Nanyang Shiju

Nanyang Shiju

Nanyang Shiju, a Hakka walled house with a long history, is located in tiemenfan village, Qiuchang Town, Huiyang District, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province. It was built in 1695 by Ye Huiting, the second patriarch of the Ye family in Sha Keng, and the Chief Secretary joined the army. It took more than 20 years to complete. It is one of the three walled houses of the Ye family in Sha Keng. Huiting openly lived here for more than 300 years by the beginning of the 21st century. Huiting descendants repaired the house again in 2008.

structure

Nanyang house, which was built in 24 years and cost 70000 or 80000 taels of silver after two generations of huitinggong and his son, was named Nanyang building. Shiju sits in the north and south, with a crescent moon pool in front. Nanyang has three inner and outer walls, the inner wall is horseshoe shaped, the middle wall and the outer wall are square, and the back is arc. The plan of the enclosed house is axisymmetric, and the interior is a courtyard layout. There are three halls on the central axis. The building area is 8253 square meters, and there are more than 280 rooms, which are suitable for more than 200 people. Behind the ancestral hall, there is a path paved with pebbles, named Huatai, which is said to mean hundreds of children and thousands of grandchildren.

history

Huiting open school

According to the genealogy of Ye family in Shakeng, Huiting Gong, the founder of Nanyang's residence, was born in 1655 and lived to 83. He was a scholar at first, and then he was admitted to the chief secretary as a student of the state. He joined the army and lived in five grades. Huitinggong is upright and simple. At the age of Bingwu (the fourth year of Yongzheng reign, 1726 AD), there was a famine. He opened his own granary and provided 3000 stone millet to the local people. On his 81st birthday, Huiting Gong was awarded the plaque of "both teeth and virtue" by the local government. It is said that huitinggong's noble character has gained a good reputation. The old village chief said with regret that most of the historical materials handed down from generation to generation in Nanyang were destroyed in the cultural catastrophe of the last century, and the spirit of Huiting Gong has been inherited from generation to generation.

Huiting has six sons, namely Tianpei, Tianze, Tianhan, Tianzi, tiankuang and Tianbo. Due to the good way of teaching children, future generations have done well. Since Huiting Gong, one has been a minister of three grades and three officials of five grades. As for the officials of liupin and Qipin who have lived in different generations, there are more than 20 in total, and there are too many plaques for them to mention. However, it is a pity that most of the historical materials handed down from generation to generation were destroyed in the cultural catastrophe of the last century. The plaque and many monuments were destroyed in the movement.

The origin of iron door leaf

Nanyang Shiju, also known as tiemen fan, originated when ye Tianzi, the fourth son of Huiting Gong, built the Guilin building at shantangwei. Originally, three large iron doors were to be installed on the gate of Guilin tower to resist the north wind and prevent bandits. Because they were not fit twice, they were refitted on the gate of Nanyang tower. The iron door is 3cm thick, like two fans. Later people called Nanyang tower iron door fan.

Nanyang Shiju and Huang Zhuli

When ye Huiting was 8 years old, he moved with his father ye TEMAO and Uncle Ye tesheng from Xingning county to Danshui, Guishan county. He first arrived at Zhoutian village in Qiuchang County, and then entered huangzhuli. After the completion of Nanyang residence, ye Huiting opened his residence in tiemenfan.

There are several relations between ye Huiting and Huang Zhuli. The first is the relationship between father and son. His father ye TEMAO built a ancestral house in huangzhuli in 1669, which was founded in huangzhuli and was the ancestor of the Ye family in Shakeng. The second is the relationship between brother Ye Rongting, whose second brother Ye Rongting built an old house in huangzhuli and started his business in the old house. Third, the relationship between nephew and grandson. In 1765, ye Weixin (Rong tingsun) expanded Huang Zhuli ancestral house into a stone dog house. Fourth, his father ye TEMAO's cemetery was built in the back mountain of huangzhuli village. Every year, ye Huiting will lead the Ye family in Sha Keng to pay homage to the cemetery on the waking day. There is a legend that it is known as "eight hundred tombs of Zi Baiye". Since then, ancestor worship activities on Jingzhe day have been carried on.

Out of home separation

Most of huitinggong's descendants have built their own houses in the past dynasties, but few of them have kept Nanyang's Curie. In addition to the upper and lower corners of Nanyang Shiju, there are also huzhuan, shantangwei, shaliyuan, niulanglou, dashiling, loujulang, longjulang, bailaokeng, mugongpao, tailingwei, Banluoshan orchard, bogongxia, Hetian, linghucancan, liantangmian, longfashan, tangziling, pengxialing, Weidun, shuilichuan, niujiaolong There are also some people who have emigrated to Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas. There are more than 6000 descendants of Huiting.

Years of living

Nanyang Shiju has lived for 12 generations, and more than 300 people lived in the 1970s. With the increasing population of Huiting's descendants, many families moved out of their homes to build houses. After the reform and opening up, the people of shicurie moved to live outside one after another. To this day, there are still five or six families with more than 30 people living in it, adhering to the oldest and most leisurely way of life.

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How to raise money for maintenance

On May 25, 2007, the descendants of Ye family of Nanyang Shiju discussed the maintenance of Nanyang Shiju. They discussed how to raise funds to carry out a top-down overhaul of the house. In June of the same year, ye Dade, the 12th grandson of Ye's family in Sha Keng, convened a meeting of more than 200 representatives of Ye's descendants in Nanyang to discuss how to raise funds again, and to carry out a major planning and renovation of Nanyang's family home, which has been dilapidated after more than 300 years of wind and rain.

On October 13 of the same year, the reconstruction project started. The renovation project includes: erecting several long stone tablets that were originally "lying" on the roadside; re carving and hanging more than 20 merit plaques; restoring the well buried in front of Nanyang Shiju left; restoring the collapsed and damaged walls to their original appearance as far as possible by repairing; elaborately decorating and carving the purlins and rafters of Nanyang Shiju, and painting the rusty iron door A new class. It took one year to rebuild Nanyang house, and cost about 1.2 million yuan. All the money was from Ye's descendants.

Planning protection

Ye Dade introduced that this time, the descendants of Ye's family worked as one and gave Nanyang Shiju a thorough renovation. For example, the collapsed walls and damaged walls in the early years were restored to their original appearance, and more than 20 steles and plaques on the roadside were re carved and hung. The beams on the wall were oiled once, and the murals on the wall were renovated.

On December 11, 2008, more than 6000 descendants of the Ye family came back from all over the world to hold more than 500 banquets to celebrate the new look of the former residence and remember the great achievements of their ancestors. Nanyang Shiju was listed as a protected building complex by relevant departments as early as 2005. The surrounding 30 meters was designated as a key protection area, and the construction control area was within 60 meters.

Address: tiemenshan village, Qiuchang Town, Huiyang District, Huizhou City

Longitude: 114.460155

Latitude: 22.84315

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