，这些小婴儿被基督教邻居救下来，送给愿意照顾她们的家庭，否则女婴也会被售卖……当时的整个漳浦地区只有八九位女士能够识字，说服女士或女孩子去学校上学几乎不可能，而且在少数人上学的情况下，也没有多少人能坚持足够长的时间去上学”，安玉瑜了解到这些情況后，在漳浦县城新路尾基督教会创办一所“启蒙堂”，吸收4岁至6岁女童及孤儿院适龄女童入学，开漳浦幼儿教育之先河。
当时“启蒙堂”的女孩都“住在（现浦邑基督教）礼拜堂大院附近的房子里，由基督教徒的遗孀像母亲一样照顾这些孩子。
1892年2月6日，安玉瑜姑娘又在启蒙堂的基础上，创办了漳浦第一所女子寄宿学校和日间学校——养正女子学校，开办当时只有25名学生。但到了1893年的第一学期，女校已有60名学生，校舍大楼很快要扩建。“在那之后，超过600名学生从学校毕业。他们中有许多人学习读和写罗马汉字，学习纺织、做鞋、缝纫和刺绣等技能，还获得一些圣经知识。还有一些人修完整个课程后成为老师。”
当时漳浦的每个教堂都有一些人会读书，并且对侍奉感兴趣。到1908年学校办了六个午间班，共有学生 54名。“这学校是为小孩子们举办，他们整天忙着割草做燃料、赶着水牛吃草。他们在午休是聚在一起学习读圣经和简单的罗马语书信，并反复诵读赞美诗”，这促进了基督教在漳浦地区的迅速传播。
1904年“养正女子学校”更名为“漳浦县私立逢源小学”（漳浦县实验小学前身），解放前，逢源小学的设施和师资水平在漳浦县数全县一流，教学颇为出色，很多在这个学校接受启蒙教育的学生，后来都成为政界学界的名人。
1920年，由从这个学校毕业的校友和英国长老会共同出资，在漳浦县浦邑基督教堂北侧，建成一座近600平方米红砖木结构二层楼房。这是一座中西风格的建筑，用作学生课堂（俗称红楼）。传教士安姑娘在漳浦工作近40年，终身未嫁。1931年回到英国，于1939年5月14日灵归天家，享年83岁。
解放后，浦邑教堂收归国有，改革开放后落实宗教政策归还教会，2007年由政府拨款修缮并向教会借用，开辟成为漳浦县革命历史纪念馆。1984年4月红楼被漳浦县人民政府公布为漳浦县文物保护单位，2011年6月被福建省委党史研究室公布为福建省党史教育基地。2013年1月28日被福建省人民政府公布为第八批省级文物保护单位。
On May 15, 2020, the government officially returned the Red Mansion which was on the north side of the Puyi Church in Zhangpu. Since then, Puyi Christian Church has taken advantage of the pandemic period to renovate the building, which will be used as an office for the church in the future.
The Red Mansion was built in 1920 and has a hundred years of history. There is a touching story of the connection between Miss G. J. Maclagan and the Red Mansion. Miss Maclagan was a single female missionary, sent by the British Presbyterian Church to China in 1882. She came to Zhangpu County, Fujian Province with another missionary, Sister Miss Johnston.
At that time it was a common occurrence in Zhangpu that babies would be drowned. “Sometimes, these babies were rescued by Christian neighbors and given to families willing to take care of them, otherwise the baby girl would be sold... At that time, there were only eight or nine ladies who were literate, and it was almost impossible for females to attend school. What’s more, not many people were available to insist on allowing more persons to attend school. " After learning about the situation, Maclagan established an "Enlightenment Hall" in the Christian Church of Xinluwei, Zhangpu County, which attracted girls aged from 4 to 6 and school-age orphan girls.
A map of Changpu Missionary Compound/Provided by Zheng Meizhen
At that time, the girls in the "Enlightenment Hall" were "living in the house near the (now Puyi Christian Church) Chapel compound, and the widows of Christians took care of these children like mothers.
On February 6, 1892, after the Enlightenment Hall was established, Ms. Maclagan founded Zhangpu’s first women’s boarding school and day school—Yangzheng Girls’ School. There were only 25 students at the beginning. But by the first semester of 1893, the girls’ school had 60 students, and the school building was expanded." After that, more than 600 students graduated from school. Many of them could read and write Roman letters and Chinese, learned skills in textiles, shoemaking, sewing, and embroidery, and also gained some Bible knowledge. Some of those who completed their education became teachers."
At that time, every church in Zhangpu had some people who could read and were interested in serving. By 1908, the school had held six lunch-classes with a total of 54 students. "This was a school, especially for young children. They were busy cutting grass for fuel and taking water buffalo out to eat grass. Then they were together during the lunch break to learn and read the Bible and simple Roman letters, and repeatedly sang hymns." This promoted the rapid spread of Christianity in the Zhangpu area.
In 1904 the "Yangzheng Girls' School" was renamed "Zhangpu Private Fengyuan Primary School" (the predecessor of Zhangpu Experimental Primary School). Before liberation, the facilities and teachers of Fengyuan Primary School were the best in Zhangpu County and the teaching quality was quite good. Many students who were educated at this school later became celebrities in the political world.
In 1920, the alumni who graduated from this school and the British Presbyterian Church jointly funded a two-story building of red brick and wood of nearly 600 square meters on the north side of Puyi Christian Church in Zhangpu County. This was a Chinese-Western style building that was used as a classroom for students (commonly known as the Red Mansion). Missionary Maclagan worked in Zhangpu for nearly 40 years and never married. She returned to the United Kingdom in 1931 and passed away on May 14, 1939, at the age of 83.
After liberation, the Puyi Church was nationalized, and after the reform and opening-up policy, it was returned to the church. In 2007 the government allocated funds to repair it, and it became the Zhangpu County Revolutionary History Memorial Hall. In April 1984, it was designated by the government as a Cultural Relics Protection Unit. And in June 2011, it was declared to be the Party History Education Base of Fujian Province by the Party History Research Office of Fujian Provincial Party Committee. On January 28, 2013, it came under the Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units by the Fujian Provincial People's Government.
- Translated by Elaina Wu
Local Gov't Returns Property to Fujian Church
