Lei Fafa

Lei Fafa

Lei developed, the word Ming, Nankang Jianchang County Meitang Township Xinzhuang (now Jiangxi Yongxiu County Meitang town Xinzhuang Village) people. Born in the 47th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1619), died in the 32nd year of Kangxi (1693), and was buried in Jinling. He was the chief designer of "style room" in the early Qing Dynasty, known as "style thunder" in the world, and known as a world-famous master of architectural art in modern times.

In the early Qing Dynasty, Lei Fafa and his cousin Lei Faxuan, who were good at architectural techniques, enlisted to build a royal palace in Beijing. Lei Fafa was released from service in 1970, and he wrote "code of engineering practice of Ministry of industry" and "engineering construction record".

Lei Fafa has three sons: Lei Jinyu, Lei Jinming and Lei Jinsheng. The eldest son, Jinyu, whose name is Liangsheng, was born in 1659. He inherited his father's business. By the end of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, it had spread to the sixth generation sun Lei Jianchang, who was in charge of "cunshi" house for more than 200 years. In addition to the Imperial Palace, they also designed four gardens: Yuanmingyuan, Summer Palace, jingyiyuan, jingmingyuan, three mountains, three seas and two mausoleums.

Life of the characters

Lei Fafa was in charge of the style of the Ministry of construction when he built the royal palace. In the middle of Kangxi, he built three main halls (Taihe hall, Zhonghe hall and Baohe Hall) of the Forbidden City, the largest of which is Taihe hall, also known as Jinluan hall. Taihe hall was built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty, which was called Fengtian hall and Huangji hall successively. It was rebuilt and renamed Taihe hall in the early Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty. At the beginning of the project, due to the lack of large timber beams, it is suggested that the old beams and columns of Phoebe bournei be demolished for use. On the day of the beam, Kangxi led the Minister of culture and military to salute in person. Just at the time of the beam, the big beam was hanging because of the difference between his eyes. The Minister of industry was surprised to see him. He was afraid that he might go to Liang Jichen by mistake. He rushed to find Lei Fafa and gave him a crown coat. Lei's sleeve axe rose quickly, climbed up the beam and raised the steel axe. He only heard "Du, Du, Du" three times, and the wooden beam "boom" and fell down steadily. All of a sudden, drum music, civil and military officials, three calls "long live"! Liang Kangxi summoned the developed workers to meet with Lei Changyue. Therefore, the people left the ballad of "Lu Ban on the top, long class on the bottom, purple emblem, Imperial Palace sealed". Later, the large-scale Yuanmingyuan project began, and he was transferred to nanmu style house of Yuanmingyuan, which is the task of chief designer of the project. At this time, Lei developed has made great achievements, especially in design. On the basis of inheriting the tradition of predecessors, he has the courage to innovate and form his own unique style. For example, the ancient Chinese architectural complex adopts the central line, the North-South deep development, and the symmetrical layout. When he designed the palace of the Qing Dynasty, he didn't stick to the rules. He not only kept the buildings on the central line strictly symmetrical, but also adopted the new pattern of roughly symmetrical buildings on both sides of the main axis, showing flexible changes. In this way, it not only highlights the center, but also embodies the idea of "respecting the middle", and forms a unified and primary and secondary whole. Since then, Lei developed has been known as "style thunder".

Although Lei Fafa was an imperial craftsman, he still missed his hometown (i.e. Xinzhuang Lei village, Meitang Town, Yongxiu County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province). It is said that when he was in the dynasty, he sent money to the Lei people and entrusted them to build the Lei ancestral hall. At that time, Mr. Lei spent the money privately. After hearing that Lei Fafa was going to go home to worship his ancestors, Lei had to borrow money from all over the place and built a ancestral hall called zunzu hall in a hurry. Now it has collapsed due to disrepair, but there is still a broken wall in Lei village. Out of respect and loyalty to the ancestors of Lei's family, Lei Fafa once went to his hometown on a business trip to the south. When he was in De'an, he asked the local people how far it was to leicun village in Yongxiu. The local people replied that it was still one day's journey, while the bodyguard of Fafa mistakenly listened to it. Due to the fact that he had to travel a thousand miles to get sick, the bodyguard persuaded Lei to go back to Beijing. As a result, he failed to return home this time.

progeny testing

During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, Lei Jiarui, a descendant of the Lei family, took a business trip to the South and went back to Jianchang (now Yongxiu County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province) to rebuild the Dacheng genealogy. Relying on their own wisdom and hard work, the Lei family created their own design drawings and produced "hot plate" (now called model) for construction. The Lei family reached the peak of architecture and garden art in Qing Dynasty. The academic masterpieces such as "the history of Chinese architecture" and "the history of ancient Chinese architecture" all spoke highly of the family's achievements in ancient architecture. "Introduction to world famous science" also includes the name of Lei Fafa. Their remarkable achievements in Architectural Science and art will forever be recorded in the history of architectural technology of the Chinese nation and all mankind.

original text

Well developed, ray oscillator. In the early Qing Dynasty, he and his cousin Lei Faxuan (Lei zhenzhouzi) went to Beijing as art recruits, and he was also the originator of the "style Lei" family. In the middle period of Kangxi, the three halls were built, and the craftsmen to the South were in service. So the old rumor goes, "the hall of Supreme Harmony was short of big wood, and the beams and columns of Nanmu in Ming mausoleum were demolished in a hurry. On the day of Shangliang, Shengzu came to salute in person. When the golden beam was raised and the mortise and tenon were suspended, the officials of the Ministry of industry looked at each other in consternation, and the emperor was afraid to be at a loss. The secretary gave the developed crown and clothes privately, with the sleeve axe rising and the axe falling. Li Cheng. On the big Yue, the face of the Ministry of construction to teach the long class. People at that time said, "there is Lu Ban on the top and a long class on the bottom. Crape myrtle follows its orders and the golden palace is an official. In the 70s, he was released from the army and buried in Jinling.

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