Red Songs 红歌
Red Songs is an on-going research project that collects sound, visuals, videos, maps, texts and other medium of my family's migration route.
Currently, No.7 Yihuali has the most information, started May 2018, a revamp project has started for the twin mansions of No.7 Yihuali. These two buildings were previously owned by the twin daughters of renowned Shanghai mob boss Du Yuesheng, later owned by Lv Yunzhang, one of the first female legislative committee of Republic of China. After 1949, these buildings have been acquired by the headquarter of Nanjing Military Region (PRC).
My grandparents Wu Zhiqi and Zhu Liang moved to this building in 1973 with their daughters Zhu Dandan and Zhu Shanshan. It was a gated residential compound with soldiers from Nanjing Military Region headquarter. Later on, it became a residential area.
I spent most of my childhood in this neighbourhood, playing in grandma's garden and kids in the community.