The private villa of Li Hongzhang is situated in Dingxiang (clove) Garden which is a traditional Chinese garden of European style built by Li Hongzhang, a minister and once a commissioner to Jiangsu province in the late Qing Dynasty who advocated Westernization movement, for his concubine named Dingxiang. Designed by a famous American designer, the two buildings were set up under American style of late the 19th century. One (now Building 1) was a residence for Dingxiang and the other (now Building 3) was used as a bibliotheca (Building 2 was erected late 50’s in the 20th century). The two buildings enjoy the similarities in the outer appearances and inner structures. Building 1 is of brick and wood structure under British style with the lower floor occupied by dining room, living room, kitchen, repository and servants’ rooms and the second floor taken up by bedroom, study, and reception room. Building 3 is his library that is rich in books and antiques. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the rare books were sold through an old bookstore and the remains were contributed by Li Guochao (Li Hongzhang’s grandson) to the library of Zhendan University and given to Fudan University after liberation. The south of Dingxiang Garden is a small garden centered about a lake which is occupied in the middle by a lake called Phoenix Pavilion for the octagonal top is decorated by a phoenix-shaped ornamentation.