Former residence of Zhang Pu

The former residence of Zhang Pu is the residence of Zhang Pu, a famous writer and social activist in Ming Dynasty. The former residence was built in the Tianqi period of the Ming Dynasty. The existing three entry combined tongzhuanzoumalou house, Chongji cornice and deep courtyard are well preserved buildings of the Ming Dynasty.

Former residence of Zhang Pu

The former residence of Zhang Pu is the residence of Zhang Pu, a famous writer and social activist in Ming Dynasty. The former residence was built in the Tianqi period of the Ming Dynasty. The existing three entry combined tongzhuanzoumalou house, deep house and courtyard, Chongji cornice, is a well preserved building of the Ming Dynasty.

brief introduction

Zhang Pu's former residence is located at 57 xinxihua Road, Ximen street, Taicang City, which is also the location of the city museum. It was built in the reign of Tianqi and Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of nearly 400 years. It is a three entry combined house with typical architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Zhang Pu, a writer and social activist of Ming Dynasty, once lived and studied in his childhood and youth. In 2006, he was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Structure of former residence

Zhang Pu (1602-1641), named tianru, was a Jinshi in Chongzhen period of Ming Dynasty, a litterateur at the end of Ming Dynasty and a leader of "fushe". The former residence has a memorial hall, cultural relics exhibition hall, Taicang Hall of fame and "four kings" memorial hall. The former residence of Zhang Pu covers a large area of buildings, and now it is part of them.

The existing buildings are three entrances along the way. The first entrance is the hall, the second entrance and the third entrance are two-story buildings, which show the living room of Zhang Pu's study "qiluzhai" and the memorabilia of the restoration of society. The front and rear houses are connected by corridors downstairs, and the upstairs is the unique "tongzhuan zouma building". The halls are corresponding, and the buildings are connected. There is also a small garden with unique scenery behind the three entrances. The whole building has complete brackets, exquisite workmanship, exquisite layout, and a corridor and wing room. It is a typical and complete Ming Dynasty building.

The main value of Zhang Pu's former residence lies in its relatively complete preservation of the architectural style of "Shangshu mansion" in Ming Dynasty. The main components of the building are relics of the Ming Dynasty. The former residence of Zhang Pu not only has high cultural relic value and architectural art value, but also has high historical Memorial value as a famous scholar and leader of the restoration society in Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Pu's literary achievements

Zhang Pu's prose was very famous at that time, with simple style, impassioned, lively and straightforward. His "tombstone of five people" praises the struggle between Suzhou citizens and the eunuch party, and emphasizes that "every man is more important than his country", which is beyond the reach of "gentry". The narration alternates with the discussion, and contrasts with the five people's open mind, which is a famous piece of recitation. The epitaph of five people is included in Guwen Guanzhi.

Zhang Pu wrote more than 3000 volumes of books in his life, involving the fields of Confucian classics, literature and history, including 16 volumes of qiluzhai Jinji and 118 volumes of Han Wei Liuchao Baisan Mingji. Zhang Pu wrote inscriptions before each episode. This collection is a large-scale collection by Zhang Pu for "Reviving the ancient school". "Siku Quanshu Zongmu" said: "this edition is the original, sufficient for inspection." People's Literature Publishing House published "Han, Wei and Six Dynasties hundred and three collections of inscriptions notes" (Yin Menglun notes), the first time to compile a book, and add necessary notes. It is an important reference book to study the literature of Han, Wei and Six Dynasties and Zhang Pu's works. Other works of Zhang Pu include 32 volumes of three books of spring and Autumn period. There are 10 volumes in the second edition of historical treatises. The book of songs is composed of 34 volumes. In addition, Zhang Pu also supplemented and corrected the history of the Song Dynasty and the history of the Yuan Dynasty. In addition, he wrote Wanbao Quanshu, which records the general situation of game entertainment (such as chess score and Chinese dominoes) at that time.

Zhang Pu's spirit of hard study since childhood and his unremitting struggle against the establishment of the castration party and the restoration society in his youth are always worthy of admiration.

Protection of former residence

After liberation, the people's government attached great importance to the protection of cultural relics and ancient buildings, and carried out comprehensive maintenance on the former residence several times. Now there are exhibition contents such as "Zhang Pu he Fu She" in the residence. In 1979, it was designated as Taicang county cultural protection unit, and in 1995, it was listed as Jiangsu provincial cultural relics protection unit. In June 2006, it was announced as the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

Transportation guide

Address: 57 xinxihua Road, Ximen street, Taicang City, Jiangsu Province

Self driving route: 204 National Road to Xinhua West Road, 300 meters east.

Address: No.57 Xinhua West Road, Taicang City, Jiangsu Province, 215005

Longitude: 121.10134396143

Latitude: 31.444780811639

Tel: 0512-67271659

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