Datun Tusi Manor

Datun Tusi Manor

Datun Tusi manor is located in Datun Township, 100 km northeast of Bijie City, Guizhou Province. In the vast hinterland of Wumeng Mountain in Northwest Guizhou, on the Bank of Chishui River at the junction of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, there is an ancient architectural complex with magnificent momentum, solemn solemnity, ancient Tang style and tiger power.

The manor is a national cultural relic protection unit with a large scale. It is one of the only complete Yi chieftain manors in China. The manor sits east to west and is built according to the mountain. It is surrounded by brick walls, along which there are six earth built blockhouses.

The whole building of Datun Tusi manor is divided into three main parts: left, middle and right. Some of the buildings are built in imitation of the Japanese Tang Zhaodi temple, with unique national style and strong local characteristics. It is the only well preserved and the largest national key cultural relics protection unit in the ancient buildings of Tusi manor.

General situation

Datun chieftain manor, built in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1662-1722 A.D.), covers an area of more than 5000 square meters, with a construction area of 1200 square meters. It is located in the east to the west, and is symmetrically arranged according to the central axis of the mountain. It rises step by step and advances in depth in a rectangular shape.

It is built according to the mountain situation, facing the gentle slope and flat platform. The overall layout of the manor is a large-scale three-way structure with symmetrical central axis, each of which has three halls. The buildings on the left road include East Garden, granary, embroidery building, etc. East Garden, also known as "Yiyuan", is used to receive guests.

There are flower beds and guest rooms in Datun Tusi manor. The flower beds are well arranged, the guest rooms are luxuriantly decorated, the courtyard dam is paved with bluestone, and the courtyard walls are painted and whitewashed. It is very elegant and antique. The main hall, the second Hall and the main hall are built in the middle road. There are stone dams or internal walls between the halls. Tall brick courtyard wall, wall eaves masonry arch, appears simple and heavy.

Layout structure

There are six blockhouses around the walls of Datun chieftain manor, each with its own shape and use. You can still imagine that the chieftain manor was heavily guarded and solemn. The courtyard has a depth of more than 80 meters and a transverse width of more than 60 meters, covering an area of more than 6000 square meters. The patterns of stone, wood and furniture carvings have distinctive cultural and artistic characteristics of the Yi nationality, and are valuable material for the study of nationality and folklore. It is said that nearly 300 craftsmen who took part in the construction of the manor took three years to complete.

After liberation, the manor was used by Datun township government and Longchang middle school. In 1984, it was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit. In 1985, the hall was accidentally burned down. In 1994, the State Administration of cultural relics allocated 600000 yuan for maintenance. The first phase of the project restored the hall, West Garden and other buildings.

People who have the opportunity to come to Datun Tusi manor are all amazed by the simple, elegant, solemn and magnificent architecture, and are all intoxicated by the magnificent and exquisite art. She is just like a solidified music work, which makes people infatuated and has a sense of "lingering sound". Layers of courtyards, one Pavilion, one courtyard, one scene, various forms, each with its own characteristics. The hall is simple and solemn, the garden is charming, the waterside pavilion is exquisite and beautiful, and the building is graceful. It not only has the style of ancient temples, but also has the style of Yi architecture. It can be said that "ten steps, one scene, one sky". Roaming in the garden path, wandering in the pavilions, as if in the fairy mountain Pavilion. It makes people feel novel and happy.

Expansion year by year

Datun Tusi manor was first built in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1662-1722 A.D.), and then expanded year by year by the local Yi Tusi. It has been built for more than 300 years. Yu Dafu, the most famous owner of the manor, is an outstanding Yi poet and jurist.

All sides of the manor are paved with silver stone, and the walls are made of green bricks about 5 meters high. The main buildings in the park are three roads and triple halls, which always retain the ancient charm of Tang Dynasty buildings. There are six tall earth blockhouses along the wall. In the past, there were more than 100 soldiers stationed in the blockhouse to defend the manor.

It is built according to the mountain situation, facing the gentle slope and flat platform. The overall layout of the manor is a large-scale three-way structure with symmetrical central axis, each of which has three halls. The buildings on the left road include East Garden, granary, embroidery building, etc. East Garden, also known as "Yiyuan", is used to receive guests. There are flower beds, guest rooms, etc. in the garden, and the buildings are very exquisite.

Masonry bucket arch

The flower beds are well arranged, the guest rooms are luxuriantly decorated, the courtyard dam is paved with bluestone, and the courtyard walls are painted and whitewashed. It is very elegant and antique. The main hall, the second Hall and the main hall are built in the middle road. There are stone dams or internal walls between the halls. Tall brick courtyard wall, wall eaves masonry arch, appears simple and heavy. Six blockhouses were built around the wall, each with its own shape and use.

The manor was built according to the situation of the mountain, surrounded by brick walls, about 2 meters high. Six blockhouses were built along the walls, ranging in height from 8 to 12 meters. The building in the wall is a triple wood structure hall with a depth of about 84 meters and a surface width of about 60 meters, covering an area of more than 5000 square meters. The first entrance of the middle road building is the lobby with a stone platform and more than 10 steps in front of it; the second entrance is the opposite hall with a stone courtyard and 18 steps in front; the third entrance is the main room with a corridor in front of it. The hall and Hall of the middle road are 5 rooms wide, with a hall in the middle. The left road, also known as the west garden, still has three buildings: living room, ancestral hall and dining room.

Xieshan living room and Xieshan ancestral hall with double eaves are 3 rooms in width, with cloisters around them, fish ponds between the courtyards, and wind and rain bridges on the ponds. The dining room was destroyed in its early years. On the right side of the road, mingyiyuan, also known as East Garden, has three small flower pools and three buildings. There are three hard mountain style guest rooms side by side, two warehouses and three milling rooms.

Cultural relics protection

You can still imagine that the chieftain manor was heavily guarded and solemn. The courtyard has a depth of more than 80 meters and a transverse width of more than 60 meters, covering an area of more than 6000 square meters. The patterns of stone, wood and furniture carvings have distinctive cultural and artistic characteristics of the Yi nationality, and are valuable material for the study of nationality and folklore.

It is said that nearly 300 craftsmen who took part in the construction of the manor took three years to complete. After liberation, the manor was used by Datun township government and Longchang middle school. In 1984, it was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit. In 1985, the hall was accidentally burned down. In 1994, the State Administration of cultural relics allocated 600000 yuan for maintenance. The first phase of the project restored the hall, West Garden and other buildings.

heavily-guarded

What I feel is a kind of strict guard. The wooden gate building is tall and strong, and there are lookout holes and gun shooting holes in the gate building. On the right side of the entrance building is a sedan hall, which can accommodate more than ten people. Passing the sedan hall is a wide courtyard. In the middle of the courtyard, there are seventeen broad and unique blue stone steps with exquisite dragon and Tiger Totem patterns along the semicircle. When you pick up the steps, you will enter the grand and solemn hall. In the hall, the rolling shed is tall, surrounded by columns, and various fangs are thick and full.

There are three corridors on the front, back and right, Xieshan on the right and Xuanshan on the left. It is the place for the Chieftain to welcome the distinguished guests, hold large-scale celebrations and settle cases. It reflects the power, style, wealth and dignity of the chieftain everywhere, and the important position of the chieftain's armed forces and the chieftain's Yamen in the whole manor and the system and management of the chieftain.

Enter from the two round moon shaped doors on the inner wall of the hall, and then step on the steep stone ladder to the opposite Hall of the second Hall of the manor. In the counter hall, there are a study room, a living room, a servant room and a slave house, which are the operation center of the material life in the Tusi manor. Through time and space, it seems that in those days, you can see the simple and gorgeous lace dresses of Yi women in Tusi mansion, the blue cloth Baotou on the heads of the male servants, the long white belt around the waist, and their exquisite silver ornaments, especially the round, big and shiny silver earrings on the ears.

Mun Coburo

Go through the second Hall and enter the patio. The patio is rectangular, paved with the same color of bluestone, broad, flat, simple and elegant. This is the place where chieftains practice martial arts and review their military skills and tactics. In history, the vast area on both sides of the Chishui River under the jurisdiction of the Xuanfu Department of Yongning was divided into 18 Zexi in its prosperous period. As the grass-roots units of its political and economic rule, they assigned their relatives and subordinates to take charge of the money, grain, soldiers and horses, and led the territory. Therefore, in the chieftain's life, military martial arts status is extremely important.

When the courtyard is free, it is also a place for the daily activities of the female family members in the Tusi mansion. Above the patio is the main room, the third Hall of the manor. It is suspended on the top of the mountain, with corridors in front and back. It is solemn, elegant, antique, fresh and comfortable. With study and living room, it is a place for Tusi to live and rest. In the peeling main room, there is a black-and-white carbon portrait of the 11th chieftain Yu Da's father. There is a backyard behind the hall, which is secluded and deep. A narrow winding path in the garden leads to xiulou on the left.

Embroidery building is divided into two floors, carved beams and painted buildings, elegant and chic. It's Miss Tusi's seclusion. On the right side of the patio, through the moon gate, is the west garden. The garden is located on the right central axis, with rattan climbing walls, towering trees, shady floors, green bamboos, four suitable flowers and fragrant fragrance. It has a double ear fish pond, a wind and rain bridge, a flying chair, a beautiful woman's back, an ambulatory, a suiya hall and a shuangyinzhai. The winding path leads to a secluded scenery

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