Hu Zongxian shangshufu

Hu Zongxian shangshufu

Hu Zongxian Shangshu mansion in Longchuan, known as "the first one in Huizhou", is located in the center of Longchuan village in Jixi, Anhui Province. From Hu Zongxian to Hu's "Bing" generation, a total of 12 generations have lived here. Longchuan village is shaped like a boat, with Longshu mountain in the East and Fenghuang Mountain in the West. Dengyuan River and Longchuan River meet and embrace each other in front of the village. It is a treasure land of Hidden Dragon and crouching tiger. Shangshufu scenic spot is at the helm of the boat, which is the best place for Longchuan Fengshui.

Introduction to Shufu

Hu Zongxian Shangshu mansion in Longchuan is surrounded by pink walls and green water, which is picturesque and poetic. Through five hundred years of time and space, it shows the secret and magic of ancient Huizhou! Entering the 5000 square meter Shangshu mansion, it is like a small society. From Shantang, Guanting, meilinting, hushijiajing, xiulou, huixiyuan, songgong ancestral temple, Wenchang Pavilion, mengtongguan, Tudi temple, Yiguan, Hugong temple, jiahuilou, Yangxin Pavilion, Yuting, lumingxuan, etc., it intersects with many small courtyards to form a maze mansion extending in all directions . In the heyday of Shangshu mansion, there were seven generations in the same hall. Without leaving home, they could go to private schools, sing dramas, invite doctors, and worship their ancestors and Buddhas It can be said that Shangshu mansion is the most perfect, majestic and complex Ming Dynasty building complex in ancient Huizhou. It is also the most representative official mansion in ancient Huizhou.

If the wood carvings in the Palace Museum in Beijing have the royal style and bold and unconstrained style, the wood carvings in Hu Zongxian's Shangshu mansion in Longchuan have the folk elegance. The exquisite wood carvings on the windows, partitions and beams make you feel like entering the ancient art world. With the old wooden buildings, Huizhou custom furnishings, secluded alleys, cobblestone roads, green bricks and fine tiles, flying up The brick carvings and stone carvings with high eaves, as well as the horse head wall and the fish and animals, are lifelike. You will feel as if you are going back in time and are back in the Ming Dynasty.

Professor Ruan Yisan, director of the National Research Center for historical and cultural cities and member of the National Expert Committee on the protection of historical and cultural cities, spoke highly of: "Shangshu mansion is very typical, which reflects an important feature of Huizhou architecture, and also reflects this special family with strong cultural heritage at that time. The architecture is very detailed, and the details are very exquisite. You can look left and right, and the scenery is everywhere. It is the best protected ancient architecture in Huizhou

Here, you are interested in going to the commonly known "24 gate Que" to see Hu's ancestral home, to read Hu's genealogy, to visit the maze of luxury houses, and to appreciate the six unique Hui cultures of Shangshu mansion.

Main buildings

Weixie three Gongmu memorial archway

Weixie Sangong wooden archway in Huizhou area, there are many Paifang, including shipaifang and mupaifang, but the trend of mupaifang is very rare. There are three types of Paifang: one is the symbol Fang, the other is the merit Fang, the third is the chastity Fang. At that time, in the Ming Dynasty, Hu Zongxian's official title was Prince Taibao. In ancient times, "Taishi, Taibao and Taifu" were collectively known as "Sangong", while Hu Zongxian's great achievements were listed in Sangong, so Paifang was "weixie Sangong Fang". "Association" means "column". The wood for making Paifang is also very particular. It uses what the folk call Gongsun wood, that is, Ginkgo biloba. Ginkgo biloba is a valuable ornamental and practical tree species in China, which grows slowly and has a very long life. The carving fable on Paifang is very deep: the wood carving of Xiafang is "Wei Chuan Yue Li". It says that Jiang Ziya met King Wen of Zhou when he was fishing along the Wei River. They talked for several hours along the Wei River. King Wen of Zhou thought that he was a man of Arts and martial arts, so he drove Jiang Ziya back to the palace in his car and pulled a cart for him in 808 steps, which laid a foundation for the Zhou Dynasty for 800 years. In the enlightenment book of Qing Dynasty, you Xue qionglin, it is called "Wei Chuan Yue Li". Here we use this allusion to compare Hu Zongxian's "Long Chuan Yue Li", saying that Hu Zongxian went out from Long Chuan to become an official and made great achievements in resisting Japanese, which made the Ming Dynasty continue. Two dragons are carved on both sides of "Wei Xie San Gong" in Shangfang, "Yi * Qian" in "flying dragon in the sky" and "Yi * Qian" in "flying dragon in the sky", which means to be promoted to an official position. The picture of Shangfang and Xiafang, together, means that carp jumps over the dragon's gate. Two cypress trees are planted in the courtyard, which means that the family can grow up to a hundred (cypress) branches and ascend to a hundred (cypress) nobility. From Paifang, the next stop to visit is Hugong hall. To the south is the square of Hugong hall, which is called miaotan. In the front of the East, there is the "shangxiangzushe" of the twelve capitals of Jixi County in the fifth year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty (1526), which was established by the government through the "Xiangyue tablet" of Jixi County. In the Song Dynasty, there were two kinds of planning: going to the countryside and going to the countryside. Longchuan is one of the twelve capitals. In the Yuan Dynasty, it belonged to the township of reform. The ancestral society of Shangxiang is a society of one township. Longchuan is the place where the ancestral society is located. The village convention is similar to the modern village rules and regulations. It is recognized by the government and has legal binding force. It is also called the community monument. There are two flagpole stone piers on the side of the temple, one is round, the other is octagonal diamond. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, once a student was admitted as a scholar in Fu County, once he got the student qualification of guozijiantai (equivalent to the qualification of getting the first place in Jixi County, getting the first place in Xuancheng City, and being recommended to Tsinghua University and Peking University), he could erect the flagpole again, change the gate, and glorify his ancestors. Ming said: round belongs to Wen, star anise belongs to Wu. In order to praise Hu Zongxian's military strategy, it also implies that Hu Zongxian has many cultural relics talents.

Hu Palace

At the top of the hall, the crocodile kisses the ridge, and the stone beasts are arranged in a circle. The front eaves are sparrow tail shaped, with eight character facade and rolling shed door, symbolizing the heaven and earth, the sky and the place. The round windows on both sides follow the construction regulations of Huizhou temple, which shows that after Hu Zongxian died, the people in his hometown worshiped him as a God.

The plaque on the main hall "Rongshu Chongwen" is the meaning of "Rongli meritorious service". The joint words on both sides: "one heart, loyal to the mountains and rivers, witness the eternal spirit of the sun and the moon." it is a reflection of Hu Zongxian's self righteous history that he was falsely accused of fighting against Japan but was sent to prison. The main hall is built with a round roof in front and a sharp herringbone roof behind, which is the traditional regulation of the top of Huizhou ancestral halls, temples and official halls, implying the harmony of time, place and people. It is also said in folklore that it is also a metaphor for "propriety before soldiers". The circle symbolizes harmony and propriety, and the point symbolizes conscription and rigidity. There is a sitting statue of Hu Zongxian in the niche at the back of the main hall. According to historical records, Hu Zongxian was born with extraordinary appearance and a kind of threatening momentum, which is equivalent to the official power. General Yu Dayou is a well-known tough man. He dares to stick to his principles and is not afraid of getting a job. He also has the martial arts skills to dominate the world. Every time he sees Hu Zongxian, he is very careful. He doesn't even dare to lift his head. Sometimes he trembles. According to the popular portrait of Hu Zongxian, Hu Zongxian was holding the book "Baizhan Qifa", which was renamed "Baizhan qilue" after Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty. It is a military book of ancient China that discusses the art of war separately. It was written in the late Northern Song Dynasty. The book "Tao Lue Shi Fa" written by Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty is called Xie Fangde at the end of Southern Song Dynasty. The title is written by Liu Ji. This clay figurine is made by Xue, a famous contemporary master.

There is a courtyard behind the hall. Behind the courtyard is a family temple. In the middle is a shrine for Hu Zongxian's ancestors and descendants. Hu Zongxian married two wives. He was originally married to the Zhang family of Jixi County, and had two sons, Guiqi and Songqi. After Zhang's death, his wife Wang gave birth to a daughter and married the surname Cheng of Jixi County. Hu Guiqi had been following his father all the time. He helped to pacify the Japanese invaders. Under his father's shadow, he was in charge of the affairs of Zuo Fu and gave birth to four sons, Hu (Huoxiang), Hu Wei, Hu Sui and Hu GUI. Hu Songqi's official royal robe is located in thousands of households. He has five sons, Hu Deng, Hu Yu, Hu Zhuhu. This is the ancestral hall of Hu Songqi's branch, so it is called songgong ancestral hall. Hu Yunyuan, the statue of zuocan, is Hu Zongxian's ten generation grandson. In guangnian, he was introduced by his relatives in sanyangkeng, Shexian County, to study tea business in Dongtai, Jiangsu Province. After his teacher's completion, he set up "yutaihe tea shop" in Taixing county. Soon the tea shop was run by Hu Yunyuan alone, and the business was booming. After his son Shu Ming finished his private school, he went to the shop to study business. During Tongzhi period, huyuantai new tea was added and operated by Shuming. The father and son have a high reputation in the same industry. Moreover, they are enthusiastic about local and Sangzi public welfare. They often solve disputes for others and have a good reputation. Hu Bingheng, a statue in the right niche, holds the book of mountains and seas, which is an ancient book in the pre Qin period and the oldest geography book rich in myths and legends. It mainly describes ancient geography, products, mythology, witchcraft, religion, etc., as well as ancient history, medicine, folk custom, nationality, etc. He was the son of shuminggong. He was well versed in many schools of thought. At a very young age, he and his younger brother Binghua got the civil and military education respectively. Because of the unstable situation in the late Qing Dynasty and years of disaster and war, he gave up his career and became a tea merchant with his father. They adhered to the instructions of their grandfather yunyuangong and put benevolence first in their business. They also put the philosophy of Confucius' Analects into business. Observing the changes in the market, planning to forge ahead, business is booming, known as the "Confucian businessman.". At the end of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, he initiated the construction of Taixing Xin'an guild hall and participated in the affairs of the association. In 1917, huzhentai tea was added to Taixing East Street. The 47th generation of Zengyu, Zenglin, Zengjin and Zengxin took over the store business. During the Anti Japanese War, tea shenzhuang was set up in Shanghai, which made the business more prosperous than before. Until liberation, huyuantai tea and huzhentai tea were famous tea names of Taixing. Although the four generations from Yunyuan to Zengyu have lived abroad, they have never forgotten Sangzi. They are proud of their native place Jixi. The people of their hometown admire them very much and are proud of them. Our scenic spot conforms to the public opinion and specially makes statues to commemorate them forever. Hall side of this wall corridor, is the Hu family descendants waiting for sacrifice place, until the specified time, hit the bell

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