Yu's ancestral hall

Yu's ancestral hall

Yu's ancestral hall is a family ancestral hall building built in Qing Dynasty, which belongs to the place where Yu's family worships ancestors and sages. Wangkou village, 28 kilometers northeast of Wuyuan County, was built by Yu Yinglun (zhengsanpin), a court official, who donated money when his relatives returned home. It is a world-famous ancestral hall with exquisite wood carvings. It is now a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangxi Province.

brief introduction

The ancestral hall is located in Wangkou village, 28 kilometers northeast of Wuyuan County. It was built in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. The central axis of Xieshan style, sitting northwest southeast, plane rectangular, 15.6 meters wide, 42.6 meters deep, 10 meters high around the brick wall, covering an area of 665 square meters.

characteristic

Yu's ancestral hall is a courtyard with three entrances. Forward, the door for the wood structure wufenglou, Xieshan, green tile cover, Russia angle high. On the front of the gate tower, there are a lot of brackets under the eaves. The horizontal square is engraved with double dragons playing with pearls. Under the horizontal square, the bright square is deeply carved with double phoenix rising to the sun. Inside the gatehouse, the top of the front room is covered with wooden panels, and the back room is covered with flat and dark ceiling. From the two corridors and the pavilion to the main hall, the cross beams are connected by stone columns with a circumference of 121 cm and a height of 207 cm; the upper end of the vertical column, which is supported by left and right hanging columns, is vividly carved with male and female lions facing each other. There are three in the ancestral hall, five in the front and five in the back. There are patios with 70 columns. The ground, Tianchi and steps are all paved with bluestone slabs. On both sides of the front and back corridor, there is a small round gate leading to the garden. Flowers and grass are planted in the garden, and there are three hundred year old trees.

Yu's ancestral hall is well-known for its exquisite carving techniques. It is decorated with more than 100 exquisite patterns, such as Liang Fang, Dou Gong, Ji Kou, eaves oak, hump, queti and so on. There are light carving, deep carving, round carving, openwork carving, such as dragon, Phoenix, unicorn, pine, crane, cypress and deer, waterside pavilion tower, character drama, birds and animals, orchid and flowers. It is known as the "palace of art" and "treasure house of wood carving", showing the ancient times The outstanding wisdom and extraordinary creativity of the working people.

Architecture

Millennium Street

Also known as Guanzhong Hezheng street, it is built on the Bank of Yongchuan river. The ancient street is shaped like a crescent moon, with a total length of more than 600 meters. Along the street, there are 18 lanes, such as Yutang, Jiufang and Lijia, which are directly connected to Xixia commercial port. Because Wangkou was the Shuiling Wharf at that time, it was the distribution center of goods. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, its commerce was very developed. There are yufenghao grocery store, lihebu store, Tongmao cake store, zhaojimi store, yichuntang traditional Chinese medicine store, Datong company and oil and rice processing workshops, totaling dozens. Today, when you walk along the ancient street, you can feel the prosperity of the past.

Yijing Hall

Built in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, it covers an area of 150 square meters. Its master Yu nianzeng, Guan Baizhou tongzhi (Wupin). He was a clean official, generous and diligent scholar. The ancient book says: "people leave their children, Jin Manying, I teach my children, the only Scripture.". This is the origin of Yijing hall. He advocated not to leave money to posterity, but to study for posterity.

Maode Hall

It was built in the 60th year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty. It covers an area of 250 square meters. It is commonly known as the "inner house" and "the first East Gate out of the city". His ancestor, Yu lichen, has always been in business, and he is also in charge of the rent of the ancestral temple. He has a rich family and is modest. At that time, it enjoyed the reputation of "no white man at home, but in three provinces". The meaning of Mao De is to encourage future generations to be moral.

Dafudi

It is an official residence built in Xianfeng Period of Qing Dynasty. It is famous for the three changes of grandparents and grandchildren into officials. His master is Yu binggui, the 33rd generation ancestor, who was granted the title of Fengzhi doctor by imperial college student; his son Yu taizeng, who was the official of Tongzhi Prefecture, was granted the title of rulinlang and the title of Zhongyi doctor; and his son Yu Delin, who was the magistrate of Jiexuan county. It's really an ancient alley where people are outstanding.

Yangyuan out of the house

The house was built in the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. This is a mengguan built with Yu guangluan's private funding. Because of his limited culture, after he got rich in business, he left the extra money for his six sons to run the school. He issued a notice through the county government, and inlaid a stone tablet on the wall of the outer circle to make it clear. The inscription is on March 23, the 10th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, which was approved by "wu'e, the main hall of Wuyuan County, was awarded the title of Yu guangluan by Wang Kou". Chifeng Fengzhi doctor, Imperial Academy waiting for patent.

architectural culture

Most of the hundreds of houses in Wangkou are built in Qing Dynasty. They are of Huizhou style and reflect the architectural culture of Huizhou. Its characteristics are: (1) in structure. The height of the house is generally two to three storeys, with three or two compartments, that is, in front of the hall, sitting up and under the kitchen. The gate is generally equipped with a small circle. Place flower stand and fire water tank.

(2) In material. The main raw materials are fir, pine, camphor, maple, lime, green brick, mud tile and green slate.

(3) Fire prevention. There are fire sealed brick walls around the house to the top. Generally, it is forbidden to open large sills, but only a few small sills can be opened on the second floor, which can also play a role of anti-theft. All rooms are paved with bluestone to prevent fire.

(4) It is shown in daylighting. According to the size of the house, in front of the hall and under the kitchen, open a patio for lighting. The principle is to see the sky in the center of the hall. Sitting up on four sides of the wall, all with glass bucket lighting.

(5) It is shown in waterproof. The drainage of the whole house is from the exit of the front hall, through the underground in front of the hall, making a circle in the center, left in and right out. This is called "fat water doesn't fall on other people."

(6) It is shown in decoration. The decorative art of the house is mainly reflected in the brick and stone carvings of the gate tower of shikumenfang. The brick carving art under the old cornice of the gate, the figure shape, and the pavilions and pavilions are novel in design, reasonable in structure, exquisite in labor, and lifelike. The stone carvings at the foot of the door, the animal and plant forms such as flowers, birds, fish and insects, are vivid. The layout and picture of the whole facade are elegant and elegant. Indoor wood carvings, such as LiangFang, queti and Huamen, are also decent, exquisite and impressive, giving off the spirit, temperament and charm of traditional culture.

(7) It is shown in the decoration. The eight immortals chair, desk and stool furniture in front of the hall is made of precious materials and exquisite workmanship. The East bottle and West mirror on the painting table, and the porcelain tube of the clock. The couplets, calligraphy and paintings on the wall of the hall all reflect the unique style of Huizhou culture. Pingduyan, a historical building in Wangkou. Commonly known as "Quchi", it is at the mouth of the river in the west of the village. It was built in Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Wuyuan County. According to the records of Wuyuan County annals, "the confluence of Wangkou and Shuangxi rivers is dangerous. Every time the flood rises, they often drown." In order to smooth the flow velocity and reduce the flood, only damming the river is needed. The dam was designed and built by the Qing Dynasty scholar Jiang Yong. The dam is 120 meters long and 15 meters wide. After more than 200 years of flood, it is still intact, but still lying on the river.

Address: Wangkou, Wuyuan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province

Longitude: 117.9982585907

Latitude: 29.348387075948

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