Wu Daotai Mansion

Wudaotai house, known as "ninety nine and a half" by Yangzhou, was built in the Guangxu period. It is the largest Zhejiang style building complex in Jiangsu Province. It is also known as the three grand houses in the south of the Yangtze River together with Xue Fucheng's former residence in Wuxi and Hu Xueyan's former residence in Hangzhou. The moral is that apart from the royal family, this is the biggest mansion. In ancient times, folk houses could not be built more than 100, so they built 99 and a half houses with the maximum number allowed.

In addition to traditional garden houses, there are also westernized small buildings. The most significant one is the library (measuring sea building). It has a huge collection of books. The cornice of the porch is very ornamental. It is a good place for photographers to take pictures. There is also a traditional Chinese medicine exhibition hall in it. It's very interesting to walk around.

Wu Daotai residence

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Wu Daotai house generally refers to Wu Daotai house

Wu Daotai house, built in 1904, is located in the middle of Taizhou road in Yangzhou city. It is a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province. Wu yinsun Daotai, the owner of the house, used 400000 taels of silver to invite his cousin Zhou yingxiao to supervise the construction. He invited designers and constructors from Zhejiang to imitate the office of ningshaotai Dao, which was built in the style of Yangzhou. The owner of the house: Wu yinsun (1851-1920), born in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province, whose ancestral home is Shexian, Anhui Province.

Architectural pattern

Wudaotai house covers an area of 7930 m2, with a construction area of 5584 m2. The existing area of wudaotai house is 2650 m2

It faces south. The original five axis, Wu Daotai house in addition to the residential part, in the east of the original North River Street, there is a garden, called "Wu garden"; in the north there is Wu ancestral hall. A fire broke out in the summer of 1945, burning nearly three fifths of the area. When the Japanese occupied Yangzhou, they forcibly leveled the garden and ancestral hall as a training ground for the Japanese army.

The existing second axis to the fifth axis are residential parts. Wudaotai house is square, surrounded by tall wind and fire walls made of green bricks. The existing buildings of Wu Daotai house are composed of gate hall, sea survey building, small foreign house, Guanyin hall, Daxian hall, airiyuan, sedan hall, Yimen, Zhaobi, etc. The whole wudaotai house integrates the characteristics of Chinese classical architecture and Western classical architecture; wudaotai house shows the essence of Chinese classical culture and old official culture, which is one of the rare classical buildings.

Based on the construction rules of Zhejiang and the traditional architectural style of Yangzhou, the house is a unique residential complex in Yangzhou. On the central axis, there are hall, western style building, rosefinch hall, cool hall, fish pond, sea survey building and other buildings. In the west, there are inner houses, three entrances in front and back, corridors around, and open stone patio. The hall is a brick gate, with two round stone hubs, grand momentum. The fish pond is made of rectangular granite with iron railings inlaid on all sides. The water in the pond is connected with the water outside the house. The fish pond is the largest in Yangzhou.

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Current situation of Architecture

At the construction site of wudaotai house phase II project, we can see that the whole phase II reconstruction building has stood high. After the construction workers removed the construction scaffolding of the last small building, they began to repair the wall. At present, the main project of wudaotai house phase II has been completed, reappearing the magnificent scenery of the former "99 rooms and a half" mansion.

Renovation of damaged buildings

Horse head wall, lattice window, carved beams and painted buildings, magnificent The reporter saw at the construction site yesterday that, with the efforts of the builders, all the damaged houses have been restored, and the whole ancient building shows the grand scale of Wu Daotai house in the past.

According to reports, wudaotai house is now a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. It originally covers an area of 7930 square meters, with a construction area of 5584 square meters. The existing area is only 2650 square meters. It faces south from the north and has five original axes. In addition to the residential part of Wu Daotai house, there is a garden named "Wu garden" in the east of Beihe xiajie street, and Wu ancestral hall in the north. In the autumn of 1942, a Japanese puppet teacher surnamed sun bought Wu Daotai house at a low price. In the spring of 1943, he opened a cigarette factory in the fourth and fifth columns of the house. In 1943, a fire broke out in the tobacco factory, burning down two rows of houses and the back building of the third row of houses. At present, all the buildings are left with the hall on the fourth column. The first phase of wudaotai house renovation project was constructed on November 22, 2003. It mainly repaired the existing buildings in a large area with an investment of 28 million yuan. After the renovation, the main hall, the sea survey building, the small foreign house, the Guanyin hall, the fairy hall, the sedan hall, the instrument door and the screen wall of Wu Daotai house were all restored and opened to visitors.

The second phase of Daotai house renovation project is mainly to repair the destroyed houses. The renovation strictly follows the principle of "not changing the original state of cultural relics", and comprehensively preserves the real historical information and value of the heritage buildings. In addition to the renovation of the front 634.23 square meter house, the project also rebuilt three two-story buildings and three one story antique buildings, with a total area of 2537.29 square meters. At the same time, the project carries out the supporting transformation of the road, adding 422.82 square meters of greening.

"99 rooms and a half" show the whole picture

Opening the heavy door of wudaotai house, people can't help but be attracted by the traditional architectural style which combines the characteristics of Ningbo and Yangzhou. This group of so-called "99 rooms and a half" large private residential buildings, like solidified poems, let visitors appreciate her infinite charm. Wu Daotai residence is located in the first people's Hospital of Taizhou city. It is a private residence built in Yangzhou by Wu yinsun of Ningshao Daotai, Zhejiang Province in Guangxu period. The whole residence is a rectangular courtyard, 80 meters long from east to west and 70 meters wide from south to north. It has a large scale and exquisite structure. It is based on the construction rules of Zhejiang Province and combines the traditional architectural style of Yangzhou It is a unique residential complex.

From the East Gate westbound dozens of steps, then to the gate hall. On both sides of the gate hall, there are stone drums with the height of Qi people, supported by a cirrus stone base. The hall is decorated with rolling shed and arched porch beams. The exquisite wood carving is amazing. The lower end of the beam and column is carved with marble. Under the door and wall is a bluestone base. On the relief, there are designs such as censer, Han vase, magpie and plum blossom. On the top, there is a frame with a rolling head and a geometric pattern of polished brick. In the entrance hall, there is a spacious patio on one side. There are three corridor rooms on the left and right, and five rooms on the southwest. In the east of the corridor, there is an ear gate leading to the fish pond and sea survey building in the northeast corner. It is a well preserved Library of the Wu family. "Youfu reading hall" is located on the bottom floor of the sea survey building, which has the meaning of Fufang reading.

An epitome of Yangzhou ancient city protection

It invested tens of millions of yuan to repair and rebuild an old building that used to be a staff dormitory, so that the "99 rooms and a half" known by Yangzhou people can reappear Guanghua, which shows Yangzhou's attention and determination to the protection of the ancient city.

Wudaotai house was designated as a municipal cultural relic protection unit in 1981. For a long time, it has been used as the staff dormitory of the first municipal hospital. With the development of the hospital, the dormitory needs to be expanded. Moving house or moving people? Many people have a dispute over the cost calculation. "Cultural heritage is a bridge linking history, present and future." At that time, the leading group of Yangzhou City thought that culture is the soul and root of the city. To respect history, we must treat cultural heritage well. However, this kind of "good treatment" of ancient houses is not dust, but "protection and utilization, transformation and revival". The municipal government finally determined the two principles of "local protection" and "maintenance and use".

Under the leadership of the municipal authorities, the Municipal First People's Hospital signed a letter of responsibility for the protection of cultural relics with the Department of cultural management, with an investment of more than 5 million yuan, and moved out more than 60 employees living in the house. On November 22, 2003, the first phase of the Wu Daotai house renovation project was officially constructed, covering an area of 1600 square meters. On May 10, 2004, the construction started again, and the remaining projects continued to be repaired. On the basis of the renovation and opening up of the preliminary works, more than 2400 square meters of demolition were carried out in March this year. As for the practice of the Municipal First Hospital, both the cultural insurance and the health industry believe that it is a beneficial exploration to rely on social forces to restore the construction of cultural and Museum attractions and realize multi win, which is worth promoting.

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According to reports, wudaotai house is now a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. It originally covers an area of 7930 square meters, with a construction area of 5584 square meters. The existing area is only 2650 square meters. It faces south from the north and has five original axes. In addition to the residential part, there is a garden in the east of the original beihexia street, which is called "Wu garden", and there is Wu ancestral hall in the north. In the autumn of 1942, a Japanese puppet teacher surnamed sun bought Wu Daotai house at a low price. In the spring of 1943, he opened a cigarette factory in the fourth and fifth columns of the house. In 1943, a fire broke out in the tobacco factory, burning down two rows of houses and the back building of the third row of houses. At present, all the buildings are left with the hall on the fourth column. The first phase of wudaotai house renovation project was constructed on November 22, 2003. It mainly repaired the existing buildings in a large area with an investment of 28 million yuan. After the renovation, the main hall of Wu Daotai house, the sea survey building, the small western style building, and the view building were restored

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