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The birthplace and thememorial hall of China’s former premier minister Zhou Enlai 周恩来 (1898-1976) are located inHuai’an City 淮安市 inJiangsu Province 江苏省. Theexhibition hall of the former residence shows the birthing room and the livingconditions of Zhou during his youth. Nearby the birthplace museum, the mainsection of the whole site can be found, the ZhouEnlai Memorial Hall. Picture 1: Exhibition Hall Just like the sites of PLA Marshal Peng Dehuai 彭德怀 (1898-1974) and Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇 (1898-1969), the Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall was built during the post-Maoist era. In 1988, the construction of the hall began and in 1992, it was opened to the public. The museum compound is constructed like a huge parkway, consisting of two museum sites, three artificial ponds, and a peninsula on which the memorial hall was erected (Red Tourism). The whole area is in line with Zhou Enlai’s Memorial Hall, which resembles a giant pavilion with an octagonal chassis and four huge pillars. According to Kirk Denton, the hall is divided into three parts. After entering the building, an exhibition of Zhou Enlai’s vita can be found. It is showing his political career and emphasizes Zhou’s “closeness with the people”. Furthermore, this part of the museum portrays the official image of China’s former premier minister due to the fact that the visitors are confronted with “a narrative they already know well” (Denton 2014: 169). The second part is the real memorial hall, whose main part is the 4.7-meter tall statue of Zhou. The Viewing Platformcan be found on the top of the hall where visitors get an impression from theentire site (Official Website). In 1998, a replica of Zhongnanhai West Flower Hall 中南海西花厅, which had been the residence Zhou Enlai and his wife Deng Yingchao 邓颖超 (1904-1992) in Beijing, and a bronze statue of Zhou were added to the memorial site. Picture 2: At the side of premier ZhouBy reference to the configuration of the memorial hall, it can be seen that the museum conveys a clearly defined image of Zhou Enlai: he is portrayed as a loyal, humanist, and cultivated statesman, who always was in touch with the people. Insofar, he serves as “the perfect model not only for the revolutionary period but also for the reform era” (Denton 2014: 169). This is also the message in a documentary produced by CCTV-10 in 2016 (《全国爱国主义教育示范基地巡礼》 周恩来纪念馆). It might also be important to mention that the memorial hall was designed by Qi Kang 齐康 (1931-), who also created the Memorial to the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre of the Invading Japanese Army in Nanjing. While the Nanjing site is not influenced by any political narrative, the Zhou Enlai Memorial contains the classical historical party line of the CCP. Here, a discrepancy concerning the Chinese politics of memory becomes visible.&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Bibliography: Denton, Kirk A. (2014):Exhibiting the Past – Historical memory and the Politics of Museum inPostsocialist China. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.Yu Changgen (1998):“Zhou Enlai – The Unsullied”. In: World Affairs: The Journal ofInternational Issues Vol. 2, No. 2. Pp. 34-40. &#160;List of Pictures: Featured Image: Zhou Enlai,  source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Residence_of_Zhou_Enlai_(Huai%27an)#/media/File:Zhou_Enlai1.jpg, &#160;author: Nnu-12-22100547, Own work) Picture 1: Exhibition hall, source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Residence_of_Zhou_Enlai_(Huai%27an)#/media/File:Exhibition_hall_(birthplace_and_former_residence_of_Zhou_Enlai_historical_site,_Huai'an,_Jiangsu_Province).jpg, author: Nnu-12-22100547, Own work) Picture 2: At the side of premier Zhou, source: https://chineseposters.net/posters/e13-132.php, designer: Jiang Changyi (蒋昌一), Call nummer: BG E13/132 (Stefan R. Landsberger Private Collection))