What is the current situation of the "Kang Youwei" island purchased in Sweden during Kang Youwei's exile overseas?

A reform reform supported by Guangxu, but it was like child's play. Although it promoted the ideological progress of society at that time to a certain extent, it was not surprising that this reform ended in failure. However, during this period, there were also many people born who were famous in history, and Kang Youwei was one of them. After this ambitious reform was interrupted and failed by the "rear party", some people died heroically, such as the Six Gentlemen of 1898, and some fled abroad, such as Kang Youwei.

Kang Youwei’s old photos

Generally speaking, in our concept, the escape life should be very hard. We can only show people a false face all day long, and even eating and accommodation become one person. question. However, during Kang Youwei's "fugitive" days, he actually spent a huge amount of money to buy an island of his own in Sweden and named it "Kang Youwei Island" after himself.

What is puzzling is that as a fugitive, he not only lives a good life, but also has spare money to buy an island in Sweden. Where did the money come from? What is the current situation of Kang Youwei Island?

Kang Youwei overseas

Part of the money that Kang Youwei had when he was in exile was the huge income gained from setting up businesses with the help of overseas Chinese. Of course, more When he was fleeing overseas, he also took a fake photo of Emperor Guangxu, set up a royalist association, deceived Chinese and overseas Chinese everywhere, and accumulated huge wealth. After that, he took the money and started a real estate business in Japan, Europe and other countries. It became prosperous and he earned a lot of income. Therefore, although Kang Youwei was on the run overseas, his quality of life was not compromised at all.

Overview of Kang Youwei Island

After that, during the 16 years when Kang Youwei fled overseas, he traveled to 11 countries in Europe. Kang Youwei even wrote a book "Ten European Countries". Travel Notes of a Country. Kang Youwei has visited Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, twice. When he first arrived at a hotel in the city's sand dune town of Baden, he immediately fell in love with the houses dotted on the small islands. The island's dotted structure , facing the beautiful scenery of the sea, also allowed him to calm down after years of exile.

The legendary Kang Youwei Island

So in 1904, Kang Youwei once again arrived at the sand dune Baden, bought the small island in the lake, and used his own Naming. He lived on this island for three years. In order to make his life more comfortable, he also built a Chinese-style garden on this island and named it Beihai Thatched Cottage. According to research by some researchers from the Academy of Social Sciences, he spent 28,000 kronor on purchasing the island and 7,999 kronor on decorating the island.

In fact, many Chinese tourists have searched for Kang Youwei Island. After arriving, they discovered that the island does exist and is still surrounded by the sea, but the legendary island on the island Chinese gardens have long since disappeared. Moreover, the island is covered with weeds and looks depressed and lonely. Hundreds of years have already changed everything, and this island has now been taken back by Sweden. Only the Chinese who knew that Kang Youwei once lived here continued to call it "Kang Youwei Island".