At 53 Bukui South Street, architecture and memory speak two different languages. To historians, the U-shaped masonry building with its soaring parapets is the Former Site of the Heilongjiang Provincial Assembly, a physical anchor of 1924 Republic-era politics. To the older residents of Qiqihar, it is simply the "Old Second Hospital." For over sixty years, a structure designed to diagnose the ailments of a province was repurposed to heal the bodies of its citizens.

The building’s Eclectic design physically manifests the transitional era of its birth. Interlaced red and grey bricks form the facade, blending regional materials with a cosmopolitan aesthetic. Deeply recessed arched windows and relief moldings project an air of institutional authority. The original architects planned the U-shaped courtyard to gather delegates and centralize political power. When the health department assumed control of the building in 1950, establishing the Qiqihar No. 2 Hospital, that same courtyard transformed into a receiving area for ambulances and anxious families. The high ceilings and wide corridors, drafted initially to accommodate legislative crowds, proved highly adaptable to the daily flow of gurneys, nurses, and waiting patients.

Over time, the demands of a modernizing healthcare system exerted immense physical pressure on the historic masonry. The constant hum of medical machinery, rigorous sterilization protocols, and heavy foot traffic threatened the structural integrity of the 1924 architecture. In response, municipal authorities initiated a massive administrative shift in 2011, merging the institution into the Qiqihar No. 1 Hospital. Planners systematically removed intensive clinical functions from the aging framework and eventually relocated them to a purpose-built facility two and a half kilometers down the road to protect the national heritage site.

Today, the building exists in a quiet state of semi-retirement. The former wards and treatment rooms now serve as historical exhibition spaces and administrative offices. After spending the bulk of a century acting as a shelter for the vulnerable, the structure is finally receiving care of its own. It holds the quiet atmosphere of an artifact that has shaped both the civic and biological life of Qiqihar.