Hehu Xinjü—Hakka Enclosed Residence

Longgang Hehu new residence is the largest Hakka residential complex in China. It is the most complete and representative one in the existing Hakka enclosure in Shenzhen. Founded in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and opened in 1997, the Hakka folk custom museum is a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit. It is a historical witness of the development of Eastern Shenzhen by Hakka people in Guangdong, and provides an important basis for studying the history, culture, folk custom and architecture of Shenzhen.

Hehu Xinjü—Hakka Enclosed Residence

Hehu new residence is one of the top ten Hakka villages in Shenzhen

. One of the main tourist attractions in Shenzhen

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Hehu new residence is known as "the first Hakka enclosure". It is the largest Hakka residential complex in China and the most complete and representative of the existing 300 odd Hakka enclosed houses in Shenzhen

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Hehu new residence is located at No.1, luoruihe North Street, Nanlian community, Longgang street, Longgang District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty (1736-1795), the Hehu new residence was built by Luo Ruifeng, the founder of Hehu new residence. It was completed in the reign of Daoguang of Qing Dynasty (1782-1850). Hehu new residence covers an area of 14432 square meters, with a total area of 25000 square meters (including banyuechi and Heping).

Hehu new house is one of the largest Hakka enclosed houses in China,

It is formed by the inner and outer walls, with a well arranged layout. It is known as "nine halls, eighteen wells, ten pavilions and horse corridors". It is a historical witness of the Hakka people's development of Shenzhen area, and is known as the crystallization of Hakka residential architectural art

. It embodies the spirit of hard work, self-sufficiency and ceaseless struggle of local Hakkas in Shenzhen

It provides an important basis for the study of the history, culture, folk customs and architecture of Shenzhen.

The good family tradition and family precepts of "longgangluo" are also of educational significance.

In 1998, Hehu new residence became a municipal cultural relic protection unit in Shenzhen. In 2002, Hehu new residence became the fourth batch of cultural relic protection units in Guangdong Province.

In 2018, Hehu new house was selected as one of the "ten new sceneries of Longgang".

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Historical evolution

In 1758, Luo Ruifeng, the founder of Luo family in Hehu, moved to Longgang, Shenzhen from Xingning, Guangdong Province.

During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty (1736-1795), Luo Ruifeng began to build a new residence in Hehu.

During the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1782-1850), it took more than 40 years to complete the new residence in Hehu after three generations of Luo family.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Luo's village in Hehu was named "Luo Ruihe village" because of Luo's Ruihe business name.

After the reform and opening up, the wealthy descendants of Luo family in Hehu have built new houses nearby and moved out of their new houses. There were thousands of people living in the new house of Hehu. The last descendant of Luo family who lived here was an old woman who lived in wubaohu.

In 1996, Hehu new residence was established as the only folk custom museum in Shenzhen - Longgang Hakka folk custom museum. The Longgang District government invested more than 30 million yuan in the renovation and protection of Hehu new residence.

In 1997, Longgang Hakka folk custom museum, the new residence of Hehu, was built and opened.

In 2010, it took three years, and the protection and repair plan of new residence in Hehu was approved after repeated argumentation by experts. The project started in early 2010 and passed the preliminary acceptance in early September 2010.

On May 5, 2017, the municipal anti-corruption education base of Longgang Hakka folk custom museum was officially unveiled in the new residence of Hehu.

Architectural features

The new residence of Crane Lake combines the essence of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong Hakka round houses. It is a typical representative of Hakka Wai fort in Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

With an area of 15000 square meters and 25000 square meters of Heping and Yuechi, Hehu new residence is one of the largest Hakka residential buildings in China. It is also one of the most complete and representative Hakka dwellings in Shenzhen.

Hehu new residence is a Hakka building with three halls, two horizons, two fences, eight watchtowers and two watchtowers. It consists of 179 units (including one patio, two corridors, one hall and two rooms), with a total of more than 300 rooms,

It can accommodate more than 1000 people at most

. The outside of Hehu new residence is trapezoidal, 165.9 meters wide in front and 111.6 meters wide in back. The wall is about 6 meters high and 1 meter thick and is made of stone, concrete and concrete.

The four corners of the new house are three story turrets, square inside and trapezoidal outside. The turret is a Hakka style tile roof with two slopes and a large flying belt with a vertical ridge. There are passages on the tile surface around the turret (i.e. "zouma corridor"), which makes the buildings separated. The turret, watchtower and the outer wall of the enclosed house have exhaust holes and shooting holes in the shape of gourd and copper coin.

Hehu new residence is built with ancestral hall as the center. In the process of construction, countless fermented and mature Triassic soil are used, which is rammed with glutinous rice pulp, brown sugar water and even egg white as adhesive. Compared with the grand building, the main gate is small, but it contains the wisdom of being easy to defend and difficult to attack. It has four defenses, such as stone gate and fence gate. There are Heping, Yuechi, flagpole stone and ancient banyan trees in front of Hehu new residence. The semi-circular moon pool runs through the Longgang River and nearby streams to form a pool of living water, which can be used for fish culture, irrigation and fire fighting. From the perspective of Feng Shui, the semi-circular moon pool echoes Shangtian street, forming Taiji corresponding to Yin and Yang; the terrain is the lowest, and the drainage in the enclosed house flows into the moon pool through the culvert, making it a huge "treasure bowl"; as opposed to the inner watchtower, the inner watchtower is Yiyan school.

Cultural relics

The plaque of "dafudi" at the main entrance of the ancestral hall of Hehu new residence was given by Emperor Daoguang to Luo Zhaoxiong, the third generation descendant of Luo Ruifeng.

There is a set of sea mirror windows made of shells in the inner wall of the new house. Haijing window is a kind of window screen made of polished thin shell of Li (shell of shellfish) instead of window paper in the southeast coastal area of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The sea mirror window has the characteristics of "light transmission but not light transmission". The sunlight passes through the sea mirror window and filters out the ultraviolet light to form a mild and elegant seven rainbow light, which is not dazzling, but also can prevent the furniture from fading due to sunburn. This group of sea mirror windows is the window with flowers on the upper part of the main gate of a house. It has four windows, with a total length of 2.52 meters and a height of 1.72 meters. The wooden rhombic lattice window frame is embedded with a sea mirror shell grinding plate to wipe away the dust on it. The fish scale shaped shell pieces flicker in the old wooden window frame, sometimes showing seven rainbow lights. The unique ice crack pieces of shells are different.

The banner of the new and old houses in Hehu is engraved with the words "gather people here", which indicates the desire of the Luo family in Hehu to build a fortress and gather people to live there. The ancestral hall is surrounded by the "twenty family precepts" of Luo's ancestors, which are integrated with the concepts of "Thrift", "honesty", "filial piety", "courtesy" and "faithfulness", influencing Luo's thoughts imperceptibly and becoming the strict code of conduct of Luo's family.

In the main entrance building of Hehu new residence, there is a memorial archway style building. On the front, there are four characters of "Qinren is still there", surrounded by colorful and exquisite porcelain carvings. On the back, there are four characters of "Juzu Yusi", hanging on the mountain roof and hanging on the ridge, which are fish tail style. The short eight characters reflect the inner vision of "taking blood and family as the link, and the Luo people live here".

Luo's couplet is hung in the middle hall of the new residence of Hehu: "Ruizheng Luo school extends Yuzhang, Xiangshui exhibition model you, heroes of past dynasties show the history, Fengzhi Longgang plans to become Dongguan, Hehu prospers Xiayu, and has won the world of honor for thousands of years", telling the origin and development of Luo's family in Hehu.

The Longgang Hakka folk custom museum in the new residence of Hehu displays such thematic exhibitions as the origin and development of Longgang Hakka and Roche, Hakka marriage customs, Hakka costumes, birthday wishes for children and grandchildren, agriculture oriented, Longgang intangible cultural heritage, building wood components, Dragon Boat making, Xiangyan village language, oil extraction workshop, etc., covering the historical evolution, folk customs, unique customs and customs of Longgang Hakka.

Cultural Activity

Since 1997, Hehu xinju has held International Photography Festival, Shenzhen International Tourism Festival, Hakka Culture Festival and other activities.

In 2017, the "Hakka cultural Photography Exhibition" sponsored by Shenzhen Photographers Association and Longgang District Federation of literary and art circles, organized by Shenzhen female photographers association and Shenzhen Longgang folk custom museum, and co organized by Shenzhen Longgang District photography society was held in Hehu new residence.

In 2017, at the 7th Shenzhen cultural fair, Hehu new residence held a number of activities with the theme of "Hehu new residence Hakka Tourism Culture Festival", such as "Funing bridge monument Exhibition", "ironing Anshun - Zou Wei, Liu Yuping collection of ancient Chinese irons Exhibition", "Deng hongjiaxing - ZhuBiao kerosene lamp collection and theme Chinese Painting Exhibition".

On November 5, 2017, more than 2000 members of Roh clan from home and abroad gathered in the new residence to hold a series of celebrations on the 200th anniversary of the completion of the new residence with the theme of "Myanmar ancestors gather their hometown".

During the National Day in 2019, Guangdong Maritime Silk Road special exhibition in the period of "east wind spreading to the West -" one port trading "is hosted by Dongguan Municipal Bureau of culture, radio, television, press and publication, Guangdong Provincial Museum (provincial mobile museum) and Opium War Museum, and co organized by Hakka Folk Custom Museum of Longgang District, Shenzhen

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