莲青楼、美军招待所旧址 见证中美反法西斯战争历史

Green Lotus House and Guesthouse for US Soldiers：

a 'historical witness' of China-US  military alliance during Anti-fascist War

沿著风光秀丽的南山步道行至重庆抗战遗址博物馆，一路林木茂密清幽。1992年，黄山抗战遗址被重庆市政府列为市级文物保护单位，2005年10月19日，重庆抗战遗址博物馆正式对外开放。博物馆内现存的一栋文物建筑遗址—莲青楼，曾是美国军事援华代表团驻地，是中国人民抗日战争和世界反法西斯战争的重要历史见证。

莲青楼建于20世纪30年代，因楼前山壑有莲池而得名，池水清澈，莲花盛开，四周绿叶成荫。它建于山坳平地，座北朝南，由主楼和附楼两座小楼组成，总占地面积约1042平方米，主楼占地279平方米，华丽壮观且颇具西洋特色。

建筑内部装修采用西方近现代风格，由于莲青楼所处的位置通风不好，修建时就在屋顶与天花板之间建了一个“天然空调”，而木质地板与地面之间也留有30厘米的距离，便于通风防潮。

该建筑作为抗战期间美国军事援华代表团驻地，蒋介石的顾问端纳、参谋长史迪威、顾问团长巴大维、顾问陈纳德等人曾到访或在此居住。

位于南岸区南山街道南山公园路11号的美军招待所旧址，是一栋三面围廊式建筑，颇具中西合璧的折衷主义风格和山地特色，对于研究重庆近代建筑的发展历史具有参考价值。整栋建筑修建于由条石垒砌的基座上，每面砖墙外均有6根柱子，柱子下施有覆盆式柱础，屋顶为小青瓦、歇山式屋面。

该建筑于1898年由瑞典人安达森修建。20世纪30年代为国民政府21军独立旅袁筱如旅长府宅，抗战时期又将此辟为美军招待所。2013年5月被列为重庆市第七批国家级文物保护单位。

Traveling along the picturesque walking trail on Nanshan Mountain， which takes you all the way to the Chongqing Historic Sites Museum of the War of Resistance against Japan， you will find lush woods and tranquil grassland. The Museum is a selected historical and cultural site and has been protected by the Chongqing municipality since 1992. Opened on October 19， 2005， Chongqing Historic Sites Museum of the War of Resistance against Japan preserved an old building called Green Lotus House-the station of the Delegation of US Military Aid to China. It is a 'historical witness' of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-fascist War.

Constructed in the 1930s， Green Lotus House got its name for the lotus pond in front of it. The pond has clear water and blossoming lotus， and the house was surrounded by shades of green leaves. It was built on the basin surrounded by hills and covered an area of 1042 ㎡. Facing the south， it consists of one main house and two affiliated buildings. The western-style main house is glorious and covers an area of 279㎡.

It was decorated with a modern western-style too. To solve the problem of poor ventilation， the designer created a 'natural air conditioner' between the roof and the ceiling and kept 30 cm from the wooden floor to the ground to facilitate ventilation and prevent moisture.

It was the station of the US military delegation to China during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. People like Chiang Kai-shek's advisor William Henry Donald， Chief of Staff Joseph Stilwell， Head of United States Military Advisory Group David Goodwin Barr， and advisor Claire Lee Chennault， etc. have visited or stayed at the Green Lotus House.

Located at No. 11， Nanshan Park Road， Nanshan Street， Nanan District， the Guesthouse for the US Soldiers is a building circled with three corridors. It combined Chinese and western style， and also represented the architecture of the mountainous area. For the study of the history of modern architecture in Chongqing， it has great value： it has a gable and hip roof with small green tiles， and it was built on a stone-block base with six columns on each side of the brick wall， and each column was supported by an up-side-down basin.

The building was built in 1898 by Andersen， a Swede. It was the house of Yuan Xiaoru， commander of an independent brigade of the 21st army of Nanjing National government， and it later turned to the guest house for the US Solider during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. In May 2013 it was listed as Chongqings seventh batch of national-level major historical and cultural sites.