Former residence of Zhao Puchu

Former residence of Zhao Puchu

Zhao Puchu's former residence, also known as Shitai Shidi, is located in tiantaili street, Yingjiang District, Anqing city. The building faces south with brick and wood structure. The plane is rectangular. It is about 40 meters long from east to west and 100 meters wide from north to south. It covers an area of more than 4463 square meters and a building area of 2731 square meters.

Historical change

It was built in Wanli year of Ming Dynasty and renewed in Qing Dynasty. At the beginning, it was the private residence of Liu Shangzhi, who was given by the Ministry of punishment in the Ming Dynasty. In 1864, Zhao Wan, who was the major of Hanlin academy, bought it and became Zhao's mansion. Since Zhao Wenkai, Zhao Wan, Zhao Jiyuan and Zhao once attached great importance to the four generations of Hanlin, they are also called "the fourth generation of imperial family". Zhao Puchu, the great grandson of Zhao Dan and former vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, was born here in 1907.

Structure of former residence

There is a 642 square meter granite paved square in the south of the world history center. The building is divided into four entrances on the East Road and three entrances on the West Road, with a total of seven entrances. In addition to the three bays in the west, each entrance is five bays, with a width of about 20 meters. It is arranged along the two central axes in the north-south direction, and the two sides of each entrance are connected by wing rooms or corridors. In the northwest of the house, there is a back garden with an area of nearly 1000 square meters, with small bridges, waterfalls, hexagonal pavilions, ancient trees and lotus pools. On the west side of the park, there is a 31.9-meter-long stele corridor, inlaid with 11 steles of Zhao Puchu's calligraphy works.

Dongyijin is the entrance hall. The exterior wall is decorated with large brick carvings with the pattern of "five bats holding longevity". On the lintel of the door, there is a horizontal plaque in regular script engraved in the sun, with a couplet on both sides of it, which reads "picturesque rivers and mountains" and "things and I share the same spring". The east two entrances and the east one entrances are connected by the corridors on the East and west sides. A phoenix shaped diagonal brace is placed above the front eaves column, with beautiful shape and exquisite column foundation. There are three entrances to the East and two floors. The upper one is the attic, and the lower one is flanked by wing rooms with carved lattice doors and windows. Go through the last partition of Qingshui gable and enter the East four entrance. The entrance has two floors, the side buildings on both sides are connected with the forward partition, and there is a slope water corridor in the wall. The East and west sides are connected with the main building as arcade. The lower floor of the main building's open space is flat roof, and the ground is paved with blue gray polished square bricks. The beams and columns are thick, and the lattice doors and windows are also of unique shape. The construction time, building area, structural layout, process and function of the West first and East first, West Second and East Third are basically similar. The completion time of the three entrances to the west is obviously later than that of the four entrances to the East.

The style of Shitai Shidi integrates the magnificence and ruggedness of the ancient buildings in the north and the delicacy and delicacy of the ancient buildings in Huizhou in the south, with strong local characteristics. Seven in five, one garden, one field, regular layout, reasonable structure, grand momentum. The overall layout is deep courtyard with comprehensive functions. In the functional area processing, the East three, East four and West three partition walls are used to close the gate, and each entrance is flexibly made into its own independent courtyard. In terms of architectural structure, three of the seven main buildings use the Watchboard directly laid on the stringer to replace the original rafter intermediate link, which reasonably reduces the production and installation process and structural connection points, forming a major feature of ancient buildings in Southwest Anhui. In 2006, it was announced as the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

Address: tiantaili street, Yingjiang District, Anqing City, Anhui Province

Longitude: 117.04768455198

Latitude: 30.505326072437

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