Garden of Ming and Qing Dynasties

Garden of Ming and Qing Dynasties

Located in the world natural heritage site of Taining County, Fujian Province, Ming Qing garden is a unique private collection cultural Grand View Garden, which mainly inherits and protects the ancient architecture and ancient wood carvings of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Project honors

The construction of the park mainly includes four parts: sightseeing and appreciation area, exchange and trade area, restoration and processing area, and leisure resort area. In 2012, it was listed as one of Danxia Cultural Industrial Park, one of the top ten key cultural industrial parks in Fujian Province; in 2014, Mingqing Park was listed as a key national cultural industry support project; in November 2014, Mingqing Park was upgraded to national AAAA scenic spot; in December 2014, Mingqing Park was rated as "Fujian Cultural Industry Demonstration Base"; in July 2015, it was awarded the honorary titles of "China Woodcarving Art Museum".

Overall planning

The whole Ming and Qing garden project covers an area of more than 330 Mu and is divided into four phases: the first and second phases have a total construction area of 65000 square meters and a total investment of about 550 million yuan. It is positioned as a Grand View Garden of Chinese folk Ming and Qing culture. It is planned to build an ancient village environment with long axis of landscape paintings as the background, based on the museum's collection sightseeing appreciation, and through the depth experience of Ming and Qing folk culture, integrating tourism and sightseeing It is a national 5A level cultural comprehensive tourist attraction integrating cultural experience, leisure shopping, film and television shooting, and in-depth development of cultural and creative product series. The construction content mainly includes the exhibition area of ancient architecture and woodcarving collection in Ming and Qing Dynasties; the exchange center of ancient woodware culture; Luban culture research and creation center and creative product research and development area; the experience area of travel through; creative product research and development area; ancient architecture and classical furniture restoration area, etc.

Ancient architecture sightseeing area: the ancient houses and artifacts that were demolished in the early years of new rural construction and old city reconstruction due to the need of construction are restored, and the original style of ancient buildings are returned;

The exhibition area of woodcarving collection shows the fine woodcarving products of Ming and Qing Dynasties and modern times saved and protected all over the country;

The wood culture exchange center of the past dynasties mainly gathers people from inside and outside the industry to come for wood identification and academic exchange.

Luban cultural research and creation center and creative product R & D zone: mainly for the development, design and production of simulation miniature handicrafts; miniature Ming and Qing furniture, folk characteristic handicrafts, etc. as tourist souvenirs. Through the exquisite production and complete structure of the products, it provides intuitive objects for the study of Chinese folk culture and the preservation of historical and cultural heritage, which makes the products rich in history, culture and high artistry, and can be widely used; in addition, as gifts, tourism commemoration, cultural exchange and other aspects, it also has high collection value; through the travel experience area (traditional culture performance zone) Secondly, it is mainly composed of three parts;

Traditional culture theme museum: wooden antique furnishing Museum, couplet and plaque Museum, calligraphy and painting academy, culture and Chess Academy, couplet Poetry Garden, Sinology lecture hall, guqin garden, traditional folk custom museum, folk culture interpretation hall, etc.; ancient architecture and classical furniture restoration area, etc. The first phase of the Ming and Qing Dynasty garden mainly displays the ancient buildings of various schools in the Ming and Qing dynasties all over the country, as well as the rare woodcarving art, such as the exquisite Ming Dynasty dwellings, the magnificent Ming Dynasty Huizhou architecture, Sima mansion, and so on. There are many impressive Ming and Qing Dynasty collections. In addition, the Qing Dynasty wooden gate building, stone archway, Academy ancestral hall and so on gathered together in the garden have unique charm in the village of classical gardens Cultural collection Grand View Garden!

Information of the owner

Chen Mingqing, born in November 1967 in Sanming City, Fujian Province, has been engaged in the collection of ancient wood carvings and the protection of ancient buildings for more than 30 years since 1983. At present, he is the president of China Woodcarving Art Museum, director of Luban culture research and creation center, executive deputy director of classical furniture Committee of China collectors association, member of the 10th Sanming CPPCC, and vice chairman of Sanming Federation of industry and commerce. In 2011, the first museum to inherit and protect ancient architecture and woodcarving culture was established in Taining County, Fujian Province. The Ming and Qing garden in Taining County, Fujian Province, has been listed in the key cultural projects of the city, the province and the state successively. In 2013, it was awarded as "the hero of key project construction in Fujian Province and the winner of May 1st Labor award in Fujian Province". Mr. Chen Mingqing has made outstanding contributions in protecting, inheriting and promoting the essence of Chinese excellent traditional architectural culture, encouraging folk rescue, protecting and inheriting ancient buildings and wood carving skills, and has made great contributions to protecting cultural heritage and promoting traditional culture!

Main attractions

The stone archway

No stone is beautiful in garden, no stone is elegant in room. The essence of heaven and earth is the beauty of mountains and rivers. Stone is a concentrated celestial body and a collectable nature. Entering the gate of the Ming Qing garden, we can see the tall memorial building in front of us - the stone archway in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

Sima Mansion

The Grand View Garden of ancient dwellings is represented by the Huizhou architecture "Sima mansion". It is the "treasure of the town garden" of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was built in the middle of the Qing Dynasty and was originally the ancestral hall of the Sima official family in Renzhou, Huizhou (Anhui).

The whole building covers an area of more than 1000 square meters. The building has a large scale and huge materials. It uses precious and corrosion-resistant ginkgo wood and catalpa wood as beams and columns.

Entering the mansion, you can find three halls: opera, calligraphy and literature. First of all, the palace of traditional Chinese opera has a very high level of architecture. There are five caissons. The most exquisite one is the square caisson with five blessings and longevity directly above the stage. On the top of the caisson is the word "Shou". There are five bats carved around the word "Shou", which means "five blessings and longevity". On the top of the hanging style is carved "Eight Immortals", which means "immortals and blessings forever, longevity and heaven together". The caisson is ornate and exquisitely carved. It has three functions: 1. The caisson has strong decoration and high grade. Symbolizing heaven in opera performance embodies the idea of "unity of heaven and man, advocating nature". 2. The ancients believed that the well in the 28 innings is the main water, which can suppress the fire devil, and the caisson can protect the safety of buildings. 3. From the acoustic principle, it has the practical function of sound gathering and amplifying. On the second floor, there is also a place for family members to watch the opera, and there is a beautiful woman's back. There are many classic opera stories carved on the board.

There are many maxims such as self-cultivation and family management in the hall, which also play a role in educating the people. Among them, a group of wooden strip screens on the right wall is very precious, which is the first treasure of the main hall - famous ink treasure. The first regular script strip screen on the left and right sides is taken from the seven character couplet written by Emperor Qianlong when he went down to the south of the Yangtze River. The ten hanging screens in the middle were written by the Qing Dynasty military minister, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, the assistant bachelor, the calligrapher Ying he and the ten great calligraphers who imitated the Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty in Jiaqing period.

Treasure Pavilion

The treasure mainly displays ancient furniture, ancient screen style, ancient archway and other ancient art collections. Such as Qing Dynasty screen painted gold painting.

Lacquer gold painting 24xiao: Lacquer gold painting 24xiao is a work of the ninth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty. This group of well preserved screens are exquisitely carved with lacquer and gold, The beauty lies in the unique materials and techniques as well as the rich expressive force. The production process of gold lacquer painting is very complex, which needs more than 20 processes to complete. Therefore, it is more precious than wood and stone carving, and the screen is carved with vivid character stories.

Jinsinan "Shihe Suifeng" twelve zodiac patron saint: this huge screen is carved by jinsinan in the late Qing Dynasty, 22 meters long and 4.6 meters high. It is engraved with twelve zodiac animals and Benming Buddha in deep relief. Benming Buddha of Buddhism is a kind of Dharma patron saint worshipped by people for thousands of years, which can make all living beings turn evil into good fortune, have a smooth career, be healthy and safe, and have a happy family. According to the Buddhist scriptures, everyone is born with a Bodhisattva or a Buddha to protect you. On the day of birth, you are bound with the Buddha.

Xiaozizi shelf bed: xiaozizi shelf bed is made of Phoebe and inscribed in Yimao year (1855). It was used by housekeeper and cashier in Qing Dynasty when they had a rest. Below is the dark cabinet, where the cashier will hide the account books and other valuables. The front hook is made of tortoise shell.

There are so many collections, such as the marvelous Millennium wood carving flower basket, the ancient stage, the rosewood fumigation stove, the exquisite wood carving sedan chair for the God of the sea, the jinsinan couch, the 24 solar terms God of jinsinan.

Dexin Library

Confucius is a thinker, educator and founder of Confucian culture in the late spring and Autumn period. He has been respected as a saint in the past dynasties, which has a far-reaching influence. In modern times, a bottle of bronze statue of Confucius has a unique gesture, with two hands superimposed on the chest, implying that propriety comes first. The library was built in the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. On the veranda column were six couplets written by Weng Fanggang, a calligrapher, litterateur, and metalgrapher in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, which read: "every day I have thought about the classics and history like an imperial edict, which is longer than its way. The gold and stone are open." several of the couplets were made by stacking sand gold. The flat beams in the hall are decorated and carved with gilt, and a large number of Dou Sheng are used to retain the architectural style of Han and Tang Dynasties.

There are 11 plaques in the main hall to praise Confucius. In the middle and upper part of the building, there is a plaque in Kangxi Emperor's regular script, which is a model of all ages. Zhengzhong is one of the 16 sages among Confucius' disciples. It is painted with lacquer and gold on both sides. It tells the story of Confucius from birth to his travels around the world. They are: Erlong Wulao; Zhongping; Xiangxi; Jinggong zunrang; linggong Jiaoying; Shangyang Zhiyu; Jiagu Huiqi; shehui Xiangpu; doctor Shishi; yuechanghong; Tui

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