Chengzhitang

Yi county is the most perfect protection of large-scale ancient residential buildings, known as "folk Palace Museum". Built in the fifth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1855), it is the residence of Wang Dinggui, a great salt merchant in the late Qing Dynasty. The whole building is of wood structure, with magnificent interior decoration of brick, stone and wood carvings. The wood carvings on the crossbeam, bucket arch, flower door and window lattice of the main hall are of fine workmanship, complex levels, numerous figures, different faces and different spirits, which can be called the best wood carvings in the "four carvings" art of Hui style.

The whole house is divided into inner courtyard, outer courtyard, front and back hall, more detailed are paishan Pavilion playing mahjong, tunyun Pavilion smoking opium, etc.; there are ponds in the house, wells, water can't get out of the house We can see the rich layout of Huizhou architecture. The most brilliant part is in the front hall, behind the gate stands a magnificent middle door. At the top of the "Fu" word, there is a wooden carving "hundred sons making the Lantern Festival". The picture shows 100 little boys playing the lantern lantern scene, rowing the boat or dancing dragon lantern. They are different in shape and lifelike.

Chengzhitang

Chengzhitang, a famous residence, is located in Yixian County. It was built around 1855. It is the residence of Wang Dinggui, a salt merchant in the late Qing Dynasty. It has 136 wooden columns, nine patios, seven floors, 60 rooms and 60 doors. It covers an area of 2100 square meters and a building area of 3000 square meters.

Most of the wood carvings in Chengzhi hall are of high artistic value because of their complicated levels, numerous characters, different faces and different gods. In addition, there is Jiangxi Xingguo Sanliao Chengzhi hall.

brief introduction

Chengzhi hall in Yi County, Anhui Province was built around 1855 as the residence of Wang Dinggui, a salt merchant in the late Qing Dynasty. Brick and wood structure, the whole house has 136 wooden columns, nine patios

It covers an area of 2100 square meters and a building area of 3000 square meters. The whole house is divided into outer courtyard, inner courtyard, front hall, back hall, East chamber, west chamber, study hall, fish pond hall, kitchen, stables, etc. There are paishan Pavilion playing mahjong, tunyun Xuan smoking opium, bodyguard room, maid's room, CI hall, small study and so on. There are ponds and wells in the house, so there is no need to use water out of the house. The front hall is a cloister of three structures, divided into upper and lower hall, Diaolianghuadong, patio surrounded by tin tap water Jian, on the "tin pure Bang" four characters. The structure of the back hall and the front hall are basically the same. There is a sedan Gallery in the inner courtyard for parking sedans. On the west side of the car gallery is the fishpond hall, which is of triangular structure. It is said that Chengzhi hall was built at that time,

The design relies on the water channel in the village. With this triangular space, the craftsmen designed the triangular building space. There is a fishpond under the small patio of fishpond hall. The water from the canal flows in from the outside, and then flows forward through the stone fence. There is a beautiful woman by the side of the pool. You can watch the ladle by the fence. More than tens of square meters to build a small living room and small bedroom. Chengzhi hall has a grand scale and exquisite brick, wood and stone carvings. Among them, wood carvings such as "Yu Qiao Geng Du", "Bai Zi Nao Yuan Xiao", "Tang suzong banquet" and "Dong Zhuo's visit to Beijing", "Changbanpo", "Sanying Zhan Lu Bu" are not only skillful in carving, clear in structure and lines, but also magnificent in composition. It is said that 600000 taels of silver were built in Chengzhi hall at that time, among which 100 taels of gold were plated on the wood carvings. All the wood carvings in the house were carved by 20 craftsmen for four years.

Chengzhitang, located in Hongcun, Yi County, Anhui Province, is a private residence built by Wang Dinggui, a salt merchant in the late Qing Dynasty, around 1855, about 140 years ago.

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After the front door, a middle door with official prestige was added. The middle gate, also known as the Yimen gate, was originally set up for the official office. Later, some officials moved this setting to their own residences and temporarily opened it on the day of great festivities, or on the day of distinguished guests.

On the crossbeam of the front hall opposite the middle gate, there is a picture of banquet officials, which shows a group of high-ranking officials in the capital feasting in the garden. On the forehead on both sides of the picture, there are pictures of "Yuanbao" and "golden hook fishing". On the guard board of the attic above the middle gate, there are four wooden pillars of "fishing, woodcutter, ploughing and reading". Below it are the "God of wealth of the north and the South", and a little lower, there are four brackets Four plays of the romance of the three kingdoms are carved on it, and a picture of "hundred sons making Yuanxiao" is carved in the middle of the hall above the middle gate. What is unique is that above the side doors on both sides of the middle door, two "Shang" shaped patterns are carved. People entering and leaving the side door must walk under the "Shang".

Zhongzi Hall

On the arched shed above the front hall, there is also a rare "inverted double lion ball" type wood carving shed holder in China. On the wing rooms of the bedrooms on both sides of the hall, there are four gods of "Fu, Lu, Shou and Xi" and "Eight Immortals" with one Taoist boy each.

The back hall is the place for parents and elders. On the cornerstone of each pillar, there is a word "Shou". There are pictures of "Guo Ziyi's birthday" and "nine generations in the same hall" carved in Liang Fang.

Most of the wood carvings in Chengzhi hall are of high artistic value because of their complicated levels, numerous characters, different faces and different gods.

Folk Forbidden City

Chengzhitang is located in the middle of shangshuizhen in Hongcun. It was built in 1855 A.D. and is the residence of Wang Dinggui, a great salt merchant in the late Qing Dynasty. The whole building is of wood structure with magnificent interior decoration of brick, stone and wood carvings. It covers an area of about 2100 square meters with a construction area of more than 3000 square meters. It is a large-scale residential building with complete preservation. The house has 9 patios, 60 rooms, 136 wooden columns and 60 doors and windows. The whole house is divided into inner courtyard, outer courtyard, front hall, back hall, East chamber, west chamber, study hall, fish pond hall, kitchen, stables, etc. There are also "paishan Pavilion" playing mahjong and "swallow cloud Pavilion" smoking opium. There are also room for bodyguards, men and women. There are ponds and wells in the house, so water can't get out of the house.

The front hall is the most essential part of the whole house. Behind the gate stands a dignified middle door. It is said that Wang Dinggui had donated a title of "five products and the same knowledge" after having made a fortune. After that, Wang Dinggui felt that he had jumped out of the class that he belonged to, so he added a central gate with a stately authority. Generally, the middle door is opened only on major festive days or when dignitaries and dignitaries are present, while ordinary guests can only enter through the side doors on both sides of the middle door. On the top of the two side doors of the Yimen, there is a "Shang" shaped pattern (also like an upside down Yuanbao, meaning "rolling wealth"). Although Wang Dinggui made a fortune in business and donated money to officials, business was still a cheap business in ancient times, which made the owner feel resentful. So he came up with this strategy, which means that people who came in and out of the side door were not allowed to go out No matter what kind of career you are engaged in, when you come to my home, you have to pass at the foot of my "businessman". This may be a kind of self deception. But above the middle gate, the master did not dare to make any decisions. Instead, he hung the word "Fu" high, because in his opinion, those who are officials are more important than those who are businessmen. That's why many Hui merchants still spend a lot of money to donate to officials after they get rich.

There is a picture of "Tang suzong banquet official" carved on the beam of the front hall. This wood carving is carved on a whole beam. In ancient times, the beam was erected first and then carved. If there is one wrong carving, all previous achievements will be wasted. The woodcarving shows all kinds of entertainment activities before the banquet held by Emperor suzong of the Tang Dynasty, including piano, chess, books and paintings. Even the tiny places such as boiling water and digging out ears are vividly depicted. This wood carving has many characters and many levels, which can be regarded as a masterpiece of wood carving. "Yuanbao" and "gold hook fishing" are carved on the forehead square on both sides of the "banquet official picture". The homonym of "Yu" is "Yu", which means "Yu every year".

On the arched shed of the front hall of Chengzhi hall, there is also a rare "inverted double lion ball" type wood carving shed in China. On the wing doors of the bedrooms on both sides of the hall, there are four stars of "Fu, Lu, Shou, Xi" and "Eight Immortals" with one Taoist boy each, implying that "Eight Immortals cross the sea and show their own supernatural powers" on the road of life.

There are nine patios in the whole house of Chengzhi hall. In the eyes of the merchants, the patio is another meaning. They think that the patio is like a cornucopia. The rain in the sky is gold, and the snow is silver. It means that the financial resources are pouring down from the sky, and the rain flows into the ground from the four corners of the patio, which means "four waters return to the hall" and "fat water does not flow to other people's fields" On the four corners of the patio in the front hall of Chengzhi hall, there are four words "Tianxi Chungu" (indicating that everything the master got was given by heaven, "Xi" means "give", originally used to indicate that the shuijian was made of pure tin and is still as good as new).

There are eight immortals table and eight immortals chair on the top of the front hall. The so-called "Eight Immortals table" is actually a kind of square carved wooden table with excellent materials. The "Eight Immortals table" is usually a weapon used by the Eight Immortals in myth and legend, commonly known as "dark Eight Immortals". At the back of the eight immortals table, there is a mahogany table, in the middle of which there is a self ringing bell, and the two sides of the bell are hat barrels There are ancient porcelain bottles on the east side of the cap tube, and a delicate wooden mirror on the right side, which means "life-long peace" (harmonious with "bell jar mirror"), which means that the owner hopes that he can be calm and peaceful in his life, whether he is in business or in his family life, reflecting the desire and sustenance of Huizhou merchants for the living environment at that time.

The back hall is the place where the host serves his parents and elders, also known as the "high hall". Each pillar in the back hall of Chengzhi hall is engraved with the word "Shou" on the cornerstone

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