Chen's ancestral hall

Chen's ancestral hall

Chen's ancestral hall is a Chinese ancestral hall building built in the middle of Ming Dynasty. It is located in Dianqian village, Luozhou Town, Cangshan District, Fuzhou City. It was sponsored by Chen Ruolin, Minister of criminal justice of Qing Dynasty. The temple faces south from the north. According to the central axis, there are Zhaobi, pailou, patio, main hall, garden and stage. There are corridors in front of the main hall and wing rooms on both sides. Its overall structure is well preserved and has strong local characteristics of Fuzhou. It was listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Fuzhou City in November 1992.

brief introduction

Luojiang Chen family was first moved by Chen Guang from Xinning (now Changle Yuxi) in the Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty (1368-1398 AD), "my branch of Luojiang is from Chendian to Yuxi" (Chen Baoshen language). As for the lineage of his distant ancestors, there was no way to check it, so he took the place where he lived and called it "Luojiang Chen family". Chen Guang was the founder. Guanghao Juyuan was given to Zhengshi Lang in Ming Dynasty. They are the ancestors of Gong, Cong, Ming, Cong and Rui. Again, Changfang was divided into three groups, which combined into seven groups. The descendants took the seven rooms as their ancestors and multiplied. From the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were 21 Jinshi and 108 Juren. Among them, Chen Chengqiu, his father and son, four Jinshi, and Chen Baoshen, his brother, six Ke Jia, are the most attractive in the late Qing Dynasty. Among the descendants of the Chen family, the most famous figures are Chen Ruolin in the Qing Dynasty, the Minister of the Ministry of punishment in the Qing Dynasty, who is proficient in law and good at handling cases; Chen Baoshen, a famous educationist in the late Qing Dynasty, is an official to the prince Taifu, who is the deputy Dutong and bide consultant Minister of the Han Army in the red banner. In modern times, there are Chen Zhaoqiang, the first marine lieutenant general of the Chinese navy; Chen Ticheng, an expert in the construction of qiaoliang highway; Chen Yiying, wife of Lin Juemin, the 72 martyr of Huanghuagang, and so on. The main hall of Luozhou Chen's ancestral hall is a single eaves hanging on the mountain, and the structure of the house is a congratulatory structure of wearing a bucket. There is a large altar in the middle, behind which there are more than 1000 tablets. The hall is a plaque with the big character of "Fu Shou" given by Emperor Daoguang on Chen Ruolin's 70th birthday. It can be said that the emperor's kindness is great and his favor is great.

characteristic

The most impressive features of Chen's ancestral hall are as follows: first, there are many couplets of plaques. There are more than 100 couplets of plaques here, and most of them are poems written by celebrities and royal gifts. The inscriptions of Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Zhang Zhidong, and program add color to the ancestral hall. The second is the white wall with green paint, which shows that it is a famous family. Third, the lantern pole in the main hall is placed outside the main beam of "Ziwei luanjia", which is different from other buildings. It means that the descendants of the clan will have a better future only if they develop outward, showing the foresight of the ancestors who built the ancestral temple.

There are genealogy of Luojiang Chen's genealogy printed in the first year of the Qing Dynasty by Chen Ruolin Xiu and Daoguang, and a reprinted edition of Luojiang Chen's genealogy in the 21st year of the Republic of China (1933).

men of talent come out in succession

Luojiang Chen's ancestral hall is located in Dianqian village, Luozhou Town, Cangshan District, Fuzhou City. It was first built in the late Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. It was originally built by the sixth ancestor of Chen's family and was expanded into a ancestral hall in 677. In the feudal imperial examination period, Luojiang Chen had many Jinshi and Juren. In the era of democracy and Republic, many outstanding talents still emerged, which had to be respected.

On September 23, 2006, the reporter came to Luojiang Chen's ancestral hall. The temple faces south from the north. According to the central axis, there are Zhaobi, pailou, patio, main hall, garden and stage. There are corridors in front of the main hall and wing rooms on both sides. Its overall structure is well preserved and has strong local characteristics of Fuzhou. On the gate of the ancestral hall are many horizontal plaques of "Nan yuan", "Guan yuan" and "Jin Shi". Among them, "Luojiang Chen's ancestral hall" was inscribed by Zuo Zongtang, a feudal official of the Qing Dynasty, and Li Hongzhang himself wrote a couplet, saying: "the crown is with luozhu today, and the poetry is with Yingchuan in ancient times."

In the second entrance of the ancestral hall, there is a "horizontal wall" and a horizontal tablet inscribed in the official script: "daigeng wall". The emphasis of the word "soup" is on education.

Chen Baochen

From the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty alone, the Chen family produced 21 Jinshi and 108 Juren. It is worth mentioning that Chen Baochen, whose name is boqian, is a great grandson of Chen Ruolin. He is the official of Zhizheng red flag Han Army Deputy Dutong, the cabinet minister bide Gu, and the emperor of Yuqing palace. In his early years, he joined the Imperial Academy and dared to remonstrate. He was known as "four remonstrators of the imperial court" together with Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Peilun and Baoting, which was very popular with the authorities. The case of Gengchen Meridian Gate once offended Tianyan, but eventually prompted Empress Dowager Cixi to revise the "imperial edict" and win the trust of the people. In 1878, the Qing government sent Chonghou to Russia. He was greedy for life and afraid of death and signed unequal treaties without authorization. Chen Baochen broke into tears, pointed out that the country should not lose sovereignty, and firmly advocated "to punish and respect the rich and to destroy the Russian treaty". Later, he also proposed that the officials of the three eastern provinces should be both Manchu and Han, and that the governor of Fujian should be moved to Taiwan. In 1885, during the Vietnam war between China and France, Chen Baochen recommended Tang Jiong and Xu YanXu to "go to the military", but they were defeated in the war, so he was demoted to Fuzhou by five grades and lived in leisure. However, when he was in Fuzhou, he was not lonely. He was the head of Aofeng academy, founded Dongwen school, supervised the school, and cultivated a large number of excellent talents. Later, as the premier of Fujian railway company, Chen Baochen personally went to Nanyang ports to raise shares to build "Zhangxia" railway, which was the first railway construction in Fujian. After Puyi ascended the throne, Chen Baochen was appointed to teach the emperor three years and three promotions. However, in the Republic of China, Chen Baochen was still nostalgic for the Imperial Palace, which had its historical limitations. But he was patriotic and strongly opposed to extraditing Puyi to the northeast to establish the puppet Manchukuo. He advised: "rashly engaged, just afraid to go when easy, back when difficult." "Don't take Zheng Xiaoxu's deceiving words lightly.". Puyi thought that Chen Baochen was "commendable for his loyalty and pedantic" and left without authorization. Chen Baochen, who was "in his twilight years", risked his life to go to the northeast to advise him. He was almost imprisoned in the northeast by the Japanese Kwantung Army and "could not get it for Lu Xiufu".

His younger brothers Chen Baoli and Chen Baolu were both Jinshi in the 16th year of Guangxu (1890), and they were also called "three Jinshi of brothers", which were the same as "two winners in the same list" and were the special honor of "Luojiang Chen family". Chen Baochen's three younger brothers, Chen Baoqi, Chen Baohuang and Chen Baozhen, were all born in the same family. They were called "six sons" at that time, which was not only the case of Rongyuan. Chen Baochen's father Chen Chengqiu was a Jinshi in 1852, his grandfather Chen Jingliang was a Jinshi in 1840, and his great grandfather Chen Ruolin was a Jinshi in 1787.

In addition, there are many "Jinshi" and "Juren" among the nephews of Chen Baochen's cousins. The most interesting thing is that in the 16th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, in addition to the "double Jinshi" of BaoFan and Baolu, there was also his nephew Chen Maoding. In 1876, Chen Xiuying, Chen Zhu and Chen Maohou were the same candidates. In 1892, Chen Yu and Chen Xixian were the same candidates. The last Jinshi was Chen Baihou, a member of the Imperial College in 1898.

Chen Ruolin

Chen Ruolin is the most well-known person in Fuzhou. Chen Ruolin, who was the Minister of the Ministry of punishment, was especially praised for his strict law enforcement and integrity. It is said that he once sentenced a "Baylor" to death during his term of office, which is very impressive. Although there is some difference with the historical facts, it is one of Chen Ruolin's "official virtues" to carry forward righteousness and fight corruption. At that time, Lin Zexu especially respected Chen Ruolin and claimed to be Chen Ruolin's "corporal".

Other Luojiang Chen people

After Chen Baochen, some of the "Luojiang Chen family" took part in the revolution and became revolutionary pioneers; others studied knowledge and became experts and scholars. In the "Chen's ancestral hall in Luojiang", the reporter saw many huge photos of famous contemporary Chen's figures, including general Chen Changjie of the army, General Chen Qingjia of the Navy, traffic construction scientist Chen Ticheng, Professor Chen Xusun of Fujian Normal University, economist Chen Daisun of Peking University, academician Chen Biao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, physics expert Chen Peng, writer and poet Chen Yunhe

Chen Daisun

Chen Daisun, a famous Chinese economist, said at the celebration of his 95th birthday: "it's a pleasure to educate the world's talents." For 70 years, he has been committed to the cause of education and training a large number of excellent talents. Zhu Rongji, former premier of the State Council, wrote a congratulatory letter in his own hand, saying: "Mr. Chen is old and virtuous, well versed in Chinese and Western learning, imparting knowledge and educating people. Sixty eight years have been like a day, and a generation of great masters are all over the world. I joined Tsinghua University in 1947, and Wu was not an entry-level student. He was the most admired for his style. After the establishment of Tsinghua School of economics and management, I had the opportunity to seek advice from Mr. Yu, which benefited me a lot. " It can be seen that Chen's ancestral hall is full of talents.

Education as the foundation

The reason why Luojiang's Chen family has survived for a hundred years and has a large number of talented people comes from the word "education". "Education is the foundation of a long-term plan", which is true for a family, a nation and even a great country. I believe these children have different lives under the influence of these cultural details.

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